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By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Rotary Club Aluu New Dawn, Rivers State at the weekend unveiled its New Service Project for the 2024/2025 year during which it also presented Prof. Uchenna Ufoaroh, the immediate past president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, the prestigious Professional Service Award. The event also saw the official handover of the mantle of leadership of the club to Catechist, Mmadubueze Jefferson as the 4th Rotarian President, Aluu New Dawn, the investiture of members of the 2024/2025 Board of Directors and the induction of some worthy men and wormen…

By Ehichioya Ezomon The 1967 hit song, “The First Cut Is the Deepest,” written by British singer-songwriter, Cat Stevens, may not be related to the discourse hereunder, but it’s a strong advice to humans, to bridle their tongues – as the Apostles admonish in James 3:8-9 – against censoriousness, and reproving others with a magisterial air, as true wisdom comes only from above. (“The First Cut Is the Deepest” was originally released in April 1967 by P. P. Arnold – an American soul singer, born Patricia Ann Cole, on October 3, 1946, in Los Angeles, California – who relocated in 1966 to…

By Amos Odhe Diversionary accusations against the Chief of Staff, Hon Kazeem Akinkeye will not stop the prosecution of many former top officials of the Oyetola administration over infractions in contract handling in the last government, according to spokesperson to the Osun State governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed. According to a release made available to our correspondent, Mallam Rasheed said the state APC is dead scared of the conclusions of the forensic investigation of the state contract review committee and the white paper implementation committee headed by Hon Kolapo Alimi “which evidentially indicted many former top officials of the last government…

Emma Sunday The Nigerian Army in consolidation of it’s ongoing anti illigal oil bunkering operations in the Niger Delta Region has again, thwarted more criminal activities of illegal oil bunkering merchants. The military disclosed this in a statement issued by the Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division, Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, and made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday. Danjuma in the statement said troops from 6 Division, Nigerian Army, in several clearance operations conducted last week, recorded several successes against the network of criminality going on in the region. The statement noted that the…

By Amos Odhe In preparation for the Ondo State off-cycle governorship election, the International Press Centre (IPC) and the Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO) will from Tuesday September 10, 2024, host a series of dialogue and stakeholders’ engagement, with the objective of ensuring “fair, ethical, and inclusive coverage of the electoral processes by the media and peaceful conduct by the citizens.” These initiatives, according to a release made available to our correspondent, are part of Component 4: Support to Media under the European Union Support to Democratic Governance (EUSDGNII) project, which seeks to strengthen democratic consolidation in Nigeria through…

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, has commended “the significant Nigerian Content strides achieved in the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) Train 7 Project.” Speaking on Friday during a visit to the NLNG six-train plant, Train 7 Project construction site, and the NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited (NSML) training centre, Maritime Centre for Excellence (MCOE) in Finima, Bonny Island, Rivers State, Engr. Ogbe emphasised the need for increased collaboration and advocacy for Nigerian Content in the oil and gas industry. Engr. Ogbe was received by Mr. Olakunle Osobu, Deputy Managing…

Organizers of the prestigious Bayelsa Media Network Awards (BMNA) have nominated Ruby Benjamin Memorial School for an award of Excellence, “in recognition of the school’s sterling qualities and antecedents in the educational sector in Bayelsa State. In a statement issued to newsmen in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, the Project Manager, Mr. Blessing Matthew Ozegbe, stated that the nomination of Ruby Benjamin Memorial School for the prestigious award is as a result of “notable achievements and dedication to imparting knowledge to students especially the high moral standard that is bequeathed to wards and students of the school.” Mr. Ozegbe said…

By Kelechi Nwaucha In the wake of economic headwinds buffeting the country, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has urged Nigerians to take advantage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA), particularly Section 51, which empowers them to hold governments at the three tiers accountable. This was the message Executive Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), Victor Muruako Esq, and his team, brought to civil society groups in the South South of the country on Monday, in a two-day Financial Accountability Retreat for Sub-Nationals and Civil Societies held in Port Harcourt, with the theme, ‘Strengthening Financial Accountability at Sub-National Levels.’ Addressing…

… Highlights Concerns over ‘Legislative Copy-Pasting, Merchandising of Bills’ The first year of the 10th National Assembly, led by Senator Godswill Akpabio and Hon Tajudeen Abbas, has witnessed a surge but slow pace of progression of sponsored bills, a significant number of which were proposals recycled from the preceding 9th Assembly. This is according to a performance report card of the National Assembly set for release this week by OrderPaper, Nigeria’s foremost parliamentary monitoring organisation and public policy think-tank. The performance report card, “distilled through detailed, objective and data-driven analysis of bills processed in the first year of the 10th…

The National Chairman, ex-Agitators of the Third Phase of the Presidential Amnesty Program, PAP, Elaye Slaboh, has felicitated with the managing director and chief executive officer of Tantita Security Services Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, who was recently bestowed with the Life-time award of ‘Izon-Ebidou Keme,’ meaning a leader who wants the progress of the Ijaw Nation. Slaboh applauded Tantita Security Services Limited, which he said has been “in forefront of the protection of the degraded Niger Delta Region environment, war against oil spill, pipe line vandalism, oil theft, security of the waterways for sustainable peace in the…