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Our attention has been drawn to a purported and erroneous publication in Rivers Today newspaper (Page 1, Volume 8, No. 13, dated Monday, July 25, 2022), with the headline: Ogbakor Rumuji Ne’de (The Senate of the people), Rumuji Community. C/o office of the Paramount Ruler, HRM Ohna Christian Okachieneke Elechi, Rumuji Community. For the record, it should be known and stated clearly that Ohna Christian Okachineke Elechi who claims to be the paramount ruler/Nnewe-Eli of Rmuji Community and Odegu Kingdom the XII is never, and is never the paramount ruler of Rumuji Community and Odegu Kingdom. For the record, it…

The options appear to be opening up for a third force to emerge in Rivers State to produce a new leadership outside the two main political parties in the run-up to the February, 2023 general elections. The two parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have worked themselves into intractable crises that are already eating deep into their structures and tearing them down. Besides settling for unpopular and uncharismatic candidates for the governorship election, the PDP and APC have not been able to overcome and manage the fallouts of their presidential and governorship primaries that…

Watchers of the politics of Rivers State woke up on Friday, August 12 to be fed with a photoshoot of Senibo Chris Finebone, the erstwhile firebrand spokesperson of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, the Governorship Candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senibo Sim Fubara, and a former Rivers State Chairman of the APC, Chief Davies Akanya, at the private residence of Wike. Though the initial pictures were uploaded to the social media without a storyline, it was done to effect. Those who know knew. And the pictures spoke a thousand words.…

The youths are more certain who to vote for as presidential candidate than governorship. This is a revelation from interactions and speculations at a two-day training on Investigative Journalism, Inclusive Development and Accountability organized for journalists from four Niger Delta States in Port Harcourt. Giving a goodwill message on behalf of the APC governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, Douglas Doyi-Bobmanuel, said in his interaction with four youths on their preferred candidates for governorship and presidential candidates, the finding was that three out of the four have Peter Obi as their preferred candidate for the nation’s number one seat, that they were…

Foreword Communications Limited, publishers of National Point newspaper with the support of Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism and MacArthur Foundation has concluded a two-day training workshop of over 40 journalists drawn from the Niger Delta Region. The training which took place at the Habitat Hotel, Port Harcourt, brought together print and electronic media journalists from Edo, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers States. Chief Constance Meju, the Managing Editor of National Point said the workshop was organized to train journalists in the Niger Delta Region on the proper perspectives of reporting the Niger Delta and to make their reports more inclusive…

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Cinnamon has a sweet and spicy aroma that conjures up a distinct mixture of exoticness and familiarity, perhaps because it comes from the Far East. It also has a fabulous flavor and often brings pleasant memories of apple pies and holiday fun. The Bible even mentions it as a “choice spice,” while the Egyptians recorded their extensive use of it in Ebers Papyrus, a medical text dating to around 1550 BC. Cinnamon is not only great for baking and adding a wonderful scent to candles and the like, but it’s long been used in Ayurvedic medicine as an antimicrobial substance,…

Amnesty International, Nigeria has condemned the level of extrajudicial killings in the South East. It has called for an end to the killings. Responding to the killing of seven youths by officials of Nigeria’s southeast regional security outfit, Ebubeagu on July 17, 2022, Osai Ojigho, director of Amnesty International Nigeria said: “It is horrifying that unarmed young men who clearly posed no threat to anyone were gunned down, in utter disdain for the right to life. Such killings cannot be justified under any circumstances whatsoever. Nigerian authorities must end these unlawful killings. Authorities must promptly, thoroughly, and transparently investigate the…

G. G Darah is Emeritus Professor of Oral Literature, Folklore and Cultural Sciences, Delta State University (DELSU). He was chairman of the editorial boards of the Daily Times and The Guardian newspapers. Darah equally served in various capacities in former Governor James Ibori’s administration. The literary icon was a delegate to the 2014 National Conference representing Delta Central, where he with other Niger Deltans rekindled the struggle for resource control and 13 percent derivation. Darah, who is currently the Delta State chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), spoke with Harris Emanuel on the sideline of a one-day conference…

The Environmental Rights Action has said that the ongoing divestment by oil multinationals will adversely affect the nation’s economy, saying that the process was improperly done, as the economy, jobs and even host communities are not given consideration. ERA boss, Chima Williams regretted that the ongoing divestment process was done upside down, hence was already creating problems to the economy. Williams said investors who are buying the divested assets from multinationals must have the resources, the manpower, technical know-how to handle the problems that are associated with assets that they are inheriting. Citing the incessant cases of well blowouts from…