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Emma Sunday Senate President, Senator God’swill Akpabio has come under fire over his recent comment against the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara. Akpabio had on Friday, December 13, 2024, during the birthday celebration of the FCT Minister in Port Harcourt, allegedly stated that leaders like Governor Fubara should have been loyal to his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. The Crown Prince of Ogbakiri Clan in Emohua local government area of Rivers State, Prince Owen Mekwa in a chat with journalists over the weekend criticised the Akpabio, warning him to steer clear of Rivers State internal politics and focus on his legislative…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi As part of the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), the Ugama Ekede, Ayama Ekede, Asukama, and Asukoyet Host Community Development Trust (UAAA HCDT) has presented bursaries and scholarships to 121 undergraduate and post graduate students, who are Indigenes of Asukama and Ayama Ekede communities in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. This is in continuation of the presentation of bursaries and scholarships to 611 Indigenes of the two communities, from primary, secondary, undergraduate to post-graduate level. A breakdown of the total 611 showed that 169 students from Ugama Ekede and 181 from Asukama benefited…

… Warns Herders against Open Grazing By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has made a conciliatory gesture to striking lecturers in the state-owned Niger Delta University (NDU), saying the government was wiling to make concessions to improve their welfare. Governor Diri appealed to the NDU chapter of the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) to call off its industrial action, which began on December 10. The governor, who made the appeal on Wednesday during the 148th meeting of the state executive council in Government House, Yenagoa, upon his resumption from annual leave, urged the lecturers…

By Ukandi Christopher The people of Oginigba Community have expressed surprise that a premier state primary school has allegedly been abandoned by the Rivers State government for over twelve years. State Primary School Oginigba, Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, has reportedly been in dilapidation since after the Chibuike Amaechi administration gave it a facelift. The people of the Oginigba have called on the state governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, to urgently complete the abandoned primary school project in the community. The school project which is part of the iconic Amaechi administration’s model schools sited in all 23 local…

By Emma Sunday As a way of supporting the fight against crime and criminality in Rivers State, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has donated communication gadgets and other security equipments to the State Police Command. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku while handing over the equipment to the police at the Command’s headquarters, Moscow Road said the donation shows the partnership between the NDDC and the police in Rivers State. Ogbuku said the equipments will enhance the Command’s performance in policing the state during and after yuletide season. The NDDC Boss emphasised that…

By Kelechi Nwaucha Women in the Niger Delta, civil society organizations, community leaders and other groups on Tuesday embarked on a protest march in Port Harcourt, in a call for a halt to onshore divestments by oil companies operating in the region. This followed what the protesters described as IOCs’ “hasty divestment from the Niger Delta region, without due consultation of the impacted community people, nor full remediation and restoration of the degraded environment.” They particularly called on President Bola Tinubu to sustain the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission’s rejection of Shell’s request to sell its remaining shares in the…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi As the Federal Government moves to end pipeline vandalism and oil theft, Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd, (PINL) a pipeline surveillance contractor has deployed strategies to win the war on the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP). The company on Monday, through its consultant, Learn & Leadwise Resources Limited, commenced the distribution of food palliatives to Pipeline Host Communities of the TNP as part of a bouquet of corporate social responsibility packages. The palliatives, which are for all the 215 communities on the TNP corridor, are meant to cushion the effect of the harsh economic situation in the country on…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Not less than 611 primary and secondary schools students Tuesday received scholarships and bursary awards from Joint Venture partners, Green Energy International Limited and Lekoil Nigeria. This is as 1000 members of the communities also received bags of rice as livelihood packages from JV operators. The students were drawn from the host communities of the Joint Venture of Ugama Ekede, Ayama Ekede, Asukama and Asukoyet communities in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. While the bursary/scholarships catered to students in primary, secondary, undergraduate and post-graduate levels from Ugama Ekede and Asukama communities. A breakdown showed that…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has ended his annual leave and will resume his official duties immediately. A statement by his spokesperson, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, on Monday, said that the Bayelsa governor, who went on a three-week leave on November 25, will resume on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Governor Diri expressed appreciation to people of the state for their prayers and continuous support for his administration while he was on vacation. He said the administration remains steadfast, united and committed to its social contract with the people and will continue to deliver projects and…

By Ehichioya Ezomon The days, weeks and months ahead may witness further clashes, and severer bloodletting between alleged political thugs of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, over petitions filed by dissatisfied seven parties to overturn the victory of the APC in the September 21, 2024, governorship election. There’re conflicting claims about the sympathy of the thugs in the Monday, December 9, 2024, attack during the inaugural sitting of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal at the High Court in Benin City. While some reports speak of clashes between the thugs,…