Community shuts down SPDC flow station
A section of Omudioga Community in Emohua Local Government Area, led by its Community Development Committee Chairman, Barrister Chikweri Ogbugo, have shut down Ahia Flow Station operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) due to the company’s failure to provide electricity to the people. The…
Dakuku mourns David West
Dakuku Peterside, Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency have paid tribute to the late Professor of Virology and social critic, Tamunoemi David-West, describing his death as a huge loss to Nigeria and humanity. Peterside said in a statement that Professor David-West was a colossus…
Wike lashes out at Obuah
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has taken a swing at the State Chairman of the PDP, Bro Felix Obuah who heads the State’s sanitation effort. The Governor chose the opportunity provided by the Redeemed Christian Church of God Holy Ghost Rally which took place…
Wokekoro puts Amaechi, Obuah together
Chief Nnamdi Wokekoro, former Mayor of Port Harcourt last week performed one last assignment before taking his last step to glory. He brought Felix Obuah, State Chairman of the PDP and the Minister of Transportation and Leader of the APC in the South South, Rotimi…
Amaechi moves to transform Niger Delta economy, ports
The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has secured the release of funds for the construction of two new sea ports in the Niger Delta region. The ports which would cost $1.6b are to be sited at Pessu in Delta State and Bonny in…
Ijaws turn to APC
The Ijaw nation appears to have taken a decision to empty into the All Progressives Congress, APC, given what transpired in Bayelsa State at the weekend. Recall that the APC overwhelmingly won the gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa State, dusting Senator Douye Diri and the PDP….
Rivers people mourn Tam David West
Rivers people have been thrown into mourning, following the death of Professor Tam David West, a social critic and scholar The Professor of Virology and one time Minister of Petroleum died on Monday at his Ibadan residence. He was aged 83. The cause of death…
Wike slams Bar, Bench
Members of the NBA in Rivers State have been accused of allegedly descending into the political arena. To this end, the Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike has announced his government is withdrawing from promises it made earlier to enhance the welfare of the legal profession. Governor…
Breaking news:Court throws out Lyon, Lokpobiri
Two days to the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa has disqualified the APC candidate, David Lyon. Also disqualified is the petitioner, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri. The Federal High Court, the Port Harcourt Telegraph has learnt, held in its ruling…
FG institutes audit at NDDC
A forensic audit has been ordered by the Federal Government into the activities of the NDDC. Following the order, investigators are to examine how funds accruing to the Commission was spent between 2001 and 2019. Speaking when Governors of the Niger Delta visited him, President…
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