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Chairman of the National Rice Producers Processors Millers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NARPMAN), Rivers State Chapter, Mr. Akandu Godwin says the body is ready for commercial rice production in the state but is constrained by lack of equipments. Akandu made the disclosure in Port Harcourt at a two-day training programme organized by the association in collaboration with stakeholders in agric-business for rice farmers in the state. According to him, the essence of the training was to brainstorm on enhanced profitability along the rice value chain. The farmer explained that before now, some rice farmers in the state had adopted…

The governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated School-based Management Boards in Benin City, comprising the School-based Management Boards for the Senior Secondary School and the School-based Management Committees at the Basic Education levels. The Nigeria Learning Passport was also launched by the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Mr. Babagana Aminu, an education specialist. Babagana Aminu said the passport was designed to complement the face-to-face learning approach and reduce the education poverty gap in Edo State and Nigeria at large. Urging stakeholders in the education ecosystem including parents, guardians, donor agencies and school-based management boards…

With his appointment as the new helmsman at the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, the congratulations have flowed in fast and steady for new Interim Administrator Major General [rtd] Barry Tariye Ndiomu. These have come mostly from different groups of ex-militants who have benefitted from the PAP currently in its 13th year. Marking a departure from the past, where in the past seven years, heads of the PAP have been removed unceremoniously, including Brigadier Gen Tarila Boroh and Prof Charles Dokubo in the midst of the congratulatory messages, is one from the immediate past Interim Administrator, Colonel[rtd] Milland Dickson Dikio .…

Prominent civil rights activist, Stephanie Ekpebulu, has hailed the enactment of the Female Inheritance Law in Rivers State, urging women, especially in rural communities, to take advantage of the new law and assert their rights to their legal and legitimate rights in their communities. Governor Nyesom Wike had recently assented to the Female Inheritance Law, which was passed earlier in the year by the House of Assembly. Ekpebulu who is a lawyer, said both the Bible and the Supreme Court endorsed the right of women to inherit their father’s property and the new law has come to put a legal…

With a debt profile of N378,878,236,830.75, Delta State is the most indebted of the six states of the South-South geopolitical zone. The zone also hosts the major oil bearing states in the country, including Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, and Edo States. Rivers State follows with a debt profile of N225,505,011,356.83. These figures contained in June 2022 release by the Debt-Management Office DMO, is generated from the signed off domestic debt data from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Leading the pack nationwide is Lagos State with a domestic debt profile of N797,305,312,602.52. Other states in the…

The Executive Chairman of the Rivers State Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Ven. Fyneface Akah, has ordered the immediate suspension of the Head teacher of Community Secondary School, Rumuokwurusi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State for turning back pupils that failed to pay registration fees in the school. Ven. Akah who gave the order at the three-day Leadership Training programme for Aspiring Head Teachers and Supervising Directors held in Port Harcourt, directed the suspended head teacher to hand over to the vice-principal of the school. He warned all principals and head teachers of the basic education segment of the…

The teaching of the Eleme Language has been restored in schools in Eleme Local Government Area, with State School 1, Agbonchia and State School 1, Agbeta Ebubu as the pilot schools. The facilitator of the programme, Chief Ollorwi Osaro, said that the teaching and learning of the language commenced officially last Friday in the two schools and would be extended to other schools eventually in the local government area. Chief Osaro said, “The enthusiasm demonstrated by school authorities and pupils was both encouraging and reassuring. Eleme language is alive we are working to ensure that all schools in Eleme are…

Mrs. Ngozi Sam Okpabi, the Principal of Government Girls Secondary School, Alode in this interview with Emmanuel Obe lists the prospects and challenges of the new girls’ school. What is the enrolment figure of the school like? Presently, the total enrolment figure of the school is 261 students. Junior Secondary 1 has 62; Junior Secondary School 2 has 132; while Junior Secondary School 3 has 61 students. What about the teacher/ student ratio? The teacher/student ratio is 1:20, that is, for every teacher, there are 20 students. So, the teachers are not overwhelmed by the number of students. What was…

A total of 4,223 candidates will contest for the 469 Senatorial and House of Representatives positions in the coming 2023 general elections. Festus Okoye, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee has announced in Abuja. According to Okoye, 1,101 of the candidates are vying for 109 senatorial seats while 3,122 candidates will be vying for 309 federal constituency seats. “In terms of gender distribution, 3,875 candidates are male, made up of 35 for presidential and vice presidential; 1,008 for Senate and 2,832 for House of Representatives. Similarly, 381 females comprising one for presidential,…

The recent declaration of support for the establishment of state police in the country by the Northern Governors Forum and the Northern Traditional Councils Forum has been commended by the Southern Governors Forum. After kicking against the idea, the Northern Governors Forum announced their support for state police in the face of the uncontrolled reign of terror imposed in their parts by terrorists and bandits. In a statement signed by Arakunrin Oluwarotimi O. Akeredolu, SAN, chairman Southern Governors Forum and governor, Ondo State, the forum lauded the timely decision of the northern leadership for the establishment of state police. “The…