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The President of the Royal Queens of Niger Delta Initiative and wife of the First Military Governor of old River State, Dame (Dr.) Evangelist Josephine Diete-Spiff Esq has called on Christians in Nigeria to support the Church both financially and otherwise by making judicious use of the talents and skills God has deposited in them.The Queen of Twon-Brass kingdom made the call during her investiture as Knight of the Anglican Communion held on Sunday at St. Peter’s Deanery, Ovom in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.According to Dame Josephine, her conferment of knighthood means a higher service for God, adding that…

Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has reiterated calls for the exoneration of late renowned Playwright and Environmental Activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and eight other Ogoni Leaders, who were killed by the Abacha Regime, twenty-six years ago.PANDEF strongly supports the calls for their exoneration, not pardon, and therefore, urges President Muhammadu Buhari to jettison his consideration of granting pardon to the Ogoni Icons. There is no better time for the President to make that pronouncement, than now, on the 26th Memorial of the sadistic killing of the innocent men.It must be accentuated that Ken Saro-Wiwa, and the eight others did not commit…

Gentlemen of the Press,In the 93 years of God’s special Grace of my life, over 70 of which I have relentlessly spent in the struggle for a united, civilised, prosperous and federal Republic of Nigeria, and I have waited for some time in the departure lounge of life, and I owe it to posterity, to speak unalloyed truth to unconscionable powers, and to clarify the position of my people, the Yoruba of the Nigerian state, so that whenever I might be recalled home, it shall be said of me, that I not only did my bit, I indeed said my…

The Ogoni people resident in the United States of America met in Houston, Texas, over the weekend of November 5 to 7 under the auspices of The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP USA) to evaluate and deliberate on the political, environmental, and social issues affecting us as a people following which the well-attended conference unanimously resolved as follows:1.That the members of MOSOP USA reaffirm her commitment to the peaceful and non-violent struggle of the Ogoni people championed under the under auspices of MOSOP USA for which Ken Saro-Wiwa, Dr. BarinemKiobel, John Kpuinen, Albert Badey, Chief Edward Kobani,…

By Iduozee Efe Paul, BeninThe executive director of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Dr. Uyi Godwin Ojo, has stressed the need to address lack of equity and fairness in tackling climate change impacts.Dr Uyi also called on African governments and delegates to the CoP26 in Scotland to be resolute in their demand for climate change liability and payments for carbon debts by rich countries.ERA/FoEN, in a press statement issued in Benin City, said, that in recent times, rich countries have showed some appreciable effort to address climate change with a few countries, such as; the USA,…

The candidate of the Accord Party in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, Dr. Godwin Maduka has vowed to floor other contestants in the election.Dr Maduka, made the vow while addressing a mammoth crowd of  Anambra indigenes living in Asaba.He used the occasion to dismiss the rumours that he was about to collapse his structure into the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).Maduka rather vowed to inflict crushing defeat on the APGA candidate, Charles Soludo and other contestants in the election.Maduka said he stood out among the contestants as the only person with the capacity to transform Anambra into…

We are a body of diverse women groups, activists, Community and Opinion Leaders, Intellectuals, Professionals in the Niger  Delta under the aegis of  Wailling women of Niger Delta and burden bearers of the Niger Delta advocating for the development of our region. As Watchers, we are no longer at ease because our people have been taken for granted for too long while those we looked up to have let us down.We make the following representations to our dear President Muhammadu  Buhari the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.The Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC…

Gov. Douye DiriBayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, launched an ICT-based scheme to empower youths in the state.Under the initiative tagged “Diri Digital Entrepreneurship Empowerment Programme (DDEEP),” 8,000 beneficiaries across the eight local government areas of the state would be trained and equipped with information communication and technology skills.Governor Diri said during the launch that youth entrepreneurship and empowerment were key to achieving and sustaining prosperity in the state rather than the usual expectations of handouts from public office holders.A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as expressing optimism that the DDEEP…

The leadership of the pan-Ijaw group,  the Ijaw National Congress (Worldwide) has received with utter consternation and disbelief a story circulating in the social media, of a purported bill sponsored by 59 members of the House of Representatives, who are of northern extraction with an intent to delete section 162 sub section 2 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). The section under reference which has to do with the management of “the Federation Account”, particularly subsection 2 states inter alia:“The President upon the receipt of advice from the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission,…

As Bayelsa State celebrates the 10th annual Thanksgiving Day holiday on November 2, 2021, the Senior Special Assistant to State Governor on Tourism, Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo has called on tourism enterprises, particularly artists, to take advantage of the Thanksgiving event to produce quality local souvenirs and other gift items to remember the day.Speaking with travel writers shortly after the annual Thanksgiving Day celebration at the state Ecumenical Centre, Igbogene on Tuesday, Mr.  Kiyaramo reiterated that the annual Thanksgiving holiday provides an excellent opportunity for tour operators and event planners to introduce different tour packages that will attract more visitors to…