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… Plan Collaboration with APPO, AU Oil and gas service providers across Africa have formed a continental forum known as the African Local Content Organisation (ALCO), with the goal of collaborating among themselves to deliver complex projects, creating and retaining value in the multibillion dollar African energy sector and growing the economy. The organisation was unveiled on Wednesday, Day 2 of the 2025 Namibia Oil and Gas Conference, at Windhoek, Namibia. Membership is open to national associations of service providers in the oil and gas and mining sectors across the African continent. Chairman of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria…

By Mandy Willy The Rivers Women Unite for SIM has commended the prevailing atmosphere of peace in Rivers State, describing it as a “fresh path” for progress and unity. In a statement signed by the group’s leader, Comrade Glory Sunday, the women hailed the peaceful conduct of party primaries across all 23 Local Government Areas and the official commencement of campaigns for the upcoming local government elections. The group said the development marked more than a routine political exercise, calling it a testament to the power of dialogue, reconciliation, and the collective decision to prioritize harmony over discord. “This renewed…

As the countdown for the August 30, Council elections in Rivers State approaches, party candidates for the Chairmanship and Councillorship elections have been speaking on their plans and manifestoes for their respective Council areas if elected into office. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area, Dr. Chukwu Shedrack Ogbogu who spoke to newsmen after being screened by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) said if elected in the August 30, elections, he will run an all inclusive administration that will reintegrate some of the people who has been displaced and allienated by crises in the…

… PINL Committed to Sustainable Energy Security ~ Mezeh By Godwin Chukwumaechi Nigeria, for the first time in years, has met its oil revenue benchmark. A feat the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) attributes to improved security and sustained peace in the oil-bearing Niger Delta region. The improved security in the region, according to experts and community stakeholders, is driven majorly by the efforts of security agencies and pipeline surveillance contractors such as Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL). The announcement was made by FIRS chairman, Dr. Zacch Adedeji, when he received a delegation of senior military officers led…

By Paul Williams International gas company, NLNG, has commissioned another set of upgraded learning facilities in Rivers State, making it the 8th such achievement in its ongoing efforts to enhance educational infrastructure in the Niger Delta region. The commissioning, which was for educational facilities at Community Secondary School, Abarikpo and Community Secondary School, Abalamabie in Bonny, Rivers State, was in collaboration with the state Ministry of Education. A release by NLNG’s Manager, Corporate Communications & Public Affair, Anne-Marie Palmer-Ikuku, on August 14, 2025, in Port Harcourt, said the new set of schools is part of the second phase of…

The paramount ruler of Oyigbo urban in oOyigbo Local Government Area in Rivers State Eze Kingsley Akobundu Nwogu and some residents of the area have lamented the state of internal roads in the area. They said the roads are in a very deplorable state because of the flooding in the area. The paramount ruler said that going forward, the government of Rivers State should be proactive and tackle the flooding which is a yearly occurrence in the area. He urged them to act like a responsible government and find a lasting solution to the problem. Asked if he has an…

…Fulfils Car Promise To Police Officer Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has assured that his administration will not leave any project unfinished when he leaves office in February 2028. Senator Diri gave the assurance at the 169th session of the state executive council meeting in Government House, Yenagoa. He reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to completion of all ongoing projects, including legacy projects it started and those inherited. Some of the big-ticket legacy projects include the Sagbama-Ekeremor road, which it inherited from the immediate past administration and completed it with work ongoing from Ekeremor to Agge, the ongoing Yenagoa-Oporoma-Ukubie…

Orphanage homes in Bayelsa State have poured encomiums on the founder of Elaye Slaboh Dollar ThankGod Touchlight Foundation, Elaye Dollar Slaboh for the show of love and concerns for their welfare by the philanthropist. Our reporter who monitored the donation of various food items, toiletries, detergents and cash donations to these less privileged reports that the Orphanage homes that benefitted from the donations were Daisy Home For Special Children at Igbogene and Glory Land Children’s Home Opolo within Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital. While presenting the items to the less privileged at Daisy Motherless Home, Igbogene, the National Spokesperson of…

By Onengiyeofori Princewill A non-governmental organization, Quest for Growth and Development Foundation, has called on government to establish more vocational schools “to help youths in the country shape their dreams.” The group made the call during activities marking this year’s International Youth Day, with the theme: ‘Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond,’ in Port Harcourt. The coordinator, Quest for Growth and Development Foundation, Mr Smith Nwokocha, urged governments at all levels to put in proactive measures to build more vocational schools in the country. “I advise the government to build more skills-set schools tailored to their…

As controversy continues to trail the reconstitution of boards of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, a group, Ogoni Youths Development Initiative (OYDI) has raised the alarm over what it suspects as ‘foul play’ in the appointment of Mr Emmanuel Deeyah as the Chairman, Board of Trustees of HYPREP. A statement by the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Monday, said the President has re-appointed Emmanuel Deeyah as HYPREP BOT Chairman alongside other members of the board and the governing council. However, the group argued that Deeyah has never been BOT Chairman of…