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  … Call for Total Ban on Genetically Modified Foods   By Our Reporter  A coalition of over 80 civil society organisations have condemned what they described as “the inconsistency from Nigeria’s foremost agency responsible for safeguarding the health of Nigerians on matters of food and drugs with regard to …

  By Ehichioya Ezomon   Many Nigerians – and certainly majority of Igbo, home and abroad – have followed the 10-year (since 2015) epic legal battle by the Nigerian government to link leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to an alleged treasonable felony and terrorism, …

States situated along the Nigeria’s coastline have stressed the need for the harmonisation of maritime laws in the country in order to strengthen security across the waterways and promote cross-border trade between Nigeria’s coastal communities and neighbouring countries. This was part of the recommendations at the conference organised by the …

Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of the Provisionary Committee for the proposed Nigerian Coast Guard (PC-NCG), Capt Noah Ichaba has called on Nigeria’s littoral state governors to throw their weights behind the efforts of the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, and other stakeholders to push for the …

In a well-deserved recognition of his outstanding contributions to human capacity development, HRH Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe Chairman South South Elders Forum has been honoured with the prestigious Niger Delta Media Practitioners of Nigeria (NDMPN) Award as Most Distinguished Niger Delta Elder Statesman of the Year 2024/2025. I It was torrents …

Trainers and beneficiaries of a 3-month skills acquisition programme, organised by the Victorious Prayer Network, (also known as, King Makers Ministries), has barricaded the gates of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to protest the commission’s reluctance to promises made to them. The protest by the Niger Delta women and …

As Namibia emerges as Africa’s next major oil frontier, Heirs Energies CEO Osa Igiehon will take center stage at the Namibia Oil & Gas Conference (NOGC) 2025 to share the blueprint for building world-class African energy companies. Osa will headline the session – “The Making of an African Independent” – …

Breastfeeding mothers in Okrika Local Government Area have been called upon to maintain a clean environment to successfully breast feed their babies. This advice was given in Okrika yesterday by the Wife of the Administrator of Okrika Local Government Area in Rivers State, Lady Bessie Tamunobipiboye Isodiki while flagging off …

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said that projects undertaken by his administration were inspired by the level of under-development and decades of neglect suffered by people of his ljaw ethnic nationality. Senator Diri stated this on Friday during an inspection of ongoing projects in three local government …