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The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has said that it is partnering with Chevron Nigeria Limited to construct the 70.75-kilometre Warri – Okerekonko – Escravos road with bridges. The Managing Director of NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku disclose this when he led a delegation of the Commission’s Executive Management and Directors to meet with the Chevron Management led by the Director, NNPCL/Chevron Joint Venture, Dr Segun Kuteyi, at the Chevron headquarters in Lagos. Ogbuku restated the commitment of the NDDC to the completion of the Omadino-Escravos Road, which he said would link Warri to Escravos, the hub of oil and gas…

Leadership has been recognised as one of the most important variables that affect the performance of any organisation, institution or nation. Study after study, superior financial and organisational performance, as well as other forms of success, have been linked to leadership. Scholars have opined that the success or failure of organisations and nations depends on leadership excellence and not managerial acumen. It has been documented that the progress, development and fortunes of many nations are tied to the type and quality of the political leadership that they have had and continue to have. In a survey of 1,767 experts across…

In a ground-breaking milestone, Nigerian scholar Professor Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua has achieved a historic feat by becoming the first black woman globally to attain a PhD in Cybernetics. Cybernetics, the study of information transmission in machines and electronic systems in comparison to biological systems like the brain and nervous system, lies at the core of her remarkable accomplishment. Ekeng-Itua stands at the forefront of advancing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiatives across Africa. Through her roles as an educator, administrator, and engineer, she tirelessly works to create opportunities for African youth, particularly girls, within the STEM landscape. Her journey to…

Rivers State first lady, Lady Valerie Siminalayi Fubara, has challenged the girl-child to be innovative and to acquire problem-solving skills that will make them employable and competitive. She also advocated for increased access to quality education to empower the girl-child, especially in the rural and hard-to-reach communities in the state. Lady Valerie Fubara gave the admonition while speaking on the topic, “Career Choices and Development for Young Girls in the 21st Century”, at the 30th anniversary of the Old Girls’ Association of the Class of ’94, Archdeacon Crowther Memorial Girls’ Secondary School, Elelenwo in Port Harcourt, on Friday. Represented by…

Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism has fixed the conferment of the 2024 investigative journalism awards for December 9, 2024. According to a notice to its partners, the Executive Director of the Centre, Motunrayo Alaka, the award ceremony will take place at Muson Centre, Lagos at 5pm. Alaka said, “The award rewards, promotes and encourages best practices in journalism works from the print, radio, television, photo, online, and editorial cartoon broad categories on themes ranging from regulatory failures, corruption in the public and corporate spheres, and human rights abuses in Nigeria.” She said since the inception of the awards in…

The Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) has reiterated its commitment to help the country attain over 2 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil production for the federal government. The Chairman of TSSNL, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Warri. Tompolo who is also the Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation spoke through his Special Adviser Media and Public Communication, Mr Paul Bebenimibo. He was reacting to the latest declaration by the Board and Management of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) that crude oil production has hit 1.8…

In the days of yore, Port Harcourt was described flowingly as the Garden City. This clement tribute was given to Port Harcourt because of its neatness. Over the years, different administrations have tried to maintain the basic standard of cleanliness in Port Harcourt, all to no avail. The administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara has a major challenge, that of restoring Port Harcourt to its state of neatness. A case in point that readily comes to mind is the fitting example of Calabar and even Uyo recently. I would like to suggest to the administration of Governor Fubara to send teams…

The primary essence of politics in a democracy is to provide channels by which the people can elect their governments and their representatives in the legislature. Multi-party democracy therefore guarantees the people with opportunities to choose from among an array of candidates presented by the political parties the most fitting to fill executive and legislative. Other holders of public offices and positions who might not have been installed through popular elections are however subject to the laws made by elected legislatures and implemented by those in elective positions. Such appointed public officers like judges, ministers, commissioners, special advisers and complementary…

Environmental students from the University of Port Harcourt undergoing a six-month internship atthe Pilex Center, an Environmental and Human Rights Advocacy organisation based in Port Harcourt, have begun hands on training . Barely days after a practical training on Mangrove planting, the students were this week, in a civic education session. Executive Director of the Center, Courage Nsirimovu Esq., told the students that Pilex is poised to help them develop not just Environmental skills but also, a passion for activism to join advocates for Human and environmental justice in the communities and society at large. In commemoration of the 2024.…

On the 10th of November 1995, the Nigerian military junta headed by General Sani Abacha authorized the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel, and John Kpuine. The 9 were instrumental in mobilizing Ogonis under the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), and had issued a set of demands contained in the Ogoni Bill of Rights which included calls to the Nigerian government to clean up the Ogoni environment and restore livelihoods of the indigenous people who had suffered over 30 years of reckless oil extraction by Shell. MOSOP had called global attention to the poverty, neglect and environmental destruction which decades of oil…