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National Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, retired Brigadier Gen Buba Marwa has urged security operatives at the Port Harcourt airports to be proactive and vigilante in their duties to preempt drug transit through the airports. The NDLEA new boss made the call while addressing security agencies in a meeting immediately he arrived Rivers State at the Port Harcourt International Airport Omagwa, on in his first official visit to Rivers State as the new NDLEA national chairman.He said the battle against drug abuse demands collective responsibility. “The fight against drug trafficking, cultivation, manufacturing, importation, exportation is for…

Governor Nyesom WikeWhile the Wike administration of Rivers State may have succeeded in improving the aesthetics of the state capital, a recent disclosure of plans for two additional flyover bridges in Port Harcourt appears not to be going down well with the people of the oil rich state.The argument is that the governor has subsumed development under road construction, whereas there are many developmental challenges confronting the state.“The governor seems to be playing with the needs of the people. There is serious unemployment, environmental challenges like kpofire and soot, crime is on the increase and women and girls are no…

Brazil great, Pele famously predicted that an African country would win the World Cup before the turn of the 21st century, but 21 years after the set date, the continent is still waiting for its first World cup winnerSuper Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr, has said it would be difficult for Nigeria or any other African country to win the World Cup.Tunisia are the first African nation to represent the continent at the biggest sporting competition in the world in 1978.Since then the number has increased with Morocco the first African nation to qualify for the knockout stages of the World…

The Super Eagles play their final Africa Cup of Nations qualifying games next month but could be without their talismanSuper Eagles manager Gernot Rohr has stressed the importance of getting the point needed to qualify for next year’s Afcon when they play their final two qualifiers next month.The German tactician also revealed he hopes to have his top striker Victor Osimhen fit and available for the two matches.Nigeria take on the Benin Republic and Lesotho in their final Afcon qualifiers, and they need just a point from the two games to seal qualification.And speaking in an interview with Newscentral, Rohr…

Title: Gas Flaring and Threat of Overflow at Agip’sOgboinbiri Flow StationLocation: Ogboinbiri Community, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area,Bayelsa StateOccupation: Fishing and farming.Accessibility: Community can be accessed only by helicopter or marine vessels.Highlight: [1] Health Centre in the community too expensive to access by locals. [2] No portable water by Agip or Government for the community.Date of This ERA/FoEN Field Report: 21st February 2021.Report By: Alagoa MorrisINTRODUCTION:Ogboinbiri is one of the communities in Apoi clan in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State. An oil rich community, it is host to Agip’s Ogboinbiri flow station where the company has continued to flare…

Two suspected armed robbers were reported gunned down by men of the Delta State Police Command during a gun battle with the criminals. The armed robbers were allegedly perfecting plans to operate opposite the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) office Asaba.Acting on a tip off, a team of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives, raced to the scene and engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel. Two of them were fatally injured and later died, while others escaped.One AK47 rifle with BREECH No. 19567 and two magazines with 18 rounds of live ammunition were recovered.In a related development, 16 kidnapped…

 Our Officer Not Killed – DESTMA DGBy Dave Okpogadie, Asaba The director general, Delta State Traffic Management Agency (DESTMA), Commander Azubuike Idah Rtd. has described as malicious the publication in Opera News and other online platforms that one of its officers was shot dead by gunmen in Ughelli.Commander Idah said Opera News platform had been known for spreading fake news and its publications should be taken with a pinch of salt.“You need to take any news from Opera with a pinch of salt. Opera is known for so many fake news”. “As regards the subject of killing which they reported happened in…

OIL MASSIVELY DEVASTATED TSEKELEWU COMMUNITIES SEND SOS TO FG, OKOWA , Sylva, NASS*One Dead, Babies, Several Others Sick, Livelihood, Environment Seriously Impacted * Environmentalist Call For Immediate Stoppage of Spill, Care of Impacted Community PeopleBy Constance Meju            Pa Anthony EbiogboAs bewildered members of Polobubo Communities Bloc struggle with the after-effect of a massive oil spill which hit NPDC/ELCREST  E&PJV facility in OML 40 rudely distorting lives in the host communities, the president of the Polobubo Bloc of POLOBUBO Communities, Mr. Paul Toruwei has sent a save our soul (SOS) message to the minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Slyva, governor…

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said the state government would partner Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to develop the state’s maritime potential.Okowa stated this when the director-general of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh and his management team visited him at Government House, Asaba.He commended the management of the agency for reaching out to stakeholders in the littoral states in its determination to develop the maritime sector.He said that the take-off of the Maritime University in Okerenkoko had brought peace to the Niger Delta and pledged the support of the state government to the growth and development of…

Gov. Douye DiriBayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has inaugurated two roads and some school projects constructed by Delta State’s Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Warri area, with a call on Deltans to sustain prevailing peace in the state.The projects are the Ubeji access road in Warri South Local Government Area, access road from NPA to Warri Refinery and Petrochemicals in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area and Ighogbadu Secondary School, Okumagba Layout, Warri.Diri lauded Okowa for linking communities in oil-rich Warri with motorable roads and providing functional schools.According to him, the completion and inauguration of the projects will enhance the economy…