Author: Emmanuel Obe

A former senatorial candidate for Rivers South-East, Dr. Patience Osaroejiji, has said that the newly inaugurated Stakeholders for Democracy for Good Governance (SHDGG) will change the narratives in politics to promote integrity, transparency and good governance. Dr. Osaroejiji, who is the Woman Leader for Rivers State and a member of the National Board of Trustees of the organization, stated this last Saturday in Port Harcourt, when the BOT and state executive committee were inaugurated. She said the people could no longer allow people who cannot give good account of their stewardship to hold political offices. “We are going to change…

The police in Rivers State have taken custody of a man, who was said to have held the dynamite that exploded in front of Hotel Presidential Port Harcourt when supporters of FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike were protesting in the city last Tuesday. Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adaeze Oreh, said the man was traced to Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port after news broke that dynamite had exploded in his hands in front of the hotel during the protest. Dr. Oreh said the plan was to detonate the bomb at the Presidential Hotel axis of the state capital to…

Despite not having an office yet to operate from, the newly inaugurated Caretaker Committee of Eleme Local Government in Rivers has begun to clear the mountains of rubbish around the local government area left behind by the immediate past government. Among the decomposing refuse dumps cleared so far were the ones at Echieta Nchia Main Market, the one at the NNPC filling Station near GVC on the East-West Road, the dump at Refinery Junction and Onne. He had promised during his thanksgiving service that he would move into action to clear the local government area of rubbish and keep everywhere…

Reynolds Construction Company Limited (RCC), the contractor reconstructing the Eleme axis of the East – West road has not resumed work more than one week after the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi ordered it back to site. While on a visit to Rivers State recently, the Minister of Works had given RCC a seven-day ultimatum to remobilize on site almost one month after the contractor suspended work on the project. But by last Wednesday, there was no sign of men and materials of the company at any point of the project sites from Eleme Junction on the Port Harcourt -…

Local government elections in Rivers State will now take place on October 5, 2024, according to the Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, retired Justice Adolphus Enebeli. Enebeli announced the new date at a special stakeholders’ meeting the commission called at its office in Port Harcourt to discuss he the elections. At the meeting, the Chairman of the Inter-party Advisory Committee, Sensei Solsuema Osaro presented the list of authentic party chairman and secretaries in the state. The tenure of the last local government chairmen and councilors elapsed on June 17th, 2024. But they were not replaced with elected officials…

Ex-Niger Delta agitators under the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, have appealed to the Federal government to increase their monthly allowance from N65,000 a month to N150,000. The agitators made the appeal in Warri, Delta State when the administrator of the programme, Dennis Otuaro, met with them. They lamented the financial difficulties they were going through and said the current N65,000 stipend had become too meagre to meet their basic needs. Gilbert Isobe, an ex-agitator from Bayelsa said, “When we started receiving the N65,000 in 2009, the money was sufficient, but after 15 years, it cannot take care of anything now.…

Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, says that the Commission will leverage technology to upgrade all its operations in the quest to transform the Niger Delta Region. Ogbuku, who spoke during a three-day Capacity Building and Retreat for the staff of the NDDC Directorate of Finance and Supply in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, stressed the need to deploy technology as it continued to reposition the Commission for greater effectiveness and better service delivery. The NDDC Chief Executive Officer also underscored the importance of strong internal mechanisms to check overbearing external influences in the Commission’s operations…

Eze Chike Wodo, the Paramount Ruler of Apara Clan has been appointed the new Chairman of Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers to replace Eze Ohna Sergeant Awuse, who had not been absent from his post for a while. The Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, who announced the appointment, said that the sacked Chairman of the Rivers State Council of Chiefs, Ohna Sergeant Awuse, did not place his photograph and that of the deputy governor, Prof. Ngozi Odu, on the 2024 calendar of the council of chiefs. The governor further disclosed that Awuse was inactive and rendered the…

Mrs. Seledi Thompson-Wakama has been appointed the new Director of Corporate Affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. According to a press statement by the outgoing director of corporate affairs, Dr. Pius Ughakpoteni, Mrs. Thompson-Wakama’s appointment took effect from June 26th, 2024. She joined NDDC in 2004 as Corporate Affairs Manager and rose through the ranks to become a director, according to Ughakpoteni. Educated at the University of Port Harcourt, Mandelson School of Business and Management and Harvard Business School, Mrs. Thompson-Wakama, she has held key roles at prestigious organizations such as the NDDC, British American Insurance Limited, and…

Akugbene Community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State will soon begin to enjoy electricity supply through solar energy facilitated by Everlink Telesat Network Ltd The company has already built a mini-grid site from where generated electricity will be stored and supplied to the community. Akugbene is a riverine community on the bank of the Forcados River. Access to the community is mainly by water. The Site Supervisor of Everlink, Mr. Donald Ogbalor, who spoke to National Point at the site, said the project was a private arrangement with the community. He said the grid will supply the whole…