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There was tension and anxiety in Benin City, at Samuel Ogbemudia stadium at the celebration Children’s Day. It was gathered that crisis erupted during the Children’s Day merriment on Wednesday after several students reportedly collapsed as a result of altercation had with the security men at the event venue, raising concerns over crowd management and emergency preparedness at the state-organised gathering. Eyewitness accounts indicated that the incident began following an alleged altercation involving some students of Ikhogbe Secondary School and female pupils, which created tension among participants at the venue. Sources further alleged that security operatives attached to the Government…

Inaugurates Reconciliation Committee. Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has appealed to well-meaning stakeholders in the Ijaw ethnic nationality to collectively ensure that the Ijaw National Congress (INC) was not factionalised. He said history would not forgive them if they allowed personal interests to overshadow the cause of the Ijaw people. Governor Diri stated this on Tuesday in Government House, Yenagoa, while inaugurating an eight-member INC Reconciliation Committee to resolve the protracted discord within the body. A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, informed that the panel has two members from each of the zones of the…

Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited on Monday reinforced its partnership with the Nigerian Navy with the inauguration of several infrastructure projects at the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, Warri, Delta State, aimed at enhancing personnel welfare and strengthening maritime security operations. The projects, commissioned at the naval base in Warri, included a 30-room Senior Rates Self-Contain Transit Accommodation, an Executive Officer’s Institutional House, a remodeled Fleet Support Group Central Administrative Block, volleyball and lawn tennis courts, as well as newly constructed car parks. Speaking during the event on behalf of the Managing Director of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, Engr.…

From the upcoming book:RIVERS POLITICSArticles on Rivers Statecontemporary politics(1999 – 2023)by Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo Introduction There have been efforts by selfish and deceitful politicians to distort history and becloud the minds of young and/or the uninformed populace about the term upland/riverine dichotomy, its origin, its purpose and its implementation. More than 60% of the current Rivers State population were born after the creation of Rivers State in 1967 and may not be quite aware of the history behind the upland/riverine dichotomy. Unfortunately, history is no more taught as a subject in our secondary schools. In the beginning, there was no dichotomy…

Address to Party Chairmen of All Political Parties Good afternoon Party Chairmen, ladies and gentlemen of the press and thank you for being here. I speak on behalf of Nigerian women and the coalition of civil society organisations in Nigeria. We address you directly today because the decisions you make in the next two weeks will determine whether 2027 breaks from the past or repeats it. Ahead of the 2027 elections, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu publicly promised greater inclusion of women in governance and political leadership. Speaking on the International Women’s Day 2026, he said, “Nigeria’s progress will continue to…

As political activities gather momentum ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries, the Asiwaju Trumpets Support Group for Tinubu and Fubara Second Term has intensified mobilisation efforts in Rivers State with the declaration of a five-day prayer programme and a two-day fasting exercise. The group said the initiative was aimed at seeking divine intervention for a peaceful primary election process and the successful emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the APC presidential candidate and Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, as the party’s governorship candidate. According to a statement issued at the group’s Port Harcourt liaison office, the…

Former Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adaeze Oreh, has been elevated to the rank of Professor of Medicine, drawing widespread commendation from colleagues, associates, and admirers within and outside the health sector. Prof. Oreh, widely regarded as one of Nigeria’s most outstanding health commissioners during her tenure in Rivers State, is a Consultant Family Physician with over two decades of experience spanning clinical practice, public health policy, healthcare administration, research, and global health advocacy. Before serving as Commissioner for Health in Rivers State, she held several strategic positions in Nigeria’s health sector, including Country Director of Planning, Research and…

The Coalition of Ijaw Interest Groups (CIIG) AN URGENT CALL FOR RESTORATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER IN THE IJAW NATIONAL CONGRESS 3 MAY 2026 The Coalition of Ijaw Interest Groups (CIIG) condemn in very strong terms happenings in Ijaw Nation, with specific reference to the recent show of shame called election into the exalted voices of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), as a particularly troubling reality. We categorically affirm that what transpired on 13 April 2026, by any credible constitutional or moral standard, cannot and must not be upheld as a legitimate electoral outcome. As has been rightly observed in several…

The Nigerian Navy’s Central and Eastern Naval Commands on Friday commenced Exercise Fleet Sentinel, a joint operation aimed at boosting maritime security and curbing criminal activities in Nigeria’s territorial and regional waters. The exercise was flagged off aboard NNS Kada at the Bonny Anchorage in Rivers State by the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, represented by the Chief of Naval Safety and Standards, Rear Admiral Pakiribo Anabraba. The drill comes barely 24 hours after the conclusion of Exercise Obangame Express 2026, a multinational maritime security exercise involving navies from West and Central Africa, as well as…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been around the corridors of power since 1992.He knows quite a bit about power In Nigeria. Tinubu served as a ranking senator in 1992.He jumped onto the turbulent wagon of opposition politics after the annulment of June 12 1993 presidential election that Moshood Abiola won.Those were tough days that brought anti-military agitation to a head. Nigeria was at the crossroads.But it’s no longer about the erring military slamming reporters into the gulag forwriting bad verses.For Nigeria has gone full circle where great agitators now call shots from cozy power corridors.But Tinubu sits pretty at the…