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The gubernatorial candidate of the APC in Rivers State, Architect Tonye Cole has promised the people of Ahoada West LGA a better life when elected as Governor. He stated this today; while addressing his supporters at the APC Ahoada West LGA rally. According to the co-founder of Sahara Energy, there are so many young people without jobs in the state. He said this is one of the major reasons for poverty and insecurity in the state. He promised to change this trend by bringing jobs to the people. “We will create viable industries that will thrive; We will ensure…

Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin on Wednesday evening defeated their hosts in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Week five game El-Kanemi Warriors by a lone goal in Maiduguri to maintain a perfect winning record. Deputy Echeta scored the only goal of the match for the Benin Arsenals in the 27th minute after his solo effort paid off when he picked the ball from the Warriors right back near their area and rounded the goalkeeper Kehinde before burying the ball into the net. The home team however rose up to the occasion in the second half of the game…

The leadership crisis brewing in the Edo State chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (ALFAN), gets messier in the State, as a faction led by Comrade Julius Usiagu as chairman dissociated itself from one Alhaji Bako Dogwo who is also parading himself as the chairman of the association in the state. Comrade Usiagu, who claimed to be the authentic chairman of ALFAN in Edo State, said Dogwo has no legal right to speak for Edo farmers because he had been suspended and described Dogwo as an impostor. Comrade Julius Usiagu’s position was coming after a media report had it…

Delta State government has denied reports in some quarters that it was seeking fresh a N100 billion loan. Commissioner for Finance, Chief Fidelis Tilije, made the denial at a joint press conference with his Information counterpart, Charles Aniagwu and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Olisa Ifeajika in Asaba. Tilije recalled that the state government had earlier received an approval from the House of Assembly to obtain N150 billion bridging finance from the N240 billion accrued refunds to the state on the 13 percent Derivation Policy. He said that the needed facility was later reduced to N100 billion by…

s the 2023 General Elections draw closer, Christ Embassy aka Love World has made all necessary plans to organise a prayer crusade in Bayelsa State, where they will ask God to install good leaders that will pilot the affairs of the country, in the next four years. The prayer Crusade which is billed to take place on Friday, February 3, at the Bayelsa Medical University Car Park’ Yenagoa. According to the organizers, it will be an all night affair starting from 6pm. Briefing journalists on Tuesday in Yenagoa, head of programme secretariat and zonal head of operations, South South zone…

The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has revealed that thanksgiving remains his only source of strength and victory from every battle he had ever encountered in life. The deputy governor who spoke on Wednesday at Ofoni in Bayelsa State during a thanksgiving service however enjoined all Christians to see thanksgiving as a bounden duty, stressing that nobody receives anything good outside the grace of God. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr Doubara Atasi, the Deputy Governor, noted that the annual Ofoni thanksgiving day provides the people a unique opportunity to renew their spiritual strength and…

The leadership of Ijaw Youths Council, IYC has demanded that the Federal and State Governments and relevant security agencies to call Fulani herdsmen operating in the Niger Delta Region to order or face the consequences. This warning came on the heels of an on-the-spot assessment by the IYC to Toru-Angiama community in Patani local government area of Delta State after alleged killings perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen in the community on Monday. The National Spokesman of the IYC, Ebilate Ekerefe, who spoke on behalf of the council, expressed concern over the continued silence of security agencies, the Federal and State government…

Attacks on media professionals and threats against media freedom by state and non-state actors continue to feature prominently in Rivers State, even as the nation prepares for a major election in 2023. The attacks which include abductions, harassment, intimidation and threats of revocation or outright shutdown of broadcast stations, have become the key highlights of the risk factors within the media landscape in the state. Month after month, assault related incidents against media workers and media facilities remain unabated. In the last six months, five key attacks against journalists and threats to media organizations have occurred. They include: 1. October…

The Rivers State guber flag-bearer of the Labour Party, LP, Mrs Beatrice Itubo recently paid a condolence visit to the widow of the late paramount ruler of Rumeme Kingdom, HRM Nye-Nwe-Eli Omunakwe Nyeche Nsirim (OCC) Apeti of Rumueme Kingdom, HRM Ethel Nsirim. The LP candidate who arrived with an entourage of some state and local government party officials, described the late monarch as a father to the party, the state labour union and all. She told the widow that his death is a loss to not just his family and kinsmen but, both the state and nation and pledged the…

Women from all walks of life Thursday, February 2, 2023 embarked on a peaceful march in Lagos State, Nigeria as part of efforts to promote awareness for issue-based campaigns by political parties and their aspirants and peaceful participation in the general elections with the presidential and national assembly polls taking place on February 25, while the gubernatorial and state assembly elections billed for on March 11, 2023. The exercise, according to the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, Nigeria (WANEP-Nigeria), and Urgent Action Fund Africa (UAF- Africa) was geared to enhance individual capacities on the need to exercise their fundamental rights…