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The Community Environment and Development Network (CEDEN) has called for the restoration of extinct species and degraded ecosystems caused by decades of oil pollution around Nigeria’s pioneer oilfield in Bayelsa State. CEDEN Coordinator, Mr. Menidin Egbo, made the call on Saturday during a workshop tagged, “Restoring Lost Species” held in Otuabagi community, Ogbia Local Government Area, host to Oloibiri Well 1, where oil was first struck in commercial quantities in 1956. Egbo said the new initiative seeks to restore raffia palm ecology in the Ekpadio swamp forest, promote eco-resource conservation, and strengthen women’s livelihoods through sustainable extraction of non-timber forest…

The National leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) has commended the setting up of a panel to investigate the Rector of Federal Polytechnic Ekowe in Bayelsa for alleged breach of the Polytechnic Act. Workers in the institution had shut down the institution since July 11 in protest over sundry allegations against the Rector. The Governing Council of the Polytechnic had on August 6, 2025 set up a five member panel to investigate allegations levelled against the Rector, Dr. Adegoke Agbabiaka. In a letter to the Chairman, Governing Council, dated August 8 and signed by Mr Nura…

The Executive Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Dr Nnimmo Bassey, has called on Nigeria to reject genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and what he described as “food colonialism” in Nigeria’s agricultural policies. Bassey, a renowned environmentalist, made the call in a keynote address delivered at the National Symposium on GMOs held at the Qualibest Grand Hotel, Utako in Abuja. Bassey regarded food insecurity in Nigeria and Africa as a complex issue rooted in underlying social and economic challenges including farmer-herder clashes, banditry, poverty, inequality, inflation, and climate change. He criticized the government’s approach to deploying GMOs as…

Women in Okpokrika-Ogbesu Community in Ndokwa East Local Government have cried out to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to give them a sense of belonging by directing development projects to their community. The women, who lamented the absence of facilities to make life livable in the community, said, though they are an oil rich community, there is no power supply, no water despite a heavy contamination of their water sources; no road, no jetty. Even as the state is a top rate education state, the 4,000 population there has no access to a secondary or vocational school to prepare children for improved…

The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has tasked the new Sole Administrator of Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), Dr. Samuel Nwanosike, to be creative about converting waste to wealth. Ibas who was addressing the Board of the Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) during their inauguration at Government House, Port Harcourt was unequivocal, stating that sanitation is an issue of public safety, not mere aesthetics. He called on the board to lead a comprehensive and disciplined approach to waste management. “The task before this board is urgent and enormous. You must lead the charge to rid…

Dear sons and daughters of Rivers State, permit me to make a Clarion call today to end the bickering and bad blood in our state. Of the 36 States in the Federation, Rivers is the only State without a governor/State Assembly. Even states where terrorists ruled by night and bandits by day they have their act together. Despite the deplorable security concerns, no such hammer came down. Not in Borno nor Benue; not in Kaduna nor Katsina. So, why Rivers? This should provoke thought and teach us restraint in future. All powerful people must understand power without restraint culminates in…

President Bola Tinubu must keep his word and end emergency rule to restore confidence in democracy. September 18, 2025, will make it six months since President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the State House of Assembly. The measure, the President said, was to last “in the first instance” for six months, depending on progress in restoring peace. The declaration was controversial from the start. Many observers argued that the situation in Rivers was a political stalemate rather than a security threat. The conflict centered on the fallout of a Supreme…

The ongoing verification of state workers and pensioners in Rivers State has revealed a shocking nearly 12,000 ghost workers and pensioners on the payroll of the state. The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice-Admira Ibok-Ete Ibas, made the revelation in a meeting with leaders of organized labour and local government administrators at Government House. The verification which began several weeks ago will come to an end on September 4, according to the administrator. It will be done in time before the restoration of Governor Siminalyi Fubara and the House of Assembly that were suspended on March 18 for six months…

The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has the company was losing about N500 million every month on the Port Harcourt refinery. Ojulari disclosed this spoke in Abuja when he received a delegation of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), led by its President, Festus Osifo. He said rehabilitating the refinery has been challenging due to years of neglect. “When you fix one thing, the other thing is still there. So, it’s been very difficult to get it,” Ojulari said. “When I resumed, one of the first priorities…

Edo University Iyamho has announced the passing of its former Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dawood O. Egbefo, less than three weeks after he handed over to the new Vice-Chancellor. The university’s Public Relations Officer, Amaechi Kelly Quincy, confirmed the development in a statement issued to the press. While the statement did not disclose the cause or date of his death, it extended condolences to the late professor’s family, friends, and the academic community, praying for his peaceful repose and strength for his loved ones. Prof. Egbefo, a native of Edo Central Senatorial District, was a Professor of History and International Studies.…