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Farmers have been advised to form cooperatives in order to gain more from their produce. The advice was handed down by an agriculture expert to women farmers at a one-day sensitization on climate smart agriculture organized by a non-governmental organization, Centre for Rural Integration and Development, CRIDEV. Mr. Awele Akwunwa told women at Abuator and Okpai communities in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State,  that setting up coperatives is the surest way to make money in farming. According to him, coperatives help members pool resources together, share responsibilities and cut off middle men which results in more…

Some Female politicians who contested for various offices on different party platforms in the 2023 general elections in Rivers State, are in the spirit of gender equity and inclusion, demanding participation in the governance of the Siminalayi Fubara led administration. They made their demand through a letter to the governor captioned, ‘Appoint Women That Contested The 2023 Elections’. The women’s demand jointly signed by the coordinator, 2023 Rivers State Female Electoral Candidates, Hon. Mrs Mercy Joeking and five others, commended the governor for his resilience in carrying out his duties as governor, noting that his victory is for all Rivers…

In a concerted effort to promote peace and tranquilly within the Kula Kingdom, the chairman of Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, Hon. Rowland Sekibo, and the member representing Akuku-Toru Constituency II in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Lolo Isaiah Opuende, convened a significant peace meeting which purpose was to address a longstanding chieftaincy dispute within the kingdom. A release to that effect signed by Abraham Ebini, SA on Media and Publicity to the Hon Opunede and made available to National Point states, “The historic gathering, which took place at the official residence of Hon. Lolo Isaiah Opuende in the…

Members of Tombia Community in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State have called on relevant bodies, the state government, especially the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas Company, NLNG and Agip Oil Company, to urgently fix the gas leakage emitting from their gas pipeline in that community. Concerned opinions leaders from the community while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt, said the gas leakage which occurred on Saturday January 20, had within the few days of the leakage, caused great harm to residents and the environment.  Chief Alabo Onimite Abbey, secretary, Tombia Council of Chiefs, said the gas leakage has negatively impacted…

The National Probity and Value for Nation Building Organisation has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the renewal of the Pipeline Surveillance Contract of TANTITA Security Company, the group through its spokesperson appraised the work done so far in the fight against crude oil theft in the last one year. With excitement the spokesperson for the group lauded the arrest of the vessel MT KALI and its crew by TANTITA Security Company owned by High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at the Pennington Oil Field in Bayelsa…

Rivers Elders Forum made up of former governors, deputy governors, former senators and military chiefs from Rivers State have rejected the recent agreement initiated by President Bola Tinubu to bring about a peaceful resolution of the political crisis in Rivers State. The elders’ forum in a letter they addressed to the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, urged him to repudiate the agreement tagged Presidential Peace Proclamation because it was unconstitutional, unlawful and against the greater interest of the state. The position of the elders was reached after a meeting convened in Port Harcourt to review the Presidential Peace…

Your Excellency Sir, AN OPEN LETTER ON THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN RIVERS STATE Your Excellency, we hope this letter meets you well and compliments of the Season. We will like to commend Your Excellency, for heeding to our call; to help mediate in the political rift between Chief Barrister Nyesom Wike, the Honorable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Sir Siminialayi Fubara, the Executive Governor of Rivers State. However, as a people, we are now at a loss as to whether your intervention has helped in quelling the crisis or escalated it. For us, as custodians of the Rivers…

*Assembly Increases Budget For Stadium, Renal Centre Projects Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has signed the state’s 2024 appropriation bill of N489,443,632,374 into law. Governor Diri appended his signature on the “Budget of Sustainable and Shared Prosperity” on Thursday in Government House, Yenagoa. This figure represents an increase of N8.450 billion from the earlier N480,993,632,369 the governor presented to the House of Assembly for consideration on November 29, 2023. His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted Senator Diri as saying that the budget prioritises key sectors like education, infrastructure, healthcare delivery and agriculture. He expressed optimism that a…

PILEX CENTRE ; aka The Peoples Advocates (TPA) is an association and assembly of public interest lawyers and citizens of Nigeria who are interested in the rights of peoples globally. We are part of the Public Interest Lawyering Initiative for West Africa, Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Rivers State Network of Non-Governmental Organizations, CSO I-Report Platform/CIEPD Election Situation Room, Network of Police Reform in Nigeria, Transition Monitoring Group, Civic Space Watch Cluster etc. Courage Nsirimovu is The Coordinator of The Public Interest Law Centre (PILEX CENTRE) aka The Peoples Advocates. Courage Nsirimovu is aware of all the political…