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By Ken MejuKebetkache Women Development and Resource Center on Monday September 9, organized an advocacy/media engagement parley on participatory budgeting and fair taxation in Rivers State.It was a meeting point for community members, media personnel and government officials to discuss issues on projects budgeting and execution.Welcoming participants, Chief Emem Okon, executive director of Kebetkache thanked the state government and Niger Delta Development Commission officials present for finding time to attend the participatory meeting which she described as crucial as it would afford opportunities for direct interactions between the governed and representatives of government.She said the meeting is a follow up…

Late Sgt. Lawrence IgberoThe continued spate of killings and wanton destruction in Ogoniland is causing serious concern among some stakeholders. They are worried that even after the elections rather than abate, incidents of unprovoked killings continue to be reported, causing serious fear and panic in the communities.Worse hit are Khana communities. A police officer was recently abducted and killed around that axis.Two persons were shot by suspected cultists in Taabaa community in Khana Local Government Area on Sunday September 1. The attack was carried out in the night.Mr Barine Menu James, one of the two persons shot, died next day,…

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, escaped being killed by gunmen who invaded the venue of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kogi State. Fintiri is the chairman of the Election Committee.The governorship primaries for the November 16 election in Kogi State ended abruptly in the early hours of Wednesday, as gunmen invaded the venue of the election at the Lokoja Confluence Stadium.Voting had ended and sorting of votes were going on when the gunmen came to the venue at about 1:45a.m. and started shooting from different directions.According to report, votes in eight out of the 10…

NOT less than seven out of 16 governorship aspirants of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from Kogi East have collapsed there structures to support Captain Idris Wada former governor of Kogi State.One of the spokespersons of Kogi East Elders Council , Arc. Gabriel Aduku, disclosed this on Tuesday, while addressing newsmen in Lokoja ahead of the PDP governorship primaries.According to him there was a meeting between them and nine governorship aspirants from Kogi East that were contesting on Monday till Tuesday morning.He mentioned that at the meeting it was seriously deliberated upon that there was no need for everyone to…

By Ibiba DonPedroThe political atmosphere in Bayelsa State is getting deeply tensed as the governorship election scheduled for November 16 draws near. The major political parties in the fray are setting the stage ready to elect their candidates for the election. In Yenagoa the state capital all attention is on Ijaw House, Sani Abacha Road where People Democratic Party, PDP stalwarts have gathered for the party gubernatorial primary in what has been a very steeply contentious process and a large turn out of aspirants thus far. 21 aspirants lined up among them, Hon. Tariela Oliver, Keniebi Okoko, Great Maciver, Dr.…

Nigerians, especially girls and women, are being trafficked all over the globe by barons operating under the cover of God-sent aunties, uncles and friends.Dame Julie Okah-Donli NAPTIP D-GNigerians, especially girls and women, are being trafficked all over the globe by barons operating under the cover of God-sent aunties, uncles and friends. Many are now languishing in confinement as slaves serving the selfish desires of their traffickers while their parents wait in vain to hear or read from them.Triggering alarm on the dangerous state of Nigerians under this situation, the director-general of the NAPTIP, Dame Julie Donli told a stunned gathering…

Kebetkache board members, staff at the ceremonyA frontline development expert and founder, African Center for Leadership, Strategy and Development, Center LSD, Dr Otive Igbuzor has decried the absence of leadership schools despite the challenges posed by poor leadership in the continent.He was speaking at the graduation ceremony of the first set of graduates from the school’s Port Harcourt Center hosted by Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center at Aldgate Hotel, Port Harcourt, August 17, 2019.“Poor leadership is a challenge in Africa and leaders can be trained on core leadership but there is no core leadership training center. We received curriculum…

By Ken MejuAlumni, graduating studentsTitare Star Academy Group of Schools, Port Harcourt recently rolled out the drums to mark a major landmark in its history, the graduation of its 25th senior secondary school set.The very well packaged event attracted alumni of the pioneer private secondary school in Rivers State who came in from different locations within and outside the state, parents, well- wishers as well as goodwill messages from some key personalities.Special guest of honour, HRM King Bubaraye Dakolo, Agada iv, Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama Kingdom, Bayelsa State told the graduating students that their future is guaranteed because of the antecedent…

Chief Timi AlaibeThe first runner-up in the just concluded September 4, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bayelsa governorship primary election and former managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe has dismissed as mere speculation, insinuation that he has decamped to another political party to contest the November 16 governorship election.He made this dismissal in a statement signed and issued in Yenagoa by the administrative secretary of Alaibe Campaign Organization, Prof. Seiyefa Brisibe.Alaibe, in the statement said he still remains a loyal member of the PDP despite being pressured with requests by other political parties to contest the…

Benaebi Oguoko takes participants through session on Ijaw history, culture, language and identityIt was a sunny, warm day in London, Saturday, June 22, 2019 when Ijaws in the London area gathered to reconnect with their language and culture. Venue for the event was The Resource for London, located on Holloway Road. Enthusiasm among participants as they came into the hall was palpable. Youngsters, some as young as 8 and 10 chattered in excitement as they came in shepherded by a parent or sibling. Some older, greeted familiar faces and others. All were Ijaw people in the UK who live in…