Wike’s Highhandedness: Civil Societies Call For Mass Protest against Nyesom Wike

Posted by admin on Saturday, 16 July 2016 in News 916 Reads

By Nwaorgu Faustinus The continued detention of Hon. Ojukaye Flag Amakiri in Port Harcourt prison over trump up charges and the hunting of perceived political opponents by Gov. Nyesom Wike's administration in Rivers State has called for the attention and condemnation of several civil societies in the state. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. The latest is ...

Rivers Election Crisis: Group Calls for Sack of Hon. Justice Adolphus Enebele

Posted by admin on Saturday, 16 July 2016 in News 911 Reads

By Nwaorgu Faustinus The National Judicial Council and the leadership of the National Assembly have been called upon to call Hon. Justice Adolphus Enebele of the Rivers State High Court and the Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly to without further delay effect the swearing in of both Hon. Victoria Nyeche and Andrew Miller who are two ...

Group Passes Confidence Vote on NAPIMS Boss, Calls on Police to Fish Out Those After His Life

Posted by admin on Saturday, 16 July 2016 in Energy Today 1270 Reads

By Francis Sadhere THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) has passed confidence vote on the Group General Manager of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS),Mr Dafe Sejebor over alleged corruption and marginalisation of contractors from the region and tasked security operatives 'to fish out those after the life of the NAPIMS boss'. Mr. Dafe Sejebor, ...

DELTA POLICE ARRESTS 48 SUSPECTED CULTISTS, DECLARES ONE ELIZABETH MISSING

Posted by admin on Thursday, 14 July 2016 in Crime 3698 Reads

By Francis Sadhere The Delta state police command has arrested forty eight suspected members of Neo Black Movement (aka Black Axe) confraternity in Warri. Elizabeth Aluka, the lady declared missing by police. According to the state Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), SP Celestina Kalu in a statement made available to our correspondent, the suspects were arrested while holding their annual initiations and ceremonies at an undisclosed location in Warri. She added that the suspects were rounded by men of the Special Anti Robbery Squard (SARS) who were deployed to the location following a tip off. The statement reads; 'On 7/7/2016 at about 2100hrs, while acting on a tip off that members of Neo ...

OGUNLEYE RETAINS TITLE, QUALIFIES FOR RIO OLYMPICS

Posted by admin on Thursday, 14 July 2016 in sports 1492 Reads

By Nyerhovwo Oghenetejiri Nigeria 100 metres sprinter, Seye Ogunlewe has retained his national tittle at the All Nigeria Championship held in Sapele, Delta state. Ogunlewe ran 12.10s to retain the title he won in 2015 in the athletic champoinship organised by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). He beat his rivals Divine Ofuduru and Egwero Ogho-Oghene who also ran 10.25 secs and ...

Rivers APC congratulates Dr. Sokonte on his appointment as NPA Executive Director

Posted by admin on Thursday, 14 July 2016 in News 1629 Reads

By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has congratulated Hon. (Dr) Sokonte Hutton Davies on his appointment as Executive Director, Marine Operations of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, by President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. The APC in a statement signed by its Spokesman, Senibo Chris Finebone said, “The APC believes that the appointment ...

DELTA PDP LEGAL ADVISER SUES FOR PARTY UNITY, HAILS OKOWA

Posted by admin on Thursday, 14 July 2016 in News 883 Reads

By Ovedhe Jerry The Legal Adviser of the People’s Democratic Party in Delta State, Barr. Bernard Odior has called on all Party Faithful to embrace oneness and avoid sowing seeds of friction among members. He said that “the need to deepen internal democracy is sinequanone”, even as he commended the developmental strides of Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Governor of ...

Gharamatu Women Give FG 7 Days Ultimatum to Free Children Arrested By Military

Posted by admin on Wednesday, 13 July 2016 in News 1093 Reads

...As NAGS Appeal For Immediate Release Of Arrested Students By Francis Sadhere Forty-eight days after the arrest of ten youths by the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) during their search for the Niger Delta Avengers in Gbaramatu Kingdom, the women and students of Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State yesterday gave the ...

WAR AND ITS KALEIDOSCOPIC OVERVIEW

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 in News 1014 Reads

By Bobson Gbinije “So long as mankind Shall continue to lavish more Praise upon its destroyers than Upon its benefactors war shall Remain the Chief Pursuit of Ambitious minds” EDWARD GIBBON (1737-1794) Decline and fall of the Roman Empire The relativistic and pluralistic coloration given to the TRUTH has always precipitated divisions, conflicts, controversies and wars. Hence, the first victim of war is the TRUTH. When ...

Rivers State APC condemns another N9b loan by Gov. Wike

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 in News 991 Reads

...Loan solely to prosecute July 30 rerun election By Nwaorgu. Faustinus The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned as unconscionable and wicked the approval given to the governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike by the Rivers State House of Assembly to obtain yet another loan of N9 billion from Zenith Bank PLC. The party ...

PDP Ward 5 Jesse Inaugurates Executive Officers

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 in News 1083 Reads

By Our Correspondent The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP)ward 5 Jesse in Ethiope west Local government area of Delta state have inaugurated their newly elected executive officers to run the affairs of the party in the next tenure. Those sworn-in are, Hon. Jonathan Tashemi (JP)(Chairman) Mr. Ogheneakporobo Eriteta,(vice chairman) Mr. Fredrick Egadega(Secretary), Mr. Martins Onogware( Assist Sec) Mrs. Sarah Aghomi(women leader) Mr. Goddey Emakpor( Financial ...

Hon. Oshetigho Inaugurates Ughelli South Local Govt PDP Exco

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 in News 1520 Reads

By Our Correspondent Hon Djegbe Micheal Oshetigho has inaugurated the long awaited Ughelli south PDP executive officers at the Ughelli South PDP Secretariat in the presence of top government functionaries in the local government area. The Chairman, in his speech admonished all exco members to work as a team as this will be the only way to achieve success, stating further that he will ...

ERA/FoEN COMMENDS FG FOR IMPLEMENTING TOBACCO CONTROL ACT

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 in News 1152 Reads

By Nyerovwho Oghenetejiri The Federal government will adopt all legal and administrative measures to ensure effective implementation of the National Tobacco Control Act just as Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth (ERA/FoEN) commeded the Federal Government for taking the bold step towards ensuring public health issues of the people more serious. This was disclosed by Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister for Health ...

Our efforts at restructuring Bayelsa economy will soon yield results, says Gov Dickson

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 in News 926 Reads

BY PHILIP EKE, YENAGOA Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson, over the weekend disclosed that, machinery has been put in place to restructure the economy of the state, with a view to turning it around for the overall good and prosperity of the State. Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State. Giving the assurance, the Governor stated that, the efforts ...

YOUTH GROUP TASKS RIVERS GOVERNMENT ON JOB CREATION, ACOUNTABILITY IN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES

Posted by admin on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 in News 948 Reads

By Our Correspondent Worried by high rate of corruption in the delivery of youth employment and empowerment programmes in Rivers State, 3 youth groups known as Okana, Marine base and Kpor Youth Leadership Networks have tasked the Rivers State government headed by Chief Nyesom Wike on integrating transparency, accountability and inclusivity in the design, implementation, monitoring and ...

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