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Over Seventy pregnant women in Okuru Ama Community and its environs in Port Harcourt Local Government Area on Thursday August 28, 2025 graciously benefitted from free antenatal medical checkup programme tagged “Safe Motherhood and Child Survival” organized by Rotary Club of Trans Amadi District 9141 Nigeria. ‎ ‎The free medical health care program was held at Okuru Ama model primary Health Centre and covered giving birthing kids to expectant mothers, register some indigent mothers, free blood pressure checks, testing for malaria and dispensing of medications for expectant mothers and children under the age of five years. ‎ ‎ The program…

The Paramount ruler of Asuk-okpong Community in Asarama District of Andoni LGA in Rivers State, His Highness Epelle D. Enoch Asuk-okpong VI, has strongly warned against the acts of using politicians to cause division among Council of Traditional Rulers. The monarch gave the warning last Friday while addressing the people of Asarama Kingdom on how to conduct themselves in the just concluded Local government election in the Area. According to the traditional ruler, most chieftaincy crisis in Andoni and even across Rivers State were caused by politicians, especially those elected to occupy the position of trust. The monarch, who expressed…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) last Thursday in Port Harcourt organized a workshop for media stakeholders and youth groups, providing profound insights into the structural organisation, internal workings, accomplishments and operational targets of the agency after 15 epochal years as an effective driver of local content and regulator in the oil and gas industry. Billed as a signature event of the NCDMB, having been held regularly since the beginning of the Board in 2010, the workshop also acquainted participants with procedures for registration for employment or training programmes in industry-related skill sets, engagement as industry contractors or…

The Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of the proposed Nigerian Coast Guard’s Provisionary Committee (PC-NCG), Captain Noah Ichaba, has applauded the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, for embracing President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda’s strategic focus on Nigeria’s maritime sector, particularly the burgeoning blue economy, saying it signals a bold step towards sustainable national development. Capt. Ichaba stated that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the proposed Nigerian Coast Guard, when established would have a symbiotic working relationship in promoting the blue economy just as the NDDC has demonstrated commitment in supporting…

The Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND), has commended the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for successfully hosting an interactive engagement with media stakeholders and youth groups. The engagement held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, provided a robust platform for deepening understanding of NCDMB’s mandate, clarifying misconceptions, and highlight of achievements under the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act (NOGICD Act). In a goodwill message on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Dr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, the Director of Corporate Services, Alhaji Abdulmalik Halilu, revealed that the Board has…

King Onunwor, Esq The Nigerian Bar Association’s Annual General Conference (AGC) remains one of the most anticipated and prestigious gatherings of legal minds in Africa. Every year, thousands of lawyers converge in a chosen host city to reflect, learn, and engage with key issues affecting the legal profession and the nation. The 2025 edition held in Enugu was no exception in terms of intellectual rigour and organisational depth within the main venue, but it also exposed a pressing challenge the Association must address going forward, publicity. Enugu, a historic city with immense cultural and legal heritage, was poised to showcase…

The Amanyanabo of the Source (Elem Kalabari), Da Amakiri Tubo, Alhaji Mujahid Abubakar Dokubo-Asari, Dabaye Amakiri I, has pledged the sum of Fifty Million Naira (N50,000,000,00), to the St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Bakana, following an appeal by the church for financial support for the reconstruction and completion of the Archdeacon’s residential quarters, offices and hall. Speaking during a visit to the Amanyanabo at his Obuama residence, the Vicar of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Bakana and Archdeacon, Kalabari-Toru Missionary Archdeaconry, Ven. Dr. Isobeye Amabibi, while thanking the traditional ruler for his many philanthropic gestures across the length and breadth of Kalabari,…

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has received the torch of unity as part of the build up to the state’s sports festival. The festival will feature both junior and senior athletes from all 31 Local Government Areas, competing in 18 core sports including; Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Chess, Judo, Karate, Scrabble, Swimming, Wrestling, Weightlifting, and Football. In addition, Golf, Cricket, Kokowa, and Ayo will be featured as demonstration sports, while team events will be decided at the senatorial districts levels. Having kick-started the process, the Unity Torch is now expected to go round the 31 local government areas of…

‎By: Uwem Offon, Uyo. ‎The Senior Special Assistant to the Akwa Ibom State Governor on Research and Documentation, Dr. Essien Ndueso, has revealed that the process of getting empowerment from the government is strictly through registration and validation on the State portal. ‎ ‎He has emphasized that while the National Identity Number (NIN) is one of the crucial means of verifying one’s nationality on the portal the Voters Identification Number (VIN) authenticates a person as a resident in the State. ‎ Dr Ndueso who spoke during a media interview in Uyo said, ‎”no matter how hardworking, deserving, and enterprising one…

By: Tina Amanda Women in Rivers State under the aegis of Rivers Women Unite for SIM, have renewed their call for an end to the state of emergency imposed on the state since March 2025. The group made the appeal during its monthly prayer session held on Thursday, August 28, 2025, at the Ecumenical Centre, Port Harcourt. With the theme “Divine Mercy and Peace.” The women prayed for the restoration of peace, mercy, and normalcy in the state, expressing hope that the governor and state assembly members would soon be reinstated. The women noted that the prolonged situation has disrupted…