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By Mandy Willy ‎As Integrated Catering Company Limited, owners of The Promise Fast Food, marks its 25th anniversary, the company has urged investors within and outside Nigeria to take advantage of the increasingly peaceful business environment in Rivers State. ‎ ‎The call was made during the company’s silver jubilee celebration held on December 6, 2025, in Port Harcourt, which attracted customers, staff, business partners and community stakeholders. ‎ ‎Speaking at the event, the Managing Director of the company, Dr. Oluwatoyin Alabi, said his organization has recorded outstanding business growth in the state over the past 25 years, while expressing…

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has welcomed 2025 Batch C Orientation Course of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to the state, declaring that their deployment was divinely providential. ‎ ‎Gov. Diri, represented by the Executive Assistant to the Governor on NYSC Matters, Hon. Dr. Wisdom Poyeri, urges the Corps members to view their arrival to the State as an opportunity to serve, love, and lead the community. ‎ ‎Governor Douye Diri said the passing out ceremony marked a pivotal transition for corps members from their initial orientation phase to active service, emphasizing core values of discipline,…

By: David Owei, Yenagoa. ‎ ‎The President of the Independent Grassroots Sports Development Association, IGSDA, Chief Miebi Ogunu says he has identified over one hundred athletes in his fifty years of impactful grassroots development in the country. ‎ ‎Chief Ogunu made the declaration at a press briefing   held at the NUJ Press Centre, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital as part of activities to mark the celebration of the renowned sports administrator. ‎ ‎He noted that he was joyous to celebrate his fifty years of impactful grassroots sports development in the country starting from old Rivers State to date, that he…

The Human Rights Committee of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly has marked the World Human Rights Day in partnership with the Association of Women Against Gender Based Violence(AWAGBV) with a call for the review of existing laws against gender abuse and human Rights violations. ‎ ‎The gathering of State Legislators led by the Chairman of the State Assembly Committee on Human Rights, Hon. Ted T. Elemeforo and the Association of Women Against Gender Based Violence (AWAGBV) led by the President, Dr. Dise Goddy Harry also witnessed the recognition and award of excellence to Fifteen  distinguished personalities involved in the…

By: Efemena Uwheru, Yenagoa. ‎ ‎Coaches and Technical Officials of the Niger Delta Games would benefit from a training programme planned to improve their efficiency ahead of the 2026 Games. ‎ ‎Sir Itiako Ikpokpo (KSM) Managing Director of Dunamis Icon Limited, the Managing Consultant for the Niger Delta Games, announced this on Channels Sports on Sunday. ‎ ‎Responding to a question on how the games organisers plan to sustain the discovery of talents in the years ahead, Ikpokpo lamented the poor remuneration of coaches and wondered how their employers expect them to travel to communities to identify new talents. ‎…

The Bayelsa State Government has placed an outright ban on all unauthorized and illegal mining of mineral resources in communities across the state. ‎ ‎The State Government has equally issued a stern warning to community leaders who had been reportedly signing memoranda of understanding with illegal miners in their domains to stop forthwith or face sanctions, declaring such agreements already entered into as null and void and of no effect. ‎ ‎Governor Douye Diri made the declarations, on Monday, during a townhall meeting with community leaders, top government officials and other critical stakeholders from Southern Ijaw, Brass and Ekeremor Local…

Niger Delta Progressive Alliance (NDPA) has felicitated with Chief Ikenna Nicholas Ukwa on the occasion of the Ikenna Ukwa Progressive Group Summit and Empowerement of Youths, Women and the Disabled in Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency on Sunday December 7, 2025. The occasion, which took place at Ohafia Central School Playground, Elu Ohafia, provided an opportunity for Chief Ukwa, Senior Legislative Aide to the President of the Senate, to once again demonstrate his humanitarian and philanthropistic gesture to the people of his constituency. Hundreds of youths, women and people living with disabilities were generously empowered with scholarships, skills acquisition training,…

By Paul Williams  Nigeria’s international gas company, NLNG, has called for stronger global collaboration towards improved LNG supply and affordability for emerging markets, and safeguarding energy expansion in a world increasingly shaped by geopolitical fragmentation and trade uncertainty. NLNG’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Philip Mshelbila, made the call while speaking at the World LNG Summit & Awards holding in Istanbul, Turkey. Mshelbila, who was speaking during the panel session, titled: ‘Energy Expansion in a Challenging Global Trade Environment,’ stressed that only coordinated effort across the LNG value chain can prevent a widening energy divide and…

By Paul Williams Non-governmental organization, Spaces for Change has held the 2025 Digital Security Clinic for journalists and civil society organizations in the South South of Nigeria. The two-day training, organized under the auspices of the Civic Space Resource (CSR) Hub, with support from Ford Foundation, held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, from December 3 to 4, 2025, saw organizations from across the South-South/South-East regions participating in the clinic. Executive Director of Spaces for Change, Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, said the clinic “is designed to respond to the evolving digital threats facing media and civil society organizations. As digital…

By Paul Williams It was a celebration of life well-spent last Saturday December 6, 2025 in the ancient city of Buguma in Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State as First Lady, Lady Valerie Fubara, and who-is-who in the state and the Kalabari ethnic nation trooped out to bid farewell to renown lawyer, estate surveyor and Kalabari chief, Alabo Dr. Donald Blessing Diboye-Suku. He was aged 85 years. Late Alabo Diboye-Suku was member of both the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) and the Rating and Valuation Association (ARVA) of Great Britain; Acting Chief Lands Officer,…