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1). Your Royal Majesty, AMB. E.A. Ubabirl, Bini Pere IV, Agadagba of Egbema Kingdom, 2). The Chairman and Members of Egbema Traditional Council, 3). The Chairman and Members of Egbema Council of Chiefs, 4). The Chairman and Members of Egbema Leaders of Thought (ELOT), 5). Representatives of Ijaw National Council (INC), Egbema Chapter, 6). The Interim Chairman and Members of Egbema Christian Forum (ECF) 7) The President Generals from various Communities of Egbema kingdom, 8). Representatives of IYC and EYC, 9). Egbema Peace Keeping Force, 10). Other highly placed dignitaries from within and outside Egbema, here present, 11). Distinguished members…

The Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Siminialayi Fubara, has declared that Rivers State is one of the safest and most peaceful states in Nigeria. Speaking while receiving the leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on a courtesy call at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday, the governor insisted that the state had a conducive environment for doing business. The governor assured of his administration’s commitment to providing security and the enabling environment for people to live and do business in the state with ease. He urged CAN to complement government’s effort in promoting peace and security in the…

Pastor Reuben Wilson has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to appoint a credible participant in the Niger Delta struggle as Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Wilson, an ex-agitator is immediate past President of the First Phase Leaders of PAP and South-South Coordinator of The Asiwaju Group (TAG), made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday in Yenagoa. Wilson said the amnesty scheme in its original concept is central to sustenance of peace in the Niger Delta and as such, it should not be left in the hands of those who know nothing about the foundational philosophy of…

Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Gov Siminialayi Fubara of Rivers State to prioritise the development of the Niger Delta and Ijaw communities in Rivers State respectively. The IYC President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, in a statement to congratulate Tinubu and Fubara on their inaugurations, also canvassed for massive youth empowerment in the region and Rivers. Igbifa appealed to Fubara to undertake road projects that would link riverine communities to facilitate movements of goods and services and speed up the overall development of the state. He said the Rivers governor should develop a new city…

There is lamentation among lecturers in Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State as they are currently being owed 17 months salary arrears. Their pains were made public at a congress meeting on Monday, June 5, where the university’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) denounced the deliberate denial of salaries to some staff since the inception of the university’s Special Intervention Team (SIT). A joint statement issued after the meeting signed by Dr. Cyril Onogbosele and Dr. Williams Odion, chairperson and assistant secretary respectively of the local ASUU chapter, blamed SIT for the deliberate denial of…

The People of Sangana Community in Brass local Government of Bayelsa State have called on the Bayelsa State Government and oil sector regulatory agencies to call indigenous oil company Conoil Producing Nigeria Limited to order over the death of their youth who were shot at the company’s offshore platform near the community by security operatives guiding the facility. A young man, Ido Ikiowori 28 years old, was shot dead, while two others are reported missing. Two others, who sustained very serious gunshot wounds but, survived the incident which occurred Monday, May 29, 2023, are receiving treatment at a private hospital…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect. The newly appointed Officers are: S/N NAME APPOINTMENTS 1. Mallam Nuhu Ribadu – National Security Adviser 2. Maj. Gen. C.G Musa- Chief of Defence Staff 3. Maj. T. A Lagbaja- Chief of Army Staff 4. Rear Admirral E. A Ogalla- Chief of Naval Staff 5. AVM H.B Abubakar Chief of Air Staff 6. DIG Kayode Egbetokun – Acting Inspector-General of Police 7. Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye- Chief…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu might still be settling down to duties after the elaborate inauguration on May 29, 2023 and other ceremonies that ushered him into office. However, it is heartwarming to note that those rituals of inauguration have not blurred his vision to urgent matters of state, given the dispatch with which he has treated some very sensitive national issues so far, like the removal of subsidy on fuel, the suspension and investigation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and assenting to the power and student…

A father of quadruplets, Mr. Izogie Odiase has begged to Her Excellency, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki Edo State First Lady to come to his rescue as he is financially burdened to take care of the children. Izogie Odiase, a mobile welder (Iron Bender) said he lost his wife in the early hours of January 18, 2023 after giving birth to the quadruplet on the 17th Jand since then, it has been very difficult for him to take care of the children even with the assistance of his mother-in-law. The appeal letter reads: “Her Excellency, First Lady of Edo State, Government House,…

The police in Rivers State said that they have arrested a 30-year-old woman who allegedly stabbed a 12-year-old girl in the back and fled. The victim known as Miss Oluebube and her attacker, identified simply as Abigail were both residents of Chukwu Street in Rumuodara at Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in Port Harcourt at the time of the incident. A sister of the victim identified as Oluchi told reporters at the press conference what happened. “My sister was washing dishes outside when our mother went to the market. The woman (suspect) was fetching water outside and because our corridor is…