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By Emma Sunday The Rivers State Waste Management Agency, RIWAMA, said it is partnering with the Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, in renewed efforts to tackle sanitation challenges and restore the state’s Garden City status. The Managing Director of RIWAMA, Dr. Ibimina Wokoma, announced the partnership on Thursday during a courtesy visit to the Rivers State PCRC Secretariat at the Police Officers Mess, Port Harcourt. Dr. Wokoma, represented by the RIWAMA’s Supervisor of Market and Community Sanitation, Mr. Ukoha Omereji, said the Agency will leverage the PCRC’s grassroots structure to drive public enlightenment and enforcement against indiscriminate waste disposal across…

By Paul Williams Youth leaders from the ethnic groups in the Niger Delta have asked the Federal Government and the Ogoni Dialogue Committee to adopt the community engagement model used along the Eastern corridor of the Trans Niger Pipeline as the basis for resuming oil production in Ogoni area. The leaders, coming under the banner of the Niger Delta Ethnic Youth Leaders Forum, said the model, developed by Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL), the integrated pipeline infrastructure company responsible for the Eastern corridor of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) and the Eastern Gas Network, offers a working template for the…

By Mark Lenu The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, (NUP) Rivers State Council has urged the public “not to have any dealings with Gbarabee – led pension association,” describing it as illegal. A statement jointly signed by the state NUP Chairman, Comrade Sammy Eke and Secretary, Comrade Joseph J. Agbo, said: “The attention of the Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners has been drawn to the activities of a group of people who calls themselves ‘The National Association of Retirees of State Government,’ under the leadership of one Zegare T. Gbarabee and Isa Shaibu as…

‎Donbai FA has emerged champions of the Bayelsa Starlets Academy U-15 Scouting Tournament after two weeks of pulsating action among the young lads.‎‎The tournament which was put together by the organisers of the Prosperity Cup in collaboration with the Ministry of Sports Development and the Bayelsa State Grassroots Coaches Association, was aimed at discovering talents that would be integrated into the Bayelsa Starlets Academy, which is affiliated to the FC Barcelona Academy.‎‎Donbai FA put up a brave show to beat FC Afini 2-0 to lift the trophy.‎‎In the third place match Kings Warriors FA of Igbedi overpowered Dominion City 5-4…

By Amos Odhe The Peoples Democratic Party PDP) in Bayelsa State has offered Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, some economic tips to address worsening living conditions of residents of Bayelsa State as part of efforts to rescue the state from collapse. Turnah, who dismissed Diri’s boasting of an effective political machinery to subdue all opposition parties, stated that Bayelsans would determine the outcome of the 2027 elections in the state. According to Turnah, the Diri administration should be concerned about addressing the worsening living conditions of Bayelsans instead of dissipating energy on irrelevant policies that do not improve the…

By Emma Sunday The Founder and Lead Pastor of Sanctuary of Praise International Church, Pastor Success Ekperechi Uju, has called on President Bola Tinubu and other top leaders to govern Nigeria with the fear of God. Pastor Uju who made the call on Sunday, during the church’s 10th anniversary celebration at Elioparanwa, in Obio/Akpor LGA, Rivers State warned that those who work against God’s will in the country will face divine judgment. The event, themed “Prophecies Made, Prophecy Fulfilled,” drew an overflow crowd of members, associates, traditional rulers and dignitaries from across the country and beyond. Speaking at the service,…

By: Dr. Austin Orette Nigeria is a constitutional democracy founded on the principle of secular governance. In my view, democracy and the institutionalization of Sharia as a national legal framework are fundamentally incompatible. Those who seek to replace Nigeria’s constitutional order with a religious legal system should first confront the implications of such a proposal for our national unity. Religion is, and ought to remain, a personal matter. Once it is introduced into the machinery of government and public administration, it ceases to be merely a matter of faith and becomes a political issue. It must therefore be debated politically…

By: Dr. Austin Orette A society that mocks honest labour is a society preparing for its own destruction. Nations do not become prosperous by celebrating wealth alone; they become prosperous by honouring the labour that creates wealth. The dignity of labour is the foundation upon which every great civilization has been built. Whenever that dignity is eroded, corruption replaces productivity, greed replaces innovation, and society begins a slow but certain decline. It therefore pains me whenever I hear politicians, senior government officials, opinion leaders, and even journalists ridicule Nigerians who engage in honest occupations simply to feed their families. Nothing…

By: Ehichioya Ezomon Opposition presidential hopefuls in the 2027 General Election, former Vice President and candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and ex-Anambra State Governor and candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi, have adopted a theme that’s against the letter and spirit of the amended 1999 Constitution of Nigeria: A shortcut to the Presidency by subterfuge. To avoid a direct challenge of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on January 16, 2027, Atiku and Obi, 2023 candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), accordingly, have…

The Eze Oha Evo III of Evo Kingdom Nyerisi Eli Woji (Eze Woji XII), His Majesty King Professor Leslie N. Eke, JP, Eze Gbakagbaka has pledged his support for the governorship aspiration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Rivers State, Rep. Ogundu Kingsley Chinda, Esq. ‎Eke gave the assurance when members of the Divine Mandate Progressive Movement (DMPM), a support group for the APC governorship candidate, led by its leader, His Most Royal Eminence, Cardinal Jephthah Ikezim, JP, paid him a courtesy visit at his palace in Woji Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Friday. ‎The Monarch who also…