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It featured interactions with authors listed for the 2022 NLNG Africa Literature Prize-Su’eddie Vershima Agema, author of Money and the Call of …, Saddiqu Dzulogi, author of ‘Your Club, My Quibla’ and Romeo Oriogun of ‘Normad’, all poetry books. Moderator was Karina Igoniko and Agema was physically present while the others participated virtually. Winner of the book prize will be announced on October 14 and the prize money is N100,000. The Nigeria Prize for Literature aims to bring Nigerian authors within and in the Diaspora to public attention and to celebrate literary craftsmanship in the country.

The Rivers State Executive Council has considered and approved the release of N78B for the completion of various ongoing projects across sectors and flag-off of new ones. The approval was given at its meeting that was presided over by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike at Government House in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Briefing journalists after the meeting, Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic planning, Dr Isaac Kamalu said the approval was made to ensure that ongoing projects are not left uncompleted by the contractors for lack of fund. “The Rivers State Government has released the sum of N78Billion for payment of…

LAGOS, Wednesday, November 2, 2022:* Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on Governments at all levels to fulfill their obligations to ensure the safety of journalists by investigating all attacks against media practitioners as well as prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators of such attacks. The organization said this would send a strong signal to those who attack journalists that they can no longer do so with impunity while also giving the media the confidence to carry out their functions without fear. MRA made the call at a press conference it organized to commemorate the 2022 edition of the International Day…

Members of the Nigeria Association of the Blind, Edo State Chapter, have called on all tiers of government to make education free and create conducive environment for them to move around and do their legitimate business. The members who embarked on a road walk to the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Edo State Council in celebration of National White Cane Day, urged the Edo State government to assent to the Disability Bill that has been passed by the Edo State House of Assembly. Chairman of the association, Evangelist Lucky Imafidon, expressed gratitude to the Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki for…

A prominent judge in Rivers State, Hon. Justice Boma Depre, has called on lawyers to embrace information and communication technology as the world becomes more and more digital. Justice Depre, who was the Chairman of the Two-Day Colloquium organized by the Rivers State Judiciary has organized under the theme: The Colloquium On the Draft Rules Of the High Court of Rivers State, said due to globalization and information revolution, there was the need for both senior and junior lawyers to embrace ICT. The colloquium took place at the Chief Judge’s Ceremony Court, Port Harcourt. “The social media or the internet…

The stories below paint these unfortunate pictures better. There’s a barbaric tradition known as “Money wife” in a remote village in Cross river state called Becheve, where girls as young as 10 years old are being sold into marriage I decided to travel down to learn more about how these girls are being robbed of their childhood. It all started back in March this year, when a cinematographer sent a video to me on twitter, which properly detailed the stories of some of the victims of this barbaric act, and asked that we considered it as our next project for…

Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has formally inaugurated the first batch of 100,000 Special Assistants to the Governor on Political Unit affairs. At the inauguration, which took place at Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Omagwa on Thursday, Governor Wike told them to work among their people and sample the people’s views about his administration. According to the governor, as special assistants, they were to collate those impressions and pass them on as feedback through the 319 Ward and 32 Constituency Liaison Officers recently appointed, who will eventually transmit them to his office. He said, “Your own is the most important because…

Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has urged personnel of the various security agencies to stop taking sides with politicians who use primordial tactics including religion to frustrate efforts at protecting life and property. Wike said politicians who deploy religion as a campaign tool could destroy the country as it moved closer to general elections next year. The governor spoke when the new Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Okon Effiong, visited him at Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday. He said, “We believe we owe this country and we must also stop this politics of religion so that…

The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Engr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, has the Commission will continue to support programmes and projects that empower youths of the Niger Delta region. Speaking when he hosted and formally presented car keys of a 2022 Kia Picanto to the winner of the Niger Delta Talent Hunt, NIDETH, Elvis Uchenna Igwe, Audu-Ohwavborua stated that the Commission will help youths to develop their creative talents. “This is part of the capacity building programmes, which the commission does to show case the great creative talents in the region,” he said. Speaking further, he called…

The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Engr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua has said that the commission would not abandon in their situation victims of the 2022 flood disaster in the Niger Delta region. Audu-Ohwavborua, who spoke shortly after arriving the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, said the NDDC being an interventionist agency, had a responsibility to cater for the welfare of the people. “We will address the flood problem in conjunction with other relevant agencies of government such as the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA. “The President is concerned and so are all stakeholders. We will intervene…