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by Chim Ogwutum.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 businessman 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…

The Shell divestment plans have made topical headlines in recent times with arguments for and against the plan depending on the divide the protagonist belongs.However, except we understand the real motives or reasons behind the divestment mantra, we may not be able to make a conclusion that will be beneficial to majority stakeholders especially, the victims of many years of negative extractive operations of Shell and the rest extractive companies in general.It is no longer news that Royal Dutch Shell has launched a major divestment of its Nigerian assets, especially those in the shallow water and onshore while still retaining…

Iduozee Efe Paul, BeninAs the birthday  of the Esama of Benin Kingdom draws near, eminent personalities from the social, political, business, military and the academic community are full of praises for the founder of Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), Chief Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion as he clocks 87. His birthday comes up September 11, 2021.Stating reasons why the honour event was organized, the Vice Chancellor, Igbinedion University, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye on behalf of staff and students, said the lecture is part of activities to celebrate the institution’s founder and Esama of Benin Kingdom, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion.Prof. Ezemonye said the octogenarian’s contributions to…

By Iduozee Efe Paul, BeninThe executive director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun Awolowo, has disclosed that, there has been a great increase on global demand for oil palm from 1.2 million metric tons in 1964 to over 73.3 million metric tons in 2018.Awolowo made the disclosure at a sensitization workshop on “Global Best Practices Across the Oil Palm Value Chain for Enhanced Produce Yield and Quality Improvement for Export Holding” in Benin City, Edo State.The NEPC boss, represented by the assistant director, National Export Office, NEPC headquarters, Abuja, Mr. Olu Ikulaolu, said Nigeria is ranked among the…

Lawyers in Edo State have extolled a senior legal practitioner in the state, Emmanuel Olayiwola Afolabi, Esquire for his vision, ideas, initiative, creativity and contributions towards the advancement and development of young lawyers, and the NBA in the state, and Nigeria in general.The lawyers both experienced and young lawyers made the statements in an edition of the Barrister Olayiwola Afolabi, Esq. Annual Legal Coaching and Mentorship Clinic (LCMC) 2021 in Benin City.The clinic was put together to “coach and mentor ” young lawyers who have the passion and zeal to pursue their careers with professionalism.Former chairman of the Nigerian Bar…

Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 47-year-old woman, Gertrude Thompson Akpan to 10 years in prison for buying a 6-year-old boy in Uyo and transferring him to Owerri in Imo State where she sold the victim to one Kate Ojukwu Ogbonna, a native of Bende in Abia State at the sum of N200,000.Gertrude Akpan, a mother of three children from Ikot Eyo in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was sentenced today by Justice Okon Okon, without an option of fine.The convict, who claimed to be a staff of Immanuel Hospital, Eket,…

New research by Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) indicates that civic space in Rivers State is squeezed on all sides… and it’s getting worse. The situation is particularly bad for journalists, and groups representing women’s rights, who are reportedly the target of harassment, arbitrary arrest, and threats of violence in Rivers State.On a more positive note, SDN’s research suggests that civil society organisations are gaining legitimacy and improving in their own accountability.SDN’s research highlights the way Rivers State’s Quarantine Act and Rivers State Government Executive Order were quickly passed with powers that were just as quickly abused by the agencies responsible, with extortion reportedly…

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has ordered the immediate evacuation of students of Delta origin from crisis troubled Jos, the Plateau state capital, following renewed crisis and security concerns in the North Central state.A statement by the senior special assistant to the governor on Students Affairs, Comrade Jerry Ehiwario, said sthe evacuation exercise commenced on Thursday, August 26.He commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for his prompt approval for the exercise, adding that the lives of Delta students was very dear to the state.Ehiwaro also commended the secretary to the state government, Chief Patrick Ukah for being proactive and his prompt…

Delta State Government says no university in Nigeria, federal or state, is as funded as Delta State University, DELSU.Commissioner for Higher Education in the state, Professor Patrick Muoboghare stated this in Asaba while briefing journalists.The commissioner, who disclosed that notions raised by the opposition party  over the creation of three universities were borne out of sentiments, added that Delta State owned universities were models to other universities across the country.“When universities went on strike, the issues the other universities went on strike for are issues that had been taken care of in the state. No Government university in Nigeria is…

The attention of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has been drawn to series of meetings between the temporary coordinator of HYPREP, Prof. Philip Shekwolo and one Prince Biira, posing as representing MOSOP, in an attempt to defraud the Ogoni people. MOSOP can confirm that HYPREP and Prof. Shekwolo are funding division in MOSOP and by extension in Ogoniland, ignoring the court judgment on the 4th of May 2020 that nullified everything that Prince Biira stands for. MOSOP is advising Prof. Shekwolo to stop further destabilization of Ogoniland by illegally sharing the Ogoni clean-up money with Shell…