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By Ehichioya Ezomon  The “Big lie” – often attributed to the Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels – though there seems to be no evidence that it was used by him to prop up the State under the hegemonic rule of Adolf Hitler – is to repeat a lie until it’s assumed to …

As the world battles the scourge of malaria, a Port Harcourt-based linguist and Indigenous Language advocate, Mr. Josiah Egbilika, has tasked the World Health Organization (WHO) and national Health agencies to deploy Indigenous languages in the campaign against the disease. Speaking in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, Mr. …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Holistic Opportunities Projects Of Engagement (Project HOPE) of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC has outlined a multi-sectoral approach to create job opportunities and empowerment programmes for youths of the Niger Delta region on the short term basis. The approach which emphasises agriculture and technology also …

… as Gov Fubara, Police Boss, DSS Visit Scene By Mandy Tina and Godwin Chukwumaechi Following the tanker explosion that wreaked carnage along the Eleme section of the East-West road, the Rivers State governor Sir Siminalayi Fubara, accompanied by the State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, and director of …

By Mandy Tina A Port Harcourt High Court, presided over by Justice Sika Aprioku, has acquitted and discharged Eze Ekpeye Logbo, Eze Kelvin Anugwo, and 42 others who were on trial for the murder of late Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, SP Bako Amgbashim, who was killed in September last year. …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Bayelsa Chapter to desist from negative tension capable of causing chaos and confusion in the union. The chairman, Bayelsa State Union of Journalists, Comrade …

… Admonishes Sports Writers Against ‘Destructive Elements’ By our Reporter President of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Mr. Isaiah Benjamin, has expressed delight with the robust sports development drive in Bayelsa State, anchored by Governor Duoye Diri, who he praised for reappointing “the workaholic, fit and energetic man, Mr. …

A business mogul, Ofirima Adieleuwa C. Allison, has called on Niger Delta people to close ranks and support the “lofty initiatives of the managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr.Samuel Ogbuku, so as to fastrack development in the area.” Ofirima stated this recently, while speaking with journalists …

… As Navy Moves Training Hqtrs to Rivers By Godwin Chukwumaechi Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has changed the Nigerian Navy to be firm in its fight against all forms of economic sabotage, particularly crude oil theft, in the nation’s waterways. This was as the Navy announced that the …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) has demanded that as international oil companies (IOCs) are divesting from their onshore investments, in preference for deep offshore, government and other stakeholders should demand environmental accountability for their decades of operations in the Niger Delta. Decades of …