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The tussle between the Edo State governor Godwin Obaseki and Chief Ose Dan Orbih, still awaiting court judgment appears to have come to an end as the Independent National Electoral Commission has recognised the candidates produced by the Orbih team in the primaries conducted in May. Both factions held their different primaries in different locations, which produced two lists of candidates for different elective positions in the state sent to INEC. A visit to the INEC headquarters in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Tuesday showed that INEC had pasted a comprehensive list on its notice board, and all…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency for the 2023 general elections, Chief Chikaodi Dike has charged politicians in the country to identify with people of all classes in society. Chief Dike gave this charge at Rumukwachi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, during the child dedication of little Miss Confidence Sampson Akani, daughter of Mr. Sampson Akani and Mrs. Aruchi Akani of Rumukwachi town. “I want to use this opportunity to appeal to the movers and shakers as well as the political demagogues in the country to identify with the less privileged and all classes of people…

To create a peaceful and prosperous country, devoid of instability and political violence, Nigerians of all persuasion have been charged to work in spirit to overcome the challenges facing the nation. The general overseer of Jehovah The King Holy Sabbath Mission, Nigeria, Most Rev. Dr. Bishop Daniel Obiedelu gave the charge during a church service to mark his birthday. He said, “I want to tell Nigerians to work in spirit. The reason Nigeria has deteriorated is because Nigerians have been working carnally without working in spirit. Once again, Nigerians must serve God in spirit and work in spirit”. Most Rev.…

Members of the Labour Party in Rivers State have unveiled Maxwell as the running mate of their governorship candidate. Speaking during the event over the weekend in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Labour Party candidate, Comrade Beatrice Itubo said if Nigerians must get it right democratically in 2023, the electorate must be able to vote for Peter Obi and all Labour Party candidates across the country. “If we elect Sir Peter Obi as Nigeria’s president in 2023, Sir Obi will not salvage this country alone. Therefore, during the next year general elections, try to vote for all other Labour candidates,”…

To help reduce the sky-rocketing unemployment in Rivers State, the paramount ruler of Rumuosi Community in Akpor Kingdom of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, HRH Eze John Chibuzor Owhortee has appealed to the Rivers State government and good spirited Nigerians to come to their aid by revamping the abandoned syringe company built by the Peter Odili administration 2004 – 2005. He said if revived, the company will positively impact the community and the state, Said he: “I want to use this opportunity to appeal to the Rivers State governor, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and good spirited individuals to come to our…

Emmanuel Saloka, a retired banker, is the prime mover behind the establishment of Government Girls Secondary School, Alode. Elder Saloka read banking and finance at the university and worked extensively as a banker before he retired into politics. He had served as special adviser to the Eleme Local Government chairman on Government and Legislative Affairs. He is now fully engaged in agriculture and is a farmer. Married with children, Elder Emmanuel Saloka is an ordained Elder of the Members of Christ Ministry. He is very passionate about the development of Alode and indeed humanity generally. As chairman of the Alode…

Located along the old Nchia – Onne road, Government Girls Secondary School, Alode is the fastest growing public secondary school in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. Looking smart and prim in their navy blue outer and sky-blue inner wear, the students on Monday, September 26, 2022, were ushered into an equally smart, neat and well secured compound for their morning assembly. Their principal, Mrs. Ngozi Sam Okpabi, addressed both the students and teaching staff, before they filed into their respective classrooms. Founded less than two years ago, the school graduated its first set of students in the junior…

Workers of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have established a table water factory in Port Harcourt with a capacity to produce 2,400 premium bottles of water per hour. Speaking at the commissioning of the factory, the interim administrator of the NDDC, Dr. Efiong Akwa, hailed the initiative of the NDDC Staff Cooperative Society, noting that it would positively impact the people of the Niger Delta region. He commended the leadership of the Cooperative for being innovative and providing employment for many persons, thus giving residents of the Niger Delta region a source of livelihood thus feeding many families. “This…

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has promised that the reconstruction of the nine-kilometre Okeikpe-Obehie road in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State will soon be completed. The interim administrator of the NDDC, Dr. Efiong Akwa, who gave the assurance during the inspection of the project, said on completion, the road will make life a lot easier for the people that travel and live along that axis. Akwa said the project, which was for long abandoned before the commission intervened, links Abia and AkwaIbomstates, adding that the road will be installed with street lights upon completion. He praised…

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has condemned the unequal access to education by school age children in the state. Abe, who spoke at a special ceremony organized to host him by the family of his late godfather and namesake, HRM Ngei A.O. Ngei, in Eleme on Wednesday, said every child in the state deserves to access quality education free of charge. Recalling his growing up days when he studied in the same classrooms with children of the rich, the SDP governorship candidate said the state can only adequately create…