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To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…

Until 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 fertility of affected lands…

Even as residents of Port Harcourt and other communities across the 23 Local Government Areas in which Kpofire sites continue to torment people of the state, enjoy what many fear will be just a brief respite from the menace of Kpofire, the burden of past oil spills continue to haunt people of the state and the rest of the region. In one gnawing example of how small, easily resolved matters are allowed to fester, leaders of the Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), Niger Delta chapter who are victims of the victims of the Shell Bonga Oil Spill of December…

I have called this press conference purposely to appeal to the two leaders of the two (2) political parties in Rivers State, namely His Excellencies Nyesom Wike and Rotimi Amaechi, leaders of the PDP and APC respectively. And my appeal is based on six (6) fundamentals of justice, equity, fairness, reason, conscience and political morality. They are the authentic basis for any State or country to exist in peace, grow and develop.Rivers State was created on the 27th of May 1967 Fifty-five (55) years ago and for the first 20years of her existence, the Ikwerres, Etches, and Ogoni felt so…

General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said Bayelsa State will continue to make good progress as God has something special for the state.He made the prophetic declaration on Tuesday when he was received at the Government House, Yenagoa, by Governor Douye Diri, his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, top government officials and some Christian leaders in the state. The globally acclaimed cleric, popularly known as Daddy G.O, is in the state for a two-day “Light Up Bayelsa Holy Ghost Rally” holding in selected cities across the country to commemorate his 80th birthday in March…

Peace builders Growth Initiative, PGBI in association with Kebekache Women Development and Resource Center, organized a Women Dialogue on Solidarity Building On COVID-19 Responses on Tuesday January 18, 2022 at Aldgate Hotel, Abacha Road, GRA, Port Harcourt.The essence of the dialogue was to share experiences on the impact of COVID-19 on women and coping measures as well as deliberate on collective strategies for more holistic and sustainable responses.The women were in agreement that the impact of the pandemic was dangerous, outrageous and threw many into serious hardship.The women were in agreement that the impact of the pandemic was dangerous, outrageous…

The recent news that the Rivers State government has finally discovered an aircraft long asked after in faraway Germany, is eliciting serious comments from people of the state.Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike disclosed in a release signed by his media aide, Mr Kelvin Ebiri that the Rivers State government has through intelligence, discovered one of the state owned Legacy 600 aircrafts that was flown to and abandoned in Germany since 2012 by the Governor Chibuike Amaechi led administration.The governor, said it was unconscionable for the immediate past administration to have surreptitiously taken a state owned asset to Germany and abandon same…

A bill seeking to make it an offence for any landlord to demand payment of advance rent from tenants of residential and office buildings and spaces beyond three months was laid before the Senate on Tuesday.The Punch reports that the lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Smart Adeyemi, sponsored the bill, titled, ‘Advance Rent for Residential Apartments, Office Spaces, Etc, Regulation Bill 2022.’Adeyemi, who addressed journalists after the bill passed first reading, said the bill would enable tenants to make a maximum advance payment of three months’ rent, with subsequent monthly payment.He said, “We discovered that landlords are compelling…

There is tension in Bomadi, headquarters of Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State following the killing of a youth who was shot dead by a local vigilante member in an undisclosed operation at Bomadi.Though, information is sketchy, an eye witness account revealed that a group of Bomadi Local Government Area Vigilante stormed a smoking joint at Bomadi-Overside, Saturday evening, in a yet-to-be made public operation.The eye witness said the vigilante group stormed the joint and everybody fled except the deceased, whose name was given as Paddy Ekrika, with whom they interacted before he was shot. He said nobody knew…