Author: Emmanuel Obe

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, said that the commission will leverage evolving technology to improve agricultural productivity in Niger Delta states. Ogbuku, who was speaking at the opening session of the NDDC Food Security Innovation and Investment Summit in New York, United States, said the Commission was committed to creating an enabling environment for investors by streamlining processes and providing incentives for those who wish to invest in the agricultural sector. Ogbuku, who was represented by the NDDC Executive Director, Projects, Sir Victor Antai, explained that in seeking innovative solutions to address…

Bayelsa State Government has assured that public power supply would be restored to Bayelsa State by the end of November following assurances it received to restore the vandalized power transmission towers that supplied power to the state. The Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mrs. Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, said after an inspection of work at Okogbe in Rivers State by the contractors, said government was impressed by the progress being made on the project. The whole of Bayelsa State was thrown into darkness on July 29 following the vandalism on several 132 KVA twin circuit transmission towers that feed the state.…

Rivers State Government has set up a committee charged with the responsibility of rehabilitating and redeveloping the Old Port Harcourt Township. The project, according to a press release from the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, would also include redeveloping the waterfronts and other adjoining lands to the old Port Harcourt Township. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, who inaugurated the Committee on behalf of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, said the work of the committee is to restore the beauty, infrastructural and town plan of the old Port Harcourt City alongside adjourning lands and waterways. Danagogo…

The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Chiedu Ebie, has applauded the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which on Friday affirmed his appointment. In the judgment delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, the court dismissed a suit filed by oil-producing communities in Bayelsa and Delta against President Bola Tinubu over Ebie’s appointment on the grounds that Ebie’s was not from an oil producing community. Justice Abdulmalik ruled that the prayers sought by the plaintiffs had become a mere academic exercise since it had become statute-barred, stating that the plaintiffs failed to institute…

…new NIA chairman calls for stricter supervision of building projects Barely two weeks after a multi-storey building collapsed at Iriebe in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, another two-storey building under construction at Ogbogoro, also in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area has collapsed killing the carpenter working on the roof of the building. The collapse came as Arc. Tosan Omatsone, the new Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, NIA, called for greater collaboration between government agencies and professionals in the building industry for safer buildings and supervision of building projects. Eyewitnesses told National Point that the building collapsed at…

…calls for involvement of professional architects, builders in building projects The Rivers State branch of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) has expressed concern over the increasing spate of building collapse in Port Harcourt, the state capital and its environs. Reacting to the recent collapse of a three-storey building under construction at Iriebe in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, the Chairman of NIA in Rivers State, Arc. Toku Fiberesima, attributed the building collapses to the failure of government agencies in the building sector to engage the services of qualified professionals in the sector. While expressing sympathy with the…

…sets up committee to reconcile Wike, Fubara, others Former Federal Permanent Secretary, Dr. Godknows Igali from Bayelsa State has emerged the new National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF).Igali and other members of the national executive committee of the apex Niger Delta socio-cultural organisation were nominated and inaugurated on Thursday at the Special General Assembly of the organisation in Port Harcourt.The forum also set up a committee headed by former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Obong Victor Attah to reconcile political conflicts in the Niger Delta.The new national leadership of PANDEF took over from the one led by Senator…

Despite the controversies that greeted the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, a new governor will be inaugurated on November 12 to replace the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki, whose second and final tenure comes to an end with the swearing-in of the new governor. A fresh political and administrative dispensation will then begin with Monday Okpebholo, 53, as the governor. Okpebholo, a serving Nigerian senator and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared winner by the state Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Minna. Okpebholo defeated Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of…

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has described the Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Trade, Mines and Agriculture, NDCCITMA, as a catalyst for growth in the Niger Delta region. Ogbuku, who made the remark during the NDCCITMA sensitisation workshop in Calabar, Cross River State, noted that the initiative would help to train youths and aspiring entrepreneurs, as well as support small and medium-scale enterprises. The NDDC boss, who was represented by the Cross River State Representative on the NDDC Board, Rt. Hon, Orok Duke, said that the Chamber of Commerce would provide…

The Class of 1983 of Ascension High School, Nchia- Eleme, in Rivers State has inaugurated an annual scholarship scheme for four outstanding students of the school. The scholarships are for the overall best students JS1, JS2, SS1 and SS2. At the inauguration of the scheme, the President of the Class of 1983, Dr. Vitalis Ofuru, called on government and stakeholders to take necessary steps to improve the economy of the country and invest in education. Dr. Ofuru said, “Huge investments are required now in the education sector if our children must develop their optimal potential and compete with their contemporaries…