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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and other federal agencies to recalibrate their recruitment policies to promote fairness, justice and equity in line with the principles of federalism. Governor Diri stated this when the Assistant Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Zone G, Mrs Abolupe Oladoyin Bewaji, paid a courtesy visit to Government House, Yenagoa. The Governor who was represented by his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, decried the subsisting practice where job recruitment at the federal level is based on the number of local government areas in each of the…

At a stakeholders meeting held over the weekend a unanimous vote of confidence was passed on the Acting Chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area, All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Samuel Evwighono. The party equally applauded him for holding unified meeting barely two weeks in office, describing him as a man with uncommon leadership character and integrity. The motion for the vote of confidence was moved by Dr Rufus Edoja Akpodiete former member of Delta State House of Assembly who represented Ughelli Constituency II and motion was seconded by Hon Spencer Ohwofa. The unified stakeholders meeting which took place at…

By Emma Sunday The 6 Division, Nigerian Army has arrested a 36-year-old gunrunner, Peter Onyeali Chibueze,  with 15 Italian-made sophisticated rifles in Rivers State. Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, Acting Deputy Director of the 6 Division’s Public Relations, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday. According to Danjuma, the suspect, a native of Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, was arrested during an intelligence-led operation on September 19, 2025, in Port Harcourt and environs. He said the suspect, was caught while trying to retrieve the concealed firearms hidden in a sack containing clothing materials. Preliminary investigation…

Emma Sunday Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn-in Hon Benibo Anabraba as the New Secretary to the State Government (SSG), with a charge to guard the office with honour and protect interest of the State. Governor Fubara gave the charge during a brief swearing in ceremony at the Government House Port Harcourt on Monday, hours after his appointment. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications, Dr Honour Sirawoo, had announced the appointment of Anabraba, in a statement issued earlier in Port Harcourt on Monday. Governor Fubara during the swearing in urged the SSG not to use his…

… New Prize on Creative Arts introduced The novel, ‘Sanya,’ written by Oyin Olugbile, has emerged winner of the 2025 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature, clinching one of Africa’s most prestigious literary honour valued at $100,000. The announcement was made on Friday, October 10, 2025 at the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) Grand Award Night in Lagos by the chairman of the Advisory Board for the Prize, Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, who revealed the winner out of 252 novels submitted for the NLNG-sponsored Prize. According to Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, Olugbile’s mythology retelling approach was distinct and daring for…

A Port Harcourt socialite, Chief-Elect Tamunobelema Dandison George, has described Ambassador Joseph Cole, Deputy Director of Planning, Research and Management Information System (MIS) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as a thorough-bred professional whose knack for the development of the Niger Delta is “unprecedented and unparalleled in the annals of history.” Speaking to newsmen on the sideline of the Niger Delta Development Commission’s Strategic Stakeholders Engagement on the medium term implementation of the Niger Delta Regional Development Masterplan (NDRDMP) and communication strategy event, held at the Landmark Hotels recently, Chief George appreciated the organizers, especially Ambassador Joseph Cole…

By: Mandy Willy Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called for renewed accountability, equity, and environmental justice in the Niger Delta, declaring that the people of the region “have no business with poverty.” Falana made the call in Port Harcourt on Friday while delivering the keynote address at the Ken Saro-Wiwa 30th Anniversary Memorial Lecture, themed “Ken Saro-Wiwa: The Man, His Legacies, Struggles, and Challenges.” According to him, if the late Ogoni activist were alive, he would be “demanding accountability and justice for the oppressed,” adding that the wealth derived from oil…

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, and other prominent personalities in the Niger Delta have said the life of the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha symbolised the principles of federalism, resource control, justice and environmental rights. They said Alamieyeseigha, who was the first civilian governor of Bayelsa State, represented the voice of the Niger Delta people and that his legacies would continually inspire generations in the quest for justice, fairness and development. They spoke on Friday at the 10th memorial anniversary in honour of Alamieyeseigha in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital.…

Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, brought together chief executives of indigenous oil and gas companies, host community contractors and vendors, alongside key personnel of three financial institutions, for appraisal of funding and regulatory mechanisms instituted by the Board. Christened “NCDMB Stakeholders Sensitization and Engagement Forum,” the event was designed to clarify processes for Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF) 1% Compliance Certification issuance, demonstrate new features of the upgraded 1% NCDF payment portal, provide guidance on the revised Community Contractors Scheme, and also serve as customers’ engagement forum with participation…

Across Africa, in the pantheon of Pan-African heroes, the story of liberation is never written in ink but in courage. Nelson Mandela’s steadfast walk, Kwame Nkrumah’s clarion call for independence, Patrice Lumumba’s fearless truth in the Congo, Aline Sitoé Diatta’s resistance in Senegal; there stand sons and daughters who shape not just their borderlines but the soul of their people. So does the struggle of the Niger Delta remember Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha: more than a governor, he was an idea incarnate, a Pan-Niger Deltan, a proud voice of the Ijaw Nation, and a man who turned the pain of…