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A Port Harcourt Senior Magistrate Court presided by Blessings Vic-Jumbo Esq, has adjourned to Tuesday, September 14, 2021 to continue hearing in a suit filed by one Mr. Cyril Massey Harry, a retiree and business man against Industrial and General Insurance company, (IGI), over breach of personal investment saving account agreement he took with the company in 2013. Led by his counsels, Barr. Chigozi E. Nwaodu and Israel Nnanna Eze, in the matter that came up for hearing on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, the claimant, Harry told the court that in April, 2013, he took up a savings scheme with…

Chevron Nigeria Limited’s Security Contractor G4S owes hundreds of ex-staff millions of naira in unpaid gratuity. The company denies current staff union membership rights in a culture of violation of workers’ rights that will not be tolerated elsewhere, writes Ibiba DonPedro. This is a first report following a year long investigation of Private Security Companies operating in the Niger Delta.Columbus Okaro, Corporate Affairs Director, G4S Secure Solutions Nigeria Limited Photo credit: ContactOut.comOn its smart, well-structured website, G4S presents itself as a modern organisation spread across 90 countries employing approximately 550,000 workers. Of this number, about 4,900 work in Nigeria, predominantly…

By Styvn ObodoekweAnother spill siteUntil the recent discovery that they have been deceived by Shell Development Petroleum Company, SPDC, which made them believe spill sites in their community have been properly cleaned and remediated, the people of Ikarama Community have been wondering why crops planted on their lands often die off.Crops do not thrive. Cassava stems planted die and are replaced again. Those that manage to reach harvesting period hardly yield anything unlike in the past lament some members of Ikarama Community in Okordia clan, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.Although they are aware that oil pollution destroys the…

The Forum for Ethnic Nationalities of Niger Delta (FENND) at the end of our Summit held on Saturday, August 14, 2021 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, reviewed the situation in the country and discussed issues impacting the Niger Delta people, our present environment and our future prosperity. The summit focused on Unity and Cooperation among member nations; Water and Natural resources; Internal Security; Political options and Pushback.At the meeting, we emphasized that unity, cooperation and collaboration among all ethnic nations of the Niger Delta on ALL issues of individual ethnic nation as well as collective Niger Delta interests cannot be better…

By Chiemeka GreenBarr. Dortimi Kester Tawari Speaks at the SummitThe 2021 Forum for Ethnic Nationalities of Niger Delta (FENND) was indeed a convergence of intellectuals, activists, traditional rulers, political leaders, captains of industries and stakeholders in the struggle for the emancipation of the Niger Delta region coming together to deliberate on the injustice melted on the oil producing communities by the federal government and the multinational oil companies operating in the region.The summit which featured panel discussions and syndicate sessions also availed the leaders of the various ethnic nationalities in the region the opportunity to holistically look at the Petroleum…

By Iduozee Paul, BeninOba of Benin and his royal cabinet having a session on the stolen artefactsIn a bid to return the stolen artefacts, The Federal Government, Edo State government and the Benin Royal Family have concluded a meeting in Germany towards the return of artefacts looted from Benin Kingdom in 1879.This was disclosed following a meeting held in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, attended by the German Minister of State for Culture, Prof. Monika Grutters, and foreign minister, Mr. Heiko Maas while the Nigerian delegation included the minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; the Edo State…

By Iduozee Paul, BeninNational Vice chairman of the South-South Zone of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, has called on the National Assembly to retain the electronic transmission of results as originally contained in the Electoral Act.Chief Dan Orbih, made the statements in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin city Edo state.The PDP chieftain was reacting to the removal of the electoral voting and result collation clause from the Electoral Act now amended by the National Assembly.“Nigerians should resist the removal of electronic transmission of election results during elections from the Electoral Act…

By Iduozee Paul, BeninOfficials at the Stakeholder EventA university don, from the Department of Special Education, University of Ibadan, Prof. Julius Abiola Ademokoya, has urged the Edo State government to provide adequate funding in budgets for special education and execution of inclusion programme.Prof. Ademokoya Abiola made the request at the first quarterly stakeholders’ roundtable event on “Inclusive Special Education” in Benin City, Edo State.He said inclusive education is an educational system or programme which includes or place both non- disabled (average) and disabled (special education needs) learners together in same classrooms of neighborhood schools explaining that the federal government has…

By Iduozee Paul, BeninA university don, from the Department of Special Education, University of Ibadan, Prof. Julius Abiola Ademokoya, has urged the Edo State government to provide adequate funding in budgets for special education and execution of inclusion programme.Prof. Ademokoya Abiola made the request at the first quarterly stakeholders’ roundtable event on “Inclusive Special Education” in Benin City, Edo State.He said inclusive education is an educational system or programme which includes or place both non- disabled (average) and disabled (special education needs) learners together in same classrooms of neighborhood schools explaining that the federal government has adopted the system.“The federal…

Delta State commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Julius Egbedi has said over 160,000 birds have died so far since the outbreak of Avian Influenza in the state.The commissioner revealed this while briefing journalists in Asaba, on the outbreak of the flu.Chief Egbedi, who was accompanied by his information counterpart, Mr Charles Aniagwu, stated that the essence of the briefing was to keep Deltans informed on the outbreak and the efforts of the ministry towards ensuring the disease was brought under control.The commissioner said samples which were taken from affected birds for examination in Jos came back positive, stating…