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A revered traditional ruler in Delta State and the Omu of Anioma/Okpanam, HRM Obi Martha Dunkwu, has called for the inclusion of women in peace and security issues as that is the only way to secure peace in Nigeria.  The Omu stated this when members of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), Nigeria led by the national coordimator,  Chief Bridget Osakwe, paid her an advocacy visit in her palace at Okpanam. She said no nation can grow without women.  The traditional ruler took time to trace the historical development of the queen mother (Omuship) system, an integral governance system…

As part of activities marking the 2022 International Youth Day, LightHope Succor Worldwide Initiative in collaboration with the Advocacy Center and Entrepreneurship Initiative for African Youth, A organized a  one-day capacity building workshop for youths of Odawu Community in Ahoada West Local Government of Rivers State. Theme was ‘Intergenerational Solidarity Among Adults and Youths  #Creatingaworldforallages.  The event featured presentations on non-violent conflict, non-violent elections and how young people can shun corrupt politicians by not falling victims of  their unscrupulous agenda come 2023 and how to  vote right by voting for candidates of their choice.   Executive Director of Lighthope Succor Worldwide…

Police Operatives of Delta state have arrested three armed robbery and one murder suspects in the state. Police, in a statement signed by its spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe said: “On the 25/8/2022 at about 0800hrs, a case of the suspected stolen unregistered motorcycle was reported by an indigene of Onicha-Uku at Issele-Uku Police Station. On the strength of the complaint, the DPO Issele-Uku detailed detectives to investigate. An intelligence-led investigation culminated in the arrest of the prime suspect, Iyegbunuwe Oluchukwu ‘m’ of Issele-Uku. He stated: “The suspect led the detectives to their hideouts at Onicha-Ugbo in Aniocha North LGA, where…

Former Nigerian president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has recalled how his administration resolved a four-month old industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in just a single night. President Jonathan who, recalled this in Abuja at the 70th birthday celebration of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, said he decided to organize a parley between top government officials and the leadership of the striking lecturers after other methods to resolve the issues failed. He explained that his decision to engage the union to resolve the matter amicably was birthed by the plight of students who were forced to…

The interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) has called on the Federal Government to implement the Niger Delta Stabilization Programme NDSP. This he said, if done, will prevent the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta and guarantee permanent peace in the region. The PAP boss described the NDSP as a proactive vehicle designed to keep youngsters aged between 12 and 18 years old away from armed struggle, militancy and other violent crimes. Dikio, according to his special assistant on media, Nneotaobase Egbe, spoke when he visited the palace of HRM Maj. Gen.…

There is a propaganda making the rounds that there is no need to demand for a better Nigeria. Rather it says we should be talking about “manufacturing” better Nigerians. We must reject this Propaganda. Let’s get politicians who have imposed themselves as our rulers and masters, to face the truth about themselves. Their lawlessness is due to a Feudal System that has kept the country in constant tension by creating a small group that functions as a “favoured predatory elite” in every administration since 1999. They have succeeded in bringing our local governments, (LGAs), states and our nation, to their…

Last Saturday’s reading of The Riddle of the Oil Thief authored by King Bubaraye Dakolo, the Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama Kingdom in Bayelsa State, was both timely and topical. Nigerian authorities have been very troubled of recent about the dwindling returns from the production of crude oil in the Niger Delta and have attributed the downturn to the activities of crude oil thieves in the region. One version said more than 300,000 barrels of the product are stolen everyday and shipped out of the country. Coming at a time when Nigeria should be making fortunes out of crude oil sales because…

Hyprep’s Shekwolo dismissed the criticism, saying the $50 million plan emerged after additional sampling and mapping were carried out to reduce the quantity of soil to be cleaned proposed by UNEP. Bid-document alterations recommended by UNEP, he said, were “fundamentally flawed.” He also said that Hyprep’s accounts are being audited and “will be made public by the appropriate authorities at the appropriate time.” Generations of Ogoni, sitting at the heart of Africa’s biggest petroleum industry, have waited decades and had hoped Hyprep would spur the region’s revival. But its record so far is cause for concern for locals. The body…

In the more than a quarter century since Shell Plc left Ogoniland in southern Nigeria, oil has continued to ooze from dormant wellheads and active pipelines, leaving the 386-square mile kingdom’s wetlands shimmering with a greasy rainbow sheen, its once-lush mangroves coated in crude, well-water smelling of benzene and farmlands charred and barren. So when the $1 billion Ogoniland cleanup began in 2019, backed by Shell’s funding pledge and support from the United Nations, it was heralded as the most ambitious initiative of its kind anywhere in the world. But now, UN Environmental Programme documents seen by Bloomberg and reported…

Five (5) students of Dowen College, Lagos accused of killing Sylvester Oromoni jnr., viz; Michael Kashamu, Ansel Temile, Kenneth Inyang, Benjamin Favour & Edward Begue continue to tell Hon.Kadiri Mikhail of the Ikeja Magistrate Court about their involvement or otherwise in the dastardly act. Monday August 15, 2022 was another hearing date. At a previous sitting an eye witness and fellow student Wilson Tarila testified that the above mentioned students btutalized Oromoni jnr and forced him to drink a black substance. It was also revealed that the notorious activities of the boys were known to the school authorities which once…