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With no fewer than 85 people killed in violence traced to cultism, sea piracy, politics, kidnapping and illegal bunkering (oil theft) within the last one year, Rivers State has become one of the most notorious states in Nigeria with respect to deadly crimes and youth related violence. Though the Rivers State police command says the command is tackling the menace, findings by National Point indicate that the cases have continued to rise as criminal cult, kidnap, piracy and bunkering gangs are spreading. The situation has been giving residents, visitors and people doing business in the state, good reason to worry.…

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun has ordered the immediate disbandment of the team of police officers from the Edo State Command responsible for running over a citizen at Ekpoma. The decisive action of disbanding the team forthwith, according to a statement from the Force headquarters is, “a bold move to address the unprofessional conduct of some police officers attached to the Edo State Police Command”. A statement from the Police Force Headquarters, Abuja said the move is aimed at regularizing and standardizing police operations. It stated that the offending officers are already facing disciplinary actions. “This…

Businessmen, women and traders closed shop and came out en masse to hear and receive prayers, blessings and anointing from Rev. Fr. Andrew Obiyan in the popular Evafike Spare Parts Motor Market in Benin city at a revival service organized by the traders. The traders who were in large numbers were filled with the Holy Ghost, and danced as the servant of God delivered the sermon interspersed with deliverance and prophecies. Speaking to journalists on the prayer session, the parish priest of St. Francis Catholic Church, College Road Ekenwan, Rev. Fr. Andrew Obiyan, said a harvest of uncommon blessings are…

An aspirant in the forthcoming Edo State gubernatorial poll and former Commissioner for Education in the state, Hon. Gideon Obhakhan has pledged to boost quality education, agriculture, Information Communications Technology (ICT), as well as youth and women empowerment to douse the harsh effects of subsidy removal, should he become the governor of Edo State. Obhakhan thanked President Bola Tinubu for mustering the courage to remove the long talked about petrol subsidy. Explaining how he would fulfil the promises, the aspirant stated, “We are going to focus on the farm settlements. You will be proud to go into farming. Second one…

As part of the campaign of War Against Drug Abuse, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, Rivers State command, has organized a one-day workshop to sensitize and educate members of Nigeria Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers (NAPPMED) Rivers 2, Rivers State, with the workshop theme as ‘The Role of NAPPMED in curbing the menace of drug abuse and illicit trafficking’. The workshop which took place at Eneka Civic Center, in Obio/Akpor LGA, had over 500 members of NAPPMED in attendance. The NDLEA Rivers State Commander, who is also commander of Narcotics Ahmed Mumuda, while making his opening…

As the World Athletics Championship Trials entered Day Two of actions and thrills in Benin City, president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Chief Tonobok Okowa extolled Edo State government for hosting the 2023 World Athletics Championship Trials in Benin city. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria began the world Athletics Championship Budapest 2023 trials in Benin on Tuesday, July, 2023 with over 450 athletes, including world champions, Tobi Amusan, Ese Brume and others in Benin to literally burn the tartan tracks at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. Chief Tonobok Okowa who said he was satisfied with the organisation of the…

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has embarked on the training of about 80 residents of Ogboibiri, an oil-bearing community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on how to monitor oil producing activities in their community. Addressing volunteers during the training, the Programmes Manager, HOMEF, Mr. Stephen Oduware, said the training of volunteers from oil bearing communities was imperative because it was the people that were impacted by the activities of oil and gas industry and thus were better placed to monitor the environment. He identified International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in the area notably Agip…

Flood is a natural disaster that displaces people anytime it comes especially in the Niger Delta region where it has become a yearly occurrence. For the people of the region, they know when it comes and when it goes especially the perennial flooding that also displaces some people when it comes. That is a normal flood for them but that of 2022 was extraordinary as it displaced about ninety five percent of Bayelsans. In Bayelsa state, the flood wreaked havoc because most of the water channels were blocked by the residents including the high and the mighty in the state.…

Female media practitioners have been urged to upscale their capacity as well as their competence while delivering their jobs especially in the newsroom. This clarion call was made during a one day leadership seminar organised for practicing female journalists in Rivers state. The program was organized by Female Reporters Leadership Programme, FRLP, with the theme: factors challenging the rise of female journalists in leading newsroom. The seminar took place at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ secretariat conference hall, Port Harcourt. The keynote speaker at the event was Pastor Ann Godwin, Rivers State correspondent, the Guardian Newspaper, who is also…

Ese Usamali Foundation For Rural Development (EUFORDe), a non-governmental organization with the vision to integrate the rights and capacities of youth, women, vulnerable children and underprivileged in the socio-economic planning and development of communities, has held a three-day Early Warning Sensitization Workshop for women in the Orashi region of Rivers State affected by the 2020 to 2022 flood. The workshop drew women from all LGAs in the flood prone areas. The program, which was conducted in collaboration with Agricultural Development Program (ADP) Rivers State and Ahoada Health Center with support from Trykod Engineering and Construction Company and Fab Photography, sensitized…