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By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Rivers State Tax Justice and Governance Platform (TJGP) in collaboration with her partners, Christian Aid (CA) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC), have called on the National Assembly to urgently investigate all International Monetary Fund, IMF, loans received by the country. The call is …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The national leadership of Phase 2 Ex-Agitators of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), has countered the call by ex-militant leaders, Abraham Vwaghie and Israel Akpodoro, for the sack of the interim administrator, Major General Tariye Barry Ndiomu, describing it as “a futile mission by a few …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The general overseer, Distinguished Peoples Assembly, Bishop Dotimi Egbegi, has been nominated for the sixth edition of the prestigious Bayelsa Media Network Awards. A statement issued to newsmen in Yenagoa by the project manager, Mr. Blessing Matthew Ozegbe, stated that “Bishop Dotimi Egbegi is a clergyman …

By Amos Okioma The Egbo quarter in Uwheru kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area was agog as dignitaries from all walks of life thronged the ancient community to lay to rest the aged mother of Olorogun Charles Oruru, late madam Ejovwoke Eunice Oruru, who died at the age of …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The Rotary Club of Evwreni in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has organized a seminar on ‘Peace Building and Conflict Resolution,’ with a call on individuals and leaders in the community to prevent conflict instead of allowing it to occur. Delivering the …

By Kelechi Nwaucha Decades of environmental devastation in the Niger Delta, as a result of oil exploration activities, and subsequent destruction of the socio-economic lives of people in the region, have continued to be at the centre of calls for environmental justice and remediation. These agitations for environmental justice heightened …

Niger Delta youths have threatened to shut down the region if some persons “within the circle of the Niger Delta Development commission (NDDC), continue to make things difficult for the contractor handling the Project Hope initiated by the commission to empower and develop the region.” The Niger Delta Development Commission recently …

By Mandy Tina A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has discharged and acquitted the deputy chairman of the Youth Movement in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Fubara Ohaka, of charges filed against him by Federal Government. Chief Ohaka, who is a chieftain of the All …

By Mandy Tina A man, identified as Bro Joe, and two other young men, whose identities are yet to be known, at Ogbogoro in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, allegedly abducted an eleven year old girl, chained and defiled her inside an uncompleted building in an undisclosed location …

…As Gov Fubara hints at revatilising the State’s Emergency Agency Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt In keeping with the statutory mandate of the Nigerian Navy in ensuring safety and security of the nation’s waterways, the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, Pathfinder, on Thursday, in conjunction with the Rivers State Government and other …