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By Paul Williams, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has sought Senate’s confirmation of the appointment of Dr. Pius Odubu as the chairman for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The President also sought the confirmation of Bernard Okumagba (Delta) as managing director, Engr. Otobong Ndem (Akwa-Ibom) as executive director, Projects, Maxwell …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Communities of constituencies 2, 3 and 4 of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the largest LGA in Nigeria, Saturday were agog as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took its governorship campaign to their domain. The carnival-like campaign which started in Korokosei Community, Constituency …

Civil Society organizations and some selected communities in Rivers State have cried out over the current devastation of communities in the state by flood, occasioned by climate change. Addressing community and civil society organization representatives recently in Port Harcourt, executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, Emen Okon, …

For Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, all the talk about disinheriting his late father’s wife and her children are utter balderdash and the hullabaloo over his father’s estate should at best take a secondary seat. What is uppermost in his mind is to quickly establish the true cause of his father’s death …

By Joel Anekwe  Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG), operator of the NNPC/TEPNG Joint Venture, early in the week empowered members of the Egi community in Ogba-Egbama-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, host to the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 58, with the provision of 16 mini-buses and 40 …

By Young Freeborn, Warri The multi-purpose hall in Orerokpe, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, was recently filled to capacity with friends, family members and other dignitaries as the I Hope In Christ Foundation, a global non-government organization, committed to the support of the less privileged in the society, …

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Rivers State Council, has held her 9th Quadrennial Delegates Conference, as well as the election of a new state council to take over from the comrade Regina Kuru-led executive. Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Rivers State chapter, Comr. Beatrice Itubo, …

By Joel Anekwe  Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has pledged to wholeheartedly support the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army to effectively carry out Exercise Crocodile Smile 4 to rid the state of criminal elements.  Speaking during a visit by Major General Jamil Sarhem, the general officer commanding 6 …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Flood victims in the two communities of Unenurhie and Evwreni in Evwreni kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State were recently given respite and sense of hope as aides to the deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, paid a visit to the area to …

The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD), a Port Harcourt based environmental civil society organization, wants the Hydrocarbons Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), the body responsible for the Federal Government’s clean-up of Ogoni land, to release its key performance indicators to enable stakeholders monitor the exercise. Dr Kabari Sam, …