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The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) appeals to the Delta State Government to urgently set up Internally-Displaced Person camps (IDPs) and provide much-needed relief assistance, emergency shelter materials, and other mitigating services to the displaced and vulnerable victims of flood-affected communities in Urhoboland. The UPU notes that the ravaging floods have taken over communities of Urhobo in Ughelli North, Patani, and Ughelli South Local Governments. Communities affected by this catastrophe include Uwheru main town, Oro-Ohoro, Ogode, Agadama, Ohoro, Owarovwo, Ophororo, Ode, Oreba, and Avwon, among others in Ughelli North; Odorubu and Uduophori in Patani Local Government; and Ewu-Urhobo town, Gbaregolor Federated…

The Governor of Rivers State on Thursday inaugurated a special task force to regulate the distribution of relief materials to the victims of the flood disaster that submerged entire communities and destroyed homes and farms in four local government areas of the state. The task force is headed by the permanent secretary in charge of Special Unit services in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Dr George Nwaeke. The governor also approved the sum of N1Billion to fund emergency relief measures to support flood victims in Ahoada West and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government areas. Wike said the money…

Bayelsans gathered in Yenagoa recently to reminisce on the life, times and achievements of their first civilian governor, Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter (DSP) Alamieyeseigha. The event was the 7th Memorial Anniversary and Annual Public Lecture organized by the state government at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Memorial Banquet Hall, Yenagoa, with the wife of the immediate past president of the country, Dame Patience Jonathan, in attendance. Also in attendance were the deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, wife of the former Governor, Mrs Margaret Alamieyeseigha, the President of Ijaw National Congress, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, Apostle Zilly Aggrey, traditional rulers including the Chairman, Bayelsa…

The interim administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Maj-Gen. Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has condemned the alleged assassination attempt on the Pere of Tarakiri Kingdom in Patani Local Government Area, Delta State, HRM Danladi Owoupele. Owoupele was reportedly attacked by gunmen along Bomadi-Ohoro road while returning from a meeting of traditional rulers in the state. Ndiomu in a statement signed by his special assistant, Media, Mr. Thomas Peretu, described the attack as unfortunate and callous. He said it was unthinkable that the revered monarch, known for promoting peace in the Niger Delta region would be a target of such mindless incident. He…

The Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationalities in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to disregard all petitions against the recent oil and gas contract awarded a son of Niger Delta, Government Ekpemupolo. The president of the group, Kennedy Tonjo West in a statement on Wednesday, said the contract has already created employment for thousands of youths within the month in Delta communities. The statement read” Following the recent award of contracts for security and surveillance of petroleum pipelines across the Niger Delta region by the government to some indigenous contractors, some non state…

The chairman/chief executive officer of Orashi Unity Development Initiative, Mr Victor Obuzor says if he is elected into the Federal House of Representatives in 2023 to represent the people of Ahoada West/Ogba/Egbema and Ndoni, ONELGA Federal Constituency, he would not only focus on improving the socio-economic condition of the region and also attract development and essential infrastructure to the entire region. Obuzor, an engineer by profession, made the promise last Monday in an exclusive chat with National Point in Port Harcourt. Said he: “If elected and given the mandate to represent the people of Ahoada West/Onelga Federal Constituency, within my…

To tackle increasing challenges faced by the elderly in the society, the Rivers State Stakeholders In Ageing Consultative Forum has introduced a scheme under which people can volunteer to adopt and care for elderly people in the society. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the 2022 International Day of Older Persons in Port Harcourt, the Co-Chair of the Rivers State Stakeholders in Ageing Consultative Forum (RISSNAC), Prof. Hope Belgam, said the scheme is tagged: Adopt a Granny. Prof. Belgam, who said volunteers under the scheme could be under the age of 60 or even above, lamented that many senior citizens…

Professor Patricia Donli, a lecturer at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maiduguri is the Executive Director of Gender Equality, Peace and Development Centre and Zonal Coordinator, Gender and Constitutional Reform Network (GECORN). She spoke at a two day training workshop organised by West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) – Nigeria, for journalists in Abuja, where she revealed disturbing emerging phenomenon in the North East as a result of the Boko Haram emergence. What do you consider emerging challenges in the North East? There is increase in sodomy against boys in Borno state, one research we did recently…

As the federal government continues to dilly dally over the reconstruction of the Port-Harcourt/Eleme part of the East-West Road, two people were feared to have drowned in Aleto River along the Eleme section of the East-West road in Rivers State when the Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) in which they were traveling was knocked over the bridge by a truck laden with a 40-ft container that fell over on the bridge. Witnesses said the truck was descending the hill from Onne end of the road when it lost control and rammed into the SUV with the Lagos plate number: KJA 90…

Nothing captures the pervasive gulf between the ordinary people and those in government as the anguish being experienced by residents of hundreds of communities in Bayelsa, Rivers and Delta states in the Niger Delta. Large parts of the region are currently submerged by flood waters as the water released from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroun, makes its devastating southward journey towards the Atlantic Ocean through the rivers, Niger, Benue, Orashi and others. In Bayelsa State, the state government had announced a closure of all schools to prevent loss of lives as the floods made its way down South. The Bayelsa…