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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Federal Government to comply with the orders of a Federal High Court in Abuja directing it to take measures to prevent attacks on journalists and other media practitioners and to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of all attacks against journalists. In a letter dated August 12, 2024 and delivered to the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice the next day, MRA expressed “deep concern regarding recent reports of continued attacks and harassment of journalists across Nigeria, particularly during the #EndBadGovernance protests, which took place between August 1…

Hunger is said to be a complex and multifaceted concept that can be defined in various ways depending on the context and perspective. Hence, hunger could as well be physical hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, social hunger, emotional hunger, or spiritual hunger. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines hunger as, “A state of being without sufficient food, leading to a series of physical and mental impairments including weakness, fatigue and decreased productivity”. Similarly, the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) also define hunger as, “A condition in which people lack access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food, leading to malnutrition,…

For close to one year, Rivers State has been on fire politically after the immediate-past governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike fell out with the successor he pulled all stops to install, Siminalayi Fubara. The feud, which has gone to the Presidency and back with little positive result, has made the state a fierce battleground as politicians queuing on both sides, rob the state of both peace and progress, with the courts shamelessly exacerbating the situation with conflicting judgments to further confuse the people and prolonging the crisis. While the state boils, the ruling party…

Nigeria is on the verge of going through another nationwide protest after the 2020 #EndSars protest that shook the nation to its foundations. This time around the anonymous organizers of the protest have tagged it #EndBadGovernance protest. Coming after a similar protest against a public taxation law protest lasted many days in Kenya with the attendant huge loss of lives and property, there are fears that the protest in Nigeria could come with more devastating effects. Already people in government have begun to exhibit signs of desperation as they anticipate the protest. The National Assembly has declared a recess, which…

In a bid to decongest the city of Port Harcourt and extend municipal activities to the port and industrial hubs of Eleme and Onne, Rivers State Governor, Mr Siminalayi Fubara, has flagged off the construction of the New Port City in Eleme. The flag-off, which was performed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagago, on behalf of the governor, marked the beginning of a new phase of building new cities outside Port Harcourt, the state capital. Fubara described the New Port City as a smart city that will be one of its kind in this part of…

Women in Gelegele Community in     Local Government of Edo State have cried out to the state government for help as a research on the health impacts of gas flaring in the lives of women in the community.The participatory research carried out thee by a non-governmental organization, Gwedo    revealed that gas flaring in the center of the community has adversely affected the environment, livelihood and health of the people especially, the women and children. According to the report, residents of Gelegele Community are suffering from various health issues including, respiratory problems, rashes, deafness, multiple cases of rheumatism, arthritis, eye pain, convulsion…

….calls on Tinubu to issue directives to security personnel not to suppress peaceful protestersBy Iduozee Efe Paul BENIN CITY – The Leadership of the Neo-Black Movement, NBM, of Africa has restated the constitutional right of the Nigerian people to carry out peaceful protests and peaceful assembly. In a press statement signed by NBM President and approved by the Trustees, which was made available to journalists in Benin City, Edo State, the movement however said such protests and assemblies to demand for a better Nigeria must remain peaceful and not hijacked by criminal elements.The NBM distanced itself from a statement on…

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, has assured of the timely completion of the five-kilometer Okania-Ogbogoro Road that will ease movement for both residents and motorists who ply that route to avoid the traffic problem caused by the ongoing construction of the Port Harcourt Ring Road in the state. The Okania-Ogbogoro Road is in Akpor area of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in the state capital. The governor also described as fulfilling, the expression of joy and excitement by residents of Okania and Ogbogoro communities who, are seeing their major access road that was abandoned for about 14 years, being reconstructed…

Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, has dismissed the purported resolution passed by embattled Martin Amaewhule faction wherein they claimed to have barred Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the State Government from withdrawing money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the State. In his opening speech before the start of legislative business at plenary on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Oko-Jumbo wondered the basis of such audacity of Amaewhule and his cohorts when their seats had been declared vacant on December 13, 2023, when Rt. Hon. Edison Ogerenye Ehie was then the duly recognised…

The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has said that President Bola Tinubu has the political will to support the sustainable development, stability and peace of the Niger Delta. Otuaro, who spoke at the Technical Session of the Niger Delta Stakeholders’ Summit 2024 with the theme, “Renewed Hope for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta,” organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers, on Wednesday, also noted that communities and stakeholders from the Niger Delta also have a vital role to play in ensuring the progress of the region. Otuaro emphasised that…