Author: Emmanuel Obe

Victor Osimhen, Nigeria’s best striker at the moment, returned to national assignment on Saturday at the Uyo Stadium and banged in a super goal in the 3-0 victory of the Super Eagles against the Beninoise Cheetahs and shut the mouth of his critics. It was the first time Osimhen was playing for the Super Eagles after a superlative performance at the African Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, where Nigeria won the silver medal behind the hosts early in the year. He was absent in three subsequent national qualifiers for the next AFCON championships during which the country lost two…

Even as the oil spill that erupted in Rumuewhara, Elelenwo in Obio Akpor Local Government of Rivers State is still waiting to be addressed, another spill has occurred in another community in the same LGA, raising fears among oil host communities in that area. Residents of densely populated Rumuewhara Community woke up August 29, to see their environment heavily flooded with crude oil spewing from an oil pipeline belonging to Shell. Further investigations by a team from Pilex Centre, an environmental justice advocacy organization following a visit to the spill site on August 29, revealed that, “the spill was basically…

Reactions have continued to trail the controversial decision by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu to proceed on indefinite leave to enable him attend to compelling medical maters in his family. While some commentators alleged that he was forced to resign because of frictions with other members of the President’s kitchen cabinet, others said he could no longer take the heat that comes with being the presidential spokesman in a period of government failure and policy somersaults. Ngelale, 38, a broadcast journalist, was the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo…

Philanthropist and former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Mr. Kingsley Wenenda Wali, has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State to tailor the development of Port Harcourt after the Dubai and Las Vegas models. In an open letter he wrote to the governor titled, ‘Letter To My Governor (2); You Can Make It Happen’, Wali said the Las Vegas and Dubai models very well suit the nature of Port Harcourt, saying “Soft Life is in our DNA.” He said that such models would boost the local economy and attract global funds and visitors to…

Flood endemic states and communities in the Niger Delta have continued to take preemptive measures to secure their settlements as the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency warned that more and more communities along River Benue and the lower Niger could be submerged following the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon. Already some communities along the Benue and Niger Rivers have been submerged with thousands of people made homeless. According to MIHSA, states that are at risk of this year’s flooding, according to MIHSA are Adamawa, Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi, Edo, Enugu, Anambra, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa and Cross River.…

Voters in Rivers State will go to the polls on Saturday, October 5th to elect local government chairmen and councillors for the 23 local government areas of the state in what is the first democratic test for the Governor of Rivers State. Mr. Siminalayi Fubara. While the date of the election draws close, there is still confusion among the supporters of the governor as to the political party and the candidates that he had endorsed for the elections. Many of his supporters and members of the Simplified Movement that had expected the governor to tell them where to go had…

Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State may be principally between the candidates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party but the battle of pride is between the immediate-past governor of the state, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, and the present Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. While Oshiomhole is backing the APC candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, Obaseki is fighting hard for the PDP candidate, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, to succeed him. The Labour Party candidate, Mr. Olumide Akpata, seems to be his own man however. Obaseki caused a major upset in 2020…

…as 800,000 die of pneumonia yearly The newly inaugurated Pressure Swing Absorption Oxygen plant at the General Hospital, Nchia, Eleme is choking under the high demand for medical oxygen, an indication that many more people within the catchment area of the plant need oxygen. Mr. Christoss fielding questions from the press This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Chief Medical Director of the Rivers State Health Management Board, Dr. Bright Ogbondah, when the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria and the Economic Community for West Africa, Mr. James Christoss, visited the plant.The plant was built with funding from the Canadian Government…

As part of the beautification of their community, the people of Agbonchia in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State have embarked on planting trees along the new Port Harcourt Ring Road that passes through the community. The tree planting exercise was led by the paramount ruler of the Community, HRH Joseph Ngeto, who planted a number of trees along the road. Trees were also planted by the Chairman of the Agbonchia Community Development Committee, Mr. Ejie Olakada and other leaders of the community. After a brief meeting held at Oneensi Palace of HRH Ngeto, where the project was ceremonially…

Rivers State Government may have stoked controversy after it approved the procurement and distribution of contraceptives, condoms and other family planning consumables to support government family planning programmes. According to a Government House press statement, the approval was given by Governor Siminalayi Fubara for the last mile distribution of the essential family planning (FP) commodities. It said the governor has also approved funding for capacity building of family planning service providers and community mobilization for demand generation. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, who confirmed the development while speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday, said that…