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-By Lilian NwokobiaIn the early hours of Thursday, August 14, 2019, the coastal communities of Batan, Kokodiagbene, Akpatagbeghe, Okerenkoko, Omadino, Ekpemu, Odidi, Kantu, Gbokodo Itsekiri and Ajuju (all Ijaw oil host communities) would normally have been busy with women rowing their canoes for fishing, taking their wares to neighboring markets, doing their little businesses in the communities or attending to their domestic chores, but they had a different agenda that day. The women  had mobilized very well. They stormed the three flow stations at Jones Creek about an hour  (by speed  boat) from Warri, Batan, 25 minutes drive from Jones…

Mrs Mercy Abu addressing the womenWomen, especially Niger Delta women have been advised to work collectively to make their voices heard and their demands met as they clamor for reasonable representation in political decision making in the country.Mrs Mercy Abu, president, Entrepreneurial Platform Initiative, EPI a platform that encourages women in the business world gave the advice at the launch of the Women In Governance Network in Port Harcourt, August 15, 2019.The entrepreneurship coach told the women leaders drawn from the three senatorial zones of Rivers State to banish from their thoughts belief that anybody can hand over power to…

Amb. Caroline, Alaba and Mojosola with  the Senior Special Adviser to Ekiti State Governor on SDGs at the University of Ibadan SDGs summit

CASSON President Prof. Mrs Elizabeth Egbochuku decorating Prof. Lady Roibito with the Fellow’s Medal Prof. Roibito Ekpikem at her investiture as a fellow of the Counselors Association of Nigeria, CASSON at the University of Port Harcourt on Tuesday August 20, 2019

His Excellency Sir,While I commend your efforts in trying to restore sanity and also restore the garden city status of Port Harcourt and it’s environs by getting rid of some of the activities that has defaced our once beautiful city such as street trading, illegal markets and motor parks with the setting up of a special task force, permit me to make some observations and inputs while also hoping that this move will not end up creating further problem for the existing oneI make this observations as a concerned citizen of Rivers State and from my experience from many years…

1) Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah – Abia, Mines and Steel Development, State2) Muhammed Musa Bello – Adamawa, FCT3) Sen. Godswill Obot Akpabio – Akwa Ibom, Niger Delta4) Chris Ngige – Anambra, Labour & Employment5) Sharon Ikeazor – Anambra, Environment, State6) Adamu Adamu – Bauchi, Education7) Amb Maryam Katagum – Bauchi, Industry, Trade and Investment, State8) Timipre Silva – Bayelsa, Petroleum, State9) Sen. George Akume – Benue, Special Duties10) Mustapha Baba Shehuri – Borno, Agriculture, State11) Godwin Jedi-Agba – Cross River, Power, State12) Festus Keyamo – Delta, Niger Delta, State13) OgbonnayaOnu – Ebonyi, Science and Technology14) Dr. Osagie Ehanire – Edo, Health15)…

Iduozee Paul, Benin correspondentThe Edo State immunization officer, Justina Aikhuele, has lamented that some nursing mothers refuse to immunize their children because of the lack of knowledge got about the benefits of immunization of children.Making the observation during the sensitization meeting with media officers on Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week (MNCHW) in Benin City, she said the main core of the event is to create awareness about the immunization of children in Edo State. She disclosed that the programme will commence Wednesday 28th 2019 to Sunday 1st, 2019.According to Mrs. Justina Aikhuele, the target are children of 0-59months and…

-By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaGovernorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba has reserved judgment on the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Great Ogboru.Ogboru, in petition number EPT/DT/GOV/01/2019, is challenging the victory of Governor IfeanyiOkowa of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 9, 2019 election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).Besides Okowa, who is the first respondent, the PDP and INEC are joined as second and third respondents in the petition which has Ogboru and APC as first and second petitioners respectively.Justice Suleiman Belgore, chairman of the three-man tribunal while…

By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaIjaw Youth Council has called on the newly sworn-in minister of state for petroleum, Mr. Timipre Sylva to immediately commence the process of healing the wounds that have bedeviled the Niger Delta region.In a press release Wednesday signed and made available to journalists by the president Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Pereotubo Oweilaemi, Esq., the IYC tasked the Petroleum minister to strive hard and bring the people closer to the government.Said he: “We advice the new Petroleum minister who is a product of the Niger Delta Struggle to commence with the process of healing the wounds by bringing…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday told incoming ministers that all requests for meetings with him should pass through his chief of staff, Abba Kyari.Mr Buhari said this in his closing remark at a presidential retreat for minister’s designate in Abuja.“In terms of coordination, kindly ensure that all submissions for my attention or meeting requests be channeled through the Chief of Staff, while all Federal Executive Council matters be coordinated through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,” Mr Buhari said,The president’s speech at the event was sent to PREMIUM TIMES by the presidency.Mr Kyari has been criticized by some…