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The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, says the Federal Government is taking action to tackle the growing incidents of boat accidents across Nigeria’s waterways. The Minister who stated this in Abuja while receiving the report of the Special Committee on the Prevention of Boat Mishaps in Nigeria, …

•As community protests against moves to deny them of councilorship slot •Urges APC Leaders, HRH Damian Ejiohuo, others stakeholders to prevail  •Says zoning arrangement should be respected  Crisis is brewing in Rundele Clan Ward 7, in Emohua local government area of Rivers State over plans by immediate past Councilor of …

The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has appealed to ex-agitators in the Niger Delta to remain vigilant and resist the efforts of some politicians who are bent on destabilising the region for selfish ends. He noted with concern the recent rise in politically-charged rhetoric and …

The leadership of the Labour Party has faulted the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to exclude the party candidates from the scheduled August 16 bye-elections for Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), saying such action is unlawful, surprising and an abuse of power. The Labour Party, in an …

By Our Reporter Shaken by the brazen manner with which a prominent father and Vice Chairman of Obele Council of Chiefs was murdered on Saturday,July 19,2025 while presiding over a family meeting in a Compound Hall, the Administrator of Emohua Local Government Area, Comrade Barr Franklin Ajinwo has re-inaugurated the …

  By Our Reporter    The umbrella body of Ijaw Elders, the Ijaw National Congress (INC) has rejected a proposed bill in the Senate seeking to permanently elevate the Ooni of Ife and Sultan of Sokoto as the exclusive Co-chairmen of the Traditional Rulers Council in Nigeria. The INC said …

Operatives of the Rapid Response Unit of the Bayelsa State Police Command has recovered the corpse of missing Real Estate Magnate, Ekpeboh Richard from the forest between new NDDC road and Otuokpoti in Ogbia Local Government Area of the State. Police discovered the deceased was shot in the head in …

  By Mandy Willy A Customary Court sitting in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State has adjourned to 8 August, 2025, for ruling on a suturari application in the ongoing inheritance dispute between Dr. Seinye Lulu-Briggs, widow of the late High Chief O.B. Lulu-Briggs, and his son, Chief Dumo …

‎ ‎By Colonel Emeritus IA Okereke ‎ ‎Let us, as a people, stop pretending. ‎ ‎We have overstayed our welcome in places where we once thrived as guests. The events of recent years — and particularly the misguided Igbo conduct in Lagos — have laid bare the ugly face of …

  By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has urged Nigerians, especially scholars to aim for the zenith in their careers and respective fields of endeavours. Peterside made the call during a book launch in commemoration of …