Author: Chim Ogwutum

A gender based advocacy group, Greenleaf Advocacy and Empowerment Center, February 9, trained community women on the use of air quality monitoring equipment to check pollution. The training, which held at Aleto, Eleme, Rivers State, engaged rural women from several communities across the Eleme Local Government Area. Also in attendance were expert environmentalists, who took participants through what constitutes air pollution and educated them on air quality reading of particulate matters using android phones and air note monitor methods. The project was a sensor based case study of Ogale Eleme., The women and a few men in their midst were…

Marginalized women including persons with disability, PWDs have been sensitized on resilience and capacity building for adaptation to reduce the impact of environmental pollution in their lives. The exercise which, took place February 6, at Fnakon Hotel at Rukpokwu in Obi/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State had as it theme: “Empowering Resilience: Capacity Building for Physically Challenged and Marginalized Women On Environmental Pollution and Adaptation Strategies.” It was organized by Healthy Life Development, HELDI with support from the Global Green Fund. Participants also underwent free medical check-ups to ascertain their blood pressure and blood sugar levels. In her remarks,…

The governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has expressed pleasure to be part of a project designed to launch ‘A Community Centered Approach to Transforming Criminality and Violence in the Niger Delta.’ The governor who, was represented by the commissioner for Youth Development, Hon. Chisom Gbaji at the official launch of the project held on Thursday, February 8, 2024, at the ministry of Justice auditorium, Rivers State secretariat, Port Harcourt, thanked Search Common Ground and its implementing partners for bringing together all the agencies involved in combating violence and criminality in Nigeria for this event. Governor Fubara said there…

Marginalized women including persons with disability, PWDs have been sensitized on resilience and capacity building for adaptation to reduce the impact of environmental pollution in their lives. The exercise which, took place February 6, at Fnakon Hotel at Rukpokwu in Obi Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, played host to   participants, and theme of the one-day event was, “Empowering Resilience: Capacity Building for Physically Challenged and Marginalized Women On Environmental Pollution and Adaptation Strategies,” organized by Healthy Life Development, HELDI with support from the Global Green Fund. Before commencement of the programme, participants underwent free medical check-ups to…

In a shocking turn of events, Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, collapsed Sarturday afternoon shortly after the conclusion of his 61st birthday colloquium held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. Sources close to the Senator confirmed to SaharaReporters that Akpabio slumped while seeing off President Bola Tinubu, who was among the dignitaries present at the event. The incident sent shockwaves through the gathering, with immediate medical attention provided to stabilize the Senator. “Senate President Akpabio collapsed today after his 61st birthday colloquium in Abuja while seeing the President off,” a source revealed. “He was briefly stabilized before being rushed…

Lawmakers, socio-political groups and youths of Ijaw Ethnic Nationality, have recently staged a massive solidarity-walk in Port Harcourt, in support of the Rivers State governor, Siminilayi Fubara. The groups which included members of House of Representatives, Ijaw National Congress, INC, and other youth groups, said their solidarity walk was aimed at bringing to an end godfatherism in the state politics. The group for many hours, obstructed human and vehicular movements along Azikiwe, Moscow and adjourning roads, chanting songs in expression of their solidarity support for the governor Fubara administration. According to the leaders of the groups, the solidarity-walk was their…

It was moments of unbounded joy and double celebrations for the parish priest of Christ The King Catholic Church (King’s Palace), Sangana Street, Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Very Rev. Dr. MSGR Charles Chikeze Agu, as he marked the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination and 76th birthday celebration recently. The glorious event which held at the auditorium of the CKC on Saturday, November 4, 2023, pulled together innumerable personalities from all walks of life, spanning religion, politics, business academic and traditional institutions. Also in attendance were more than 50 priests from various parishes, reverend fathers and sisters, Catholic members…