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RULAAC, in partnership with Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), organized a one day inauguration of a Police/Stakeholders Partnership and Accountability Forum and capacity building for human rights monitors on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at Visa Karena Hotels, Port Harcourt. The forum was part of the Community Access to Justice and Criminal Justice interactive Project being implemented across the country by RULAAC with support from OSIWA. The overall objective of the project is to facilitate the coordination and projection of the voices of the communities affected by insecurity and to promote their involvement in designing and implementing workable solutions…

In a bid to build the capacity of young persons in leadership, peacebuilding and advocacy, a three-day train-the-trainers workshop was recently conducted for 40 young women and young men in Abuja by the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Nigeria, in partnership with the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP). National Coordinator of WANEP Nigeria- Chief Mrs. Bridget Osakwe said at the commencement of the workshop that though the United Nations Council on December 9, 2015, adopted Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) which was preceded by a series of advocacy efforts from a number of Non-Governmental Organizations,…

A leading university scholar, Dr. Anthony Egobueze, has charged Nigerian undergraduates to get their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to enable them participate actively in the 2023 general elections. Dr. Egobueze gave the charge last Wednesday at the Amphitheatre of Rivers State University (RSU) Nkpolu, Port Harcourt during a reception for Year One students of National Association of History and International Diplomacy Students of RSU. “As students who are 18 years and above I want to tell you that the first step for your participation in a democratic process is to get your PVC. I want to admonish you that the…

The Vice-Chancellor of Rivers State University (RSU), Prof. Nlerum Okogbule, has charged members of the Association of Business Educators of Nigeria (ABEN) to intensify their knowledge in digital skills acquisition and entrepreneurship. Prof. Okogbule gave the charge during the 34th Annual National Conference of ABEN held at the university’s main campus at Nkpolu Oroworukwu, Port Harcourt. He said since businesses were now operating in a globalized economy, educational programmes for self-reliance must be adapted to the now reality. Besides. He said, business educators in Nigeria need to adopt a global outlook developing the different fields of business education. “Business education…

If faith comes from hearing and believing, Nigerians have been charged to act and work faithfully and judiciously to salvage the country from her shackled condition. The Niger Delta synod moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Ndukwe Daniel, gave this charge during the 87th Central Working Committee (CWC)/Men’s Christian Association (MCA) of all MCA leaders and delegates held at Presbyterian parish church, Rumuomasi, Port HarcourtNiger Delta Synod comprises Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Rivers states “If Nigerian Leaders must get it right. They must act faithfully and judiciously and be trust worthy. It is good to be trustworthy.…

Members of Rotary Club of Port Harcourt, Nkpolu, have marked and celebrated the 2022 International Day of the Girl-Child with the theme: ‘The Girl Child; Empowerment and Knowledge of Her Potentials.’ Speaking at a seminar/awareness seminar organized by the club last Wednesday at the Amphitheatre the Rivers State University (RSU) Nkpolu Oroworukwu, Grace Adikema–Alaegbo, said that the 21st century teenagers and adolescent especially girls should not just use smartphones and other digital devices for just the sake of social media but to use it for research. According to her, “As female students, if you have phones or social media, please…

The Ninth Legislative Assembly of Eleme Local Government in Rivers State has begun the process of enacting a bye-law that will institute an automated system for the collection tax and other revenues in the local government area. At the public hearing organised by the assembly to review the Revenue Bye-law of the LGA, the Leader of the Legislative Assembly, Hon. Jima Chumu, said when enacted, the proposed Revenue Bye-law would meet up with modern revenue policies and realities for the growth and development of Eleme Local Government Area. When the law comes into effect, all revenues payable to the local…

– Describes Bayelsa as Worst-Hit State – Questions Source of Minister’s Flood Data Comrade Tamarakuro Oweifie, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Bayelsa State Governor on Media has frowned at comments credited to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, that Bayelsa Is not among the top-ten states hit by the devastating effects of the 2022 flood. While expressing shock as to what basis Mrs Farouq used in making such unverified assessment, the SSA on Media wishes to put the record straight that Bayelsa stands as the worst impacted state from the floods due…

Thankfully, the 2022 flood disaster that ravaged 24 states of Nigeria, leaving in its wake hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands of people homeless with destroyed livelihoods, is receding, restoring hope of resettlement for those that survived it. But, the disaster and the inept manner in which it was managed have left a lot of questions and lessons for Nigeria. A lot of those lives, homes and programmes that were lost because of the disaster, could have been saved if officials and agencies responsible for managing disaster put in mitigating processes and actions in place at the right time.…

The devastating floods in Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta States have compelled the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Maj-Gen. Barry Ndiomu (Rtd), to indefinitely suspend his scheduled stakeholders’ engagement. Ndiomu, who confirmed the suspension of PAP’s activities in a statement to the media, said he was scheduled to meet stakeholders in the region when it became clear that the flood was a more urgent matter to attend to. The PAP administrator in the statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media, Mr. Thomas Peretu, sympathised with victims of the flood across the Niger Delta region. Describing the devastating flood as sad,…