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The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Maj.-Barry Ndiomu, has introduced counselling and mentoring of ex-agitators to curb all forms of unrests especially street protests. The Chairman, PAP Strategic Communication Committee (SCC), Nature Dumale, said the initiative was introduced by Ndiomu to help ex-agitators deal with stress-related challenges that could push them into violent reactions. Speaking in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday after a programme tagged, Resilience Building Workshop, organised by PAP , Dumale said it was part of Ndiomu’s efforts to eliminate all threats to the existing peace in the Niger Delta. Dumale said the PAP boss adopted…

Residents of Polobubou (Tsekelewu) town in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State have called on the various oil companies operating in their community to urgently tackle the environmental degradation, their activities have caused in their land. Making the call recently at Polobubou as part of activities marking the World Environment Day, Elder Anthony Tiemo, Chairman Health and Environment Committee, Polobubou noted that the pollution wrought by oil companies had destroyed their lands, waterways and impoverished the people. “Polobubou, originally a fresh water environment with fresh water ecosystems, has been replaced by salt water environment due to the exploration…

The scorching heat tops more than 100 degrees Celsius. Children, women, and men are forced to run out of their hovels due to harsh weather. The shambles were strewn with old sacks, worn-out tarpaulins, and dirty rags, but the use of threadbare zincs on roof makes them almost inhabitable in the afternoon. However, there is nowhere to run to. “Inside seems like an oven; outside is similar to a kitchen. We sweat from 12pm to 5pm every day whether we are inside or outside our rooms,” says one of the occupants of New Kuchigoro Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, Ms…

An unprecedented and thoroughly depressing chapter in the contemporary diminution of the judiciary and consequential erosion of the rule of law in Nigeria was written with two contributions on the Senate floor during the valedictory session of the 9th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Senator Rochas Okorocha expressed mock awe at how the Senate President Ahmed Lawan found his way back to the Senate without contesting in his party’s primaries for the seat, and hence ineligible for the election at all; with the innuendoes pointing at the inexplicable and widely criticized judicial decision which occasioned that otherwise most…

Some operative of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two suspected child traffickers in Auchi, the administrative headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area. The two female suspects identified as Vera Okhakhu and Blessing Agbokha, were allegedly arrested by operatives of the Auchi Police Divisional Headquarters. The suspects claimed to hail from Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government Area of the state. The police disclosed that the arrest of the suspects was yet to be confirmed by the authorities of the State Police Command as the image maker of the command Mr Chidi Nwabuzor was yet to respond to calls…

Governor Godwin Obaseki has congratulated Yusuf Aminat Imoitesemeh, for emerging as the Best Graduating and best-ever student at the Lagos State University (LASU), with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 obtained in the institution’s Law degree programme. This followed a statement issued and signed by governor who praised Yusuf Aminat on her remarkable and pacesetting feat, noting that she has once again displayed the indefatigable Edo spirit of excellence and hard work. “I congratulate Yusuf Aminat Imoitesemeh on her record-setting feat as the best graduating and best ever student at the Lagos State University. With a perfect 5.0…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) June 23 protested against the over 360 percent increase in school fees introduced at the Edo State owned Ambrose Alli University, (AAU) Ekpoma. The students’ national body, was at the premises of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council to protest and demanded the reversal of the increment, the sack of the Special Intervention Team (SIT), which tenure is said to expire on June 24, as well as the sack of the acting vice chancellor of the university, Prof Sonnie Adagbonyin. NANS vice president, Inter campus Affairs, Comrade Vanessa Egheahie, said…

Asiwaju Farmers Forum, Sokoto State Chapter, has sought more inclusiveness in the administration of President Bola Ahmad Tinubu, as he makes new appointments. In a statement signed by its chairman Mr. Musa Mubarak Hassan, and made available to newsmen in Sokoto, the Forum said the President is on the right track in all the appointments he made recently. “It is clear that those recently appointed by our able president are generally identified as people of reputable character in the society. “We are confident that their emergence indicated the true desire of the President towards ensuring the best Nigeria of our…

The Rivers State Government has withdrawn the money laundering and criminal charges against a former lawmaker, Chinyere Igwe. Igwe was on February 24, eve of the presidential election, arrested and arraigned before a court, for having in his possession, the sum of $499,000,000 dollars.He was granted bail after some weeks. When the matter resumed in court for proper trial on Wednesday morning, (June 21), Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Professor Zacchaeus Adangor, announced the withdrawal of the suit. Adangor did not give any reason for the state government’s decision to withdraw the case against Igwe. The trial…

The senator representing Delta South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, has assured that the 10th Senate will bring the best input into governance in the country. Senator Joel-Onowakpo gave this assurance while speaking with newsmen shortly after his election victory/inauguration thanksgiving held at Christ Chosen Deliverance Church, headquarters, Irri, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State. He noted that as a professional accountant and somebody who has been in business and public service, it is expected that his wealth of experience would be brought to bear in championing development programmes and policies that will have direct…