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Leadership of the National Association of Seadogs Pyrates Confraternity (NAS PC), Oxbow Marino Deck recently held a meeting with the Controller of Corrections of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Bayelsa State Command on the need for partnership to rehabilitate prison inmates and curbing crime in the state. The Controller of Corrections in the State, Imo Ikahokhuele who was received by the Capoon of the Oxbow Marino Deck, Engr. Adogbeji Egbonoje, pointed out that since his assumption of office on May 19, 2025, he has witnessed and admired NAS PC’s longstanding support to the Correctional Service. Ikahokhuele also noted that, while…

… As Gas Company Ignites Passion for Science By Paul Williams Community Secondary School, Igboh Etche, has emerged winner of the 2025 NLNG Science Quiz Competition. The school led seven others at the climax of the competition in Port Harcourt, on Saturday, in a contest showcasing brilliance, speed, and scientific prowess. The competition drew students from across Rivers State in a bid to crown this year’s top science students under the theme ‘Renewable Energy Solutions,’ with Community Secondary School, Igboh Etche emerging as winner in the Senior Secondary (SS) 2 category. CSS Igboh Etche’s victory marked the conclusion of a…

By Emma Sunday No fewer than 3,700 women across Nigeria have benefited from the Federal Government’s credit-backed tricycles empowerment scheme. This was disclosed on Wednesday, as the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP), rolled out expansion of it’s Queen Rider Programme in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Capital. Speaking at the event, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CREDICORP, Engr. Uzoma Nwagba, said the Queen Rider initiative is part of CREDICORP’s wider effort to support half of Nigeria’s working population by 2030 with consumer credit tools that directly enhances their quality of life, whether through vehicle ownership,…

By Uwem Offon, Uyo The Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Hon Udeme Otong, has announced that 24 out of the 26 lawmakers in the Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Making the announcement during plenary on Tuesday, Otong disclosed that he had received letters of resignation from 24 members who were formerly of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Speaker said the lawmakers cited internal crises within the PDP’s National Working Committee as the reason for their defection. He did not clarify the status of the remaining two lawmakers or confirm whether…

By Bon Peters The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is proposing to generate an estimated revenue of N1.28 trillion in 2025. This disclosure was made by the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, during the 2025 budget defense session organized by the House of Representatives Committee on Ports and Harbour in Abuja Monday. Our correspondent reports that the new revenue target represented a 40 percent increase from the N894.8 billion it realized in 2024. Dantsoho noted that NPA’s 2025 budget was more than the figures, as it reflected its aspirations for a more efficient and globally…

By Ehichioya Ezomon  Once again, communities in Benue State – the acclaimed “Food Basket of the Nation – are under attack, with death and destruction everywhere. Naturally, the survivors, from crying, moaning and wailing, will run to seek refuge and shelter in neighbouring and distant communities or internally-displaced persons’ (IDPs) camps to mourn their losses, resign to faith to avert the next attack, which will come in the cycle of orgy that’s taken over Nigeria. This was the situation in the Yelewata community, Guma local government area of Benue overnight of Saturday, June 15, 2025, when over 100 people…

By Uwem Offon, Uyo ‎ ‎Chairman of Eastern Obolo in Akwai Ibom State, Samuel Nteogwuija, has flagged-off a N31.5 million Skills Acquisition Training and Business Grant Scheme under the Unifier First Batch, benefiting 60 youths and 10 women across the local government area. ‎ ‎Speaking during the official launch, the council chairman commended the State Governor, Pst. Umo Eno, for granting local government chairmen the autonomy to lead and manage their councils effectively. ‎ ‎“As a local government chairman, I have benefited immensely from His Excellency, the Governor. He has graciously allowed us to operate independently and serve our…

The leadership and membership of the Wakirike National Students Union have been called upon to play a major role in re-orienting youth against involvement in drugs and other criminal activities. Sole Administrator of Okrika Local Government Area, Engr. Tamunobipiboye Thompson Isodiki, gave the charge when the Wakirike National Students Union and leaders of the various campuses students union paid him a courtesy visit in his office. Isodiki expressed concern about the high level of drug addiction and other criminal activities involving young people, cautioning that if the trend wasn’t checked, it could create serious problem in the local government area.…

By Our Reporter The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, says it has created over 7000 direct and indirect employments through it’s project sites in Ogoniland. Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Professor Nenibarini Zabbey stated this during a midterm stakeholders scorecard held by the agency in Port Harcourt. This is as stakeholders from the four Ogoni speaking local councils in Rivers State have commended HYPREP for its effort in implementing the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, Report on Ogoniland, stressing that the agency has given hope to the people. The stakeholders who x-rayed HYPREP’s interventions in remediation, livelihoods programmes, soil…

… Police Begins Investigation Mr Hector Ekeakita, a prime suspect in the case of assault on Mr Goodluck Iheanachor, the Sole Administrator of Ahoada East Council in Rivers State, has denied involvement in the act. Mr Iheanachor was on 20th June, 2025, attacked by suspected hoodlums in the council secretariat, forcing him to signed a purported resignation document. Also attacked in the incident was the council secretary, Umegbewe Alabi. However, the prime suspect, Ekeakita who is the Chief Security Officer, CSO, of the council, said he was not involved in the beating of the council officials. Ekeakita in…