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By: Bethel Toby  ‎ ‎As Barrister the James A. James-led administration in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers State clocks 100 days in office recently, one of his close political aide and Chief Protocol Officer of Council, Hon Ezekiel Wari Jaja, has passed a vote of confidence on his leadership so far, describing it, “as a model of purposeful governance and prudent resource management”. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Speaking with PH Mundial recently in Opobo Town on the journey so far of this dispensation, Jaja applauded the Council Chairman’s ” bold start”, in infrastructural renewal, youth empowerment, and community inclusiveness. ‎…

By: Bethel Toby ‎ ‎The Principal of Community Junior Secondary School, Okoloma-Afam, in Oyigbo LGA of Rivers State, Dr Chiawolam Jacob, has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, among other stakeholders  to urgently reform the education sector, to achieve greater efficiency and productivity. ‎ ‎ ‎Speaking with PH Mundial on this year’s World Teachers’ Day celebration, and the state of  teachers’ welfare,  Jacob explained that improved teachers’ welfare, timely promotions, and the recruitment of more teaching and non- academic staff remain the foundation for meaningful learning outcomes. ‎ ‎ ‎He described teachers’ as, “the bedrock of national transformation and integration”, lamenting…

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has applauded practitioners in the state for their supportive role in driving the development efforts of his Assured Prosperity Agenda. ‎ ‎Senator Diri gave the commendation on Thursday at the 12th edition of the Bayelsa Media Awards (BMA) 2025 in Yenagoa, the state capital. ‎ ‎Governor Diri, who described the media as a veritable platform in strengthening modern democracy, commended its practitioners for effective reportage which has helped to foster a better understanding between the government and the people. ‎ ‎Represented by his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, he also described theme of the event:…

By: Bethel Toby  ‎ ‎The Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education(IAUE), Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Prof Ibiere Ken- Maduako,  says that the vision of President Bola Tinubu and Governors of the 36 States, including the Federal Capital Territory should  be primarily,  to ensure that Nigerian youths become successful entrepreneurs in agriculture. ‎ ‎ ‎Speaking with PH Mundial in Port-Harcourt on the need to encourage Nigerian youths’ to become successful agriculture entrepreneurs, Ken- Maduako said through the Ministry of Agriculture, government should transform the Nigerian farmers into  entrepreneurs. ‎ ‎ ‎She reiterated that the Tinubu’s administration should be ready…

A University Don and Professor of Environmental and Industrial Microbiology at the University of Port Harcourt, Professor  Obioma Kenechukwu Agwa has called on the governments to invest more funds into Waste to Wealth technology to promote industrial innovations in the country. ‎ ‎ ‎Delivering the 203 Inaugural Lecture series of the University held on Thursday October 9, 2025, tittled: “Waste to Wealth; The Technological Microbiology,” she descrbed the benefits derivables in  waste to wealth technology as the game changer for industrial innovations in the country. ‎In ‎In a chat with newsmen after the event, Professor Agwa stated that the significance…

The National Association of Seadogs, Pyrates Confraternity, Oxbow Marino Deck, has raised an alarm over the rising cases of illicit drug abuse in Bayelsa state, declaring that such worrisome spike has led to high rate of school drop out. ‎ ‎A coalition of Civil Society Groups, made up of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Do Foundation and the National Association of Women Against Gender Based Violence also agrees with the position of the NAS, adding that the rate of youth delinquency and petty crimes have risen within the state. ‎ ‎This position was…

Elder Timi Ogoriba, a foremost Pan-Niger Delta activist, has joined the Ijaw Nation and the Niger Delta at large in commemorating the 10th anniversary of the passing of the former Bayelsa State governor, late Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha. ‎ ‎In a statement released in Yenagoa, Elder Ogoriba extolled the late Alamieyeseigha as “a banner of the Ijaw Nation — a man whose courage, conviction, and deep sense of service defined an era and gave voice to a people long denied their rightful place in the Nigerian federation.” ‎ ‎He recalled that Alamieyeseigha’s leadership, both as Governor of Bayelsa State…

By Uwem Offon  It began as a misunderstanding within a young marriage. Yet, what should have been resolved with dialogue, patience, and forgiveness ended in flames. A promising military officer, barely five months into matrimony, was set ablaze by God knows who and consumed in a violence so irredeemable that it destroyed more than just one life. His death was not his alone; it was the death of a family’s future, the burial of hope, and the silent slaughter of countless destinies connected to his existence. The ripples of his tragic end were merciless. His parents, once proud…

By Jacinta Hycenth, Abuja  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that it issued thirty-seven new orders to guide activities of licensees and twenty-nine licences, permits and certifications in the second quarter of 2025. According to NERC’s 2025 quarterly report, the Electricity Act (EA) 2023, section 34(2)(d), empowers the commission to licence and regulate persons engaged in the generation, transmission, system operation, distribution, supply and trading of electricity in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). Additionally, the commission regulates market entry or exit by sector players and issues regulations, guidelines and orders that guide the operations of…

By Jacinta Hycenth, Abuja  The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in collaboration with security operatives and community vigilantes, have successfully foiled an attempt by vandals to dismember towers T297, T298, and T299 along the Mando–Jos 330kV Double Circuit transmission line. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Ndidi Mbah, the suspects and potential buyers were arrested on Sunday, October 5, 2025. TCN disclosed that the vandals had removed tower members, compromising the structural integrity of the towers but fortunately, the line remained intact and did not collapse. “To safeguard the integrity of the transmission infrastructure, TCN engineers had…