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By Iduozee Paul, BeninAhead of the governorship election in Edo State billed for September this year, the governor of Adamawa State, Alhaji Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has disclosed that Edo State  is mainly a Peoples’ Democratic Party, ( PDP) state following its  zeal and ability to have emerged victorious in past elections in the state.Alhaji Fintiri said the forthcoming election will not be different. He made the statements in Benin City, during the party’s ward congress to elect ad-hoc delegates for the primary election preparatory to the in-coming governorship election.The Adamawa state governor said with the antecedent of the party in…

By Mbah Okemsinachi, YenagoaBayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said there are similarities between his emergence as governor of the state and the June 12 saga as he paid tribute to those who lost their lives a few days to the state’s November 16, 2019 governorship election.The governor who described the deceased as the “Martyrs of Nembe’, noted that the lives of those innocent citizens were brutally terminated by anti-democratic forces.Governor Diri stated this in his Democracy Day message to Bayelsans and assured that he had no greater obligation than ensuring that people of the state lived in peace in order…

By Abraham IbiniSince the industrial revolution, the world population growth has increased exponentially, and with population growth, the environment has been affected profoundly. Today, the world is facing serious environmental challenges from gas flaring to the depletion of the ozone layer, deforestation, and other human activities which have resulted in the degradation of lands across the world, excessive heats, soot, pollution of the water as well as exposing society to diseases related to environmental pollution.June 5th of every year is set aside as the World Environment Day. It is the United Nation’s vehicle for encouraging awareness and actions for the…

After exhaustively discussed issues affecting the community, the Chiefs and the entire members of the community resolved as follows:That any person or group of persons parading themselves as cult group(s) in the Obuama Community will no longer be tolerated and if caught, will be handed over to the relevant security agencies.That any individual or group of persons from Obuama Community that will go and sign as guarantor(s)to secure the bail of these arrested cult boys will be tagged and published as sponsors of cultism and will be paraded as enemies of Obuama Community.That anybody arrested as a cultist and prosecuted…

Hon. Preye OsekeBelow is motion sponsored by the entire Bayelsa caucus and moved by Hon. Preye Oseke, the motion was taken today as a matter of urgent public importance on the floor of the House.Your Ref:___________________OurRef: HOR/SIFC/HORSPK/06Tuesday 12th May, 2020The RT. Honourable SpeakerHouse of RepresentativesNational AssemblyAbuja.Sir,MATTER OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE URGENT NEED TO STOP THE REGULAR INVASION AND DESTRUCTION OF COMMUNITIES IN BAYELSA STATE BY THE NIGERIAN MILITARYSponsored by:Hon. Preye Influence. OsekeHon. Prof. Steve Azaiki Azibapu, OONHon. Israel Sunny GoliHon. Fred ObuaHon. Agbedi, Yeitiemone FrederickThe House:NOTES that Section217 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended)…

“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. “- Jeremiah 33:3One of the most wonderful mysteries in the universe is that prayer changes things. God has so arranged His world that we have the ability to make significant choices, some good and some bad, which affect the course of history. One means God has given us to do this is prayer—asking Him to act. Because He is all-wise and all-powerful, knowing “the end from the beginning” (Isa. 46:10), He’s able to weave our requests into His eternally good purposes.At…

Scene from recent oil spill, November, 2019Continued efforts by Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, SPDC, Nigeria’s giant multinational oil prospector, to easily brush off negative impacts of its activities in Niger Delta communities met strong resistance in Obelle Community in Rivers State. For 20 years, the community repeatedly tried to make the oil company acknowledge its errors and provide some form of compensation to the people following the destruction of parts of their land as a result of a fire that erupted in a Shell facility there in 1998.The dogged refusal to let Shell escape justice by a committed socio-cultural…

Life truly has its ways, its rhythm and reason. In 2006, an incident that tested my will and inner strength as a person, journalist and activist occurred. By the time the incident ran its course, I learnt how powerful and impactful we can be walking through life’s rough paths with like minded people. At the centre of the event and its denouement, were two powerful brothers and friends I met as members of civil society, Patrick Naagbanton and Uche Wisdom Durueke.Thursday July 20, 2006 was a day of frenetic activity. I was in Port Harcourt in frantic preparation to travel…

By: Austin Tam-George One of the unintended ironies of the Coronavirus pandemic is that although it brings great suffering and death, it also presents an incredible opportunity to reimagine the world we live in, and to build a better future.In Rivers State, we can not afford to miss the opportunity that this crisis presents.As our forbears did after the Civil War, we have a chance to think and work together to recreate our State, from the emotional and psychological debris of this pandemic.But this means that we must think critically and keep an open mind.It means that our response to…

By Ibiba DonPedroEngr. David Rogers IrimaghaChairman Bonny LGANnimmo BasseyDirector, HOMEFIncensed locals in Bonny Island troubled about the reported unexplained deaths of about a dozen community persons in the past two weeks, are said to be further enraged over fresh developments in the usually calm seaside town. Their rage is said to be fueled by a statement by their local Government officials posted on Facebook, which debunked the widespread stories about unexplained deaths in the town. Secretary to the Local Government Area, Wariopusenibo Omoni LongJohn had declared that following an investigative visit to health care facilities, including government and private hospitals…