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Delta State Executive Council has approved the 2021 supplementary budget draft of N66billion.This was disclosed to newsmen by the commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu on Thursday, September 30 shortly after the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa at Government House, Asaba.He stated that Exco also considered key areas in the 2022 Appropriation Bill and called on MDAs to reorder their estimates in line with the critical focus of the proposed budget.“Today at Exco we considered the 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of the state and we are proposing N66 billion to augment the 2021 budget.“Now that…

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has granted amnesty to nine inmates at the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Okaka in Yenagoa.Governor Diri made the pronouncement on Tuesday when he visited the centre.Addressing the freed inmates, the governor advised them to change their ways and become responsible members of society.He expressed displeasure over the number of inmates in custody, saying that the only way the centre can be decongested was through reduction in crime in the state.He said it was his constitutional duty to grant amnesty to inmates based on recommendations from the Committee on Prerogative of Mercy.He said: “Whereas you have…

Frontline Rivers State Pentecostal leader Apostle Zilly Aggrey has joined concerned Niger Deltans demanding attention to the menace of soot especially in Port Harcourt.Apostle Zilly Aggrey , general overseer of Graceland Church raised the concern over the increasing menace of soot in Port Harcourt on September 19, 2021, while speaking as an inducted honourary Rotarian at the installation of a deaconess in his church, Obonganwan Emem Okon as charter president of the Rotary Club of Port-Harcourt Eco.Highlighting the dangerous consequence of the environmental pollution from soot, the church founder and general overseer said he came in recently from London where…

By Clifford Christopher SolomonA fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers, Ene Benibo, has been admitted into the prestigious Hall of Fame of the Port Harcourt branch of the Nigeria Society of Engineers. The event took place at Hago Height Event Centre on Thursday September 16,2021.Speaking to National Point on the sideline of the event, Benibo said the award came at the peak of his career, as an engineer.“We have worked hard without recognition as the engineering profession is not quite appreciated in this country but I stand to say this, in the development of a nation the engineers are…

Dr. Patience Osaro-Ejiji and members of other CSOs at the eventOgoni Women Development Initiative in collaboration with Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center in association with other development partners including WANEP, CEMEDEC, Pius Dukor Foundation, held a peace forum on Tuesday September 28, 2021 at the Council Hall of Tai Local Government Area, Sapenwa.Welcoming guests to the event, Dr. Patience Osaro-Ejiji, president of the coalition said Ogoni women were no longer comfortable with happenings in the ethnic nationality stressing that heightened insecurity is destroying the dreams and lives of the people.Said she:“The matter before us is grave-the high state of…

Emem Okon, newly installed Rotary of Port Harcourt Eco Charter PresidentChief, Deaconess, Rotarian, Charter President, Emem Bridget Jeremiah Okon is a valuable, consummate, ardent Feminist, a Development Icon, Icon of Excellence, Icon of Education, former State Co-ordinator of Women in Nigeria (WIN), Rivers State (O! How I miss Agudama Re-union!), Executive Director and Founder, Kebetkache Women Development Centre, a renown Chief of Duke Royal House of Calabar, Deaconess in the Royal House of Grace International Church, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Chartered President of Port Harcourt Rotary Club, ECO . . . .Chronicling the footprints of Chief Emem Bridget provides an…

Emem Okon, newly installed Rotary of Port Harcourt Eco Charter PresidentNgozi Ezuma: Working With Kebetkache Has Helped Me A LotWorking with Madam Emem has really helped me. Working with Kebetkache has made me to come out from the Master’s Place. What I mean is, before, I could not come out to speak; now, whether it is community school, church, anywhere you call me to come out and speak on behalf of women that I cannot speak . Even, the thing helped me when Governor Wike came to Erema, our community, they gave me prayer in front of everybody. I prayed…

Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, commends Governors of the South-South Geopolitical Zone over the far-reaching resolutions at their meeting held in Port Harcourt on Monday, October 4, 2021.PANDEF notes that the decisions taken by the Governors are critical to the security, safety and wellbeing of the people. And by this, the Governors have demonstrated that they are in tune with the feelings and aspirations of their people.PANDEF is particularly delighted at the governors’ decision to establish South-South Security Architecture, like other zones in the country, to complement the nation’s security agencies in the zone. The fact is that given the…

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said his government was open to investment discussions on developing of its oil field, OPL 240.Senator Diri stated this during the courtesy visit of the management of First Exploration and Production Company led by former Minster of State for Petroleum, Mr. OdeinAjumogobia, to Government House, Yenagoa.Governor Diri said the state government, which owns the operating licence for OPL 240, is still searching for the right investors to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with.A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as urging First Exploration and Production Company…

The shocking news of the brutal beating and stripping of a female councillor and Leader of the Legislative Council, Mrs Cynthia Nwala within the premises of Etche Local Government Council in Rivers State early in the week, has gripped the attention of many on social media as well as mainstream media. Mrs Nwala who was said to have been involved in an altercation rooted in a power tussle with some of her fellow councillors was shown in photos with her clothes torn, exposing her body. Although not much detail has been provided as to what actually transpired, it is disturbing…