The Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) says it remains committed to overcoming the developmental and environmental challenges facing the Niger Delta region to improve the standard of living in the area. Prod Mondy Gold, President of IDC, in a statement on Monday said the group made the resolution... Read more
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has criticised the Federal Government’s defiance of a court order restraining it from issuing Petroleum Prospecting Licences in the Noger Delta pending determination of a suit by some Ijaw leaders. The Federal High Court in Yenagoa presided over by Justice Isa Dashen had... Read more
Col. Milland Dikio (rtd) , Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP),), has appealed to the Niger Delta people in the diaspora to invest their money in the region. Dikio made the appeal in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media, Neotabase Egbe issued on Monday. Dikio... Read more
By Magnus Aluma The Tradition Ruler of Isuokoma Autonomous Community in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Eze Ambrose Ogbu has been kidnapped. Africanewscircle gathered that the Monarch was last night kidnapped at his Isuokoma Palace, by a gang of suspected gunmen, yet to be identified. Sources close... Read more
By Magnus Aluma, Enugu The Director of Nursing Services at the Enugu State Hospitals Management Board, Mrs Eucharia Onah has lauded nurses in Nigeria for their commitment towards the development of Nigeria’s health sector. Mrs Onah gave the commendation in an interview with Africanewscircle in Enugu, shortly after she... Read more
Top three of FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking unchanged Slovenia and Philippines scale new highs again A record 181 teams now in the Ranking The latest Ranking is also the biggest yet, with Seychelles (160th, -), Burundi (169th, -) and British Virgin Islands (174th, -) taking the total number... Read more
Pointers are that Nigeria’s immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, may be chosen as the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party. According to sources from within the Labour Party (LP) the populist presidential flagbearer of the party, Mr Peter Obi, has concluded... Read more
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the release of prisoner of conscience Dennis Christensen. Christensen was released from a Russian penal colony on May 24, 2022. “After enduring years of unjust imprisonment and inhumane living conditions—all for the peaceful exercise of his faith—Dennis... Read more
Renowned Environmentalist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey on Tuesday said the life and times of late Guyanese historian and political activist Walter Rodney inspires them at Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF). Bassey is the Director at HOMEF, an environmental rights focused civil society group that advocates preservation and protection... Read more
By Magnus Aluma The operations of the National Blood Service Commission, NBSC Enugu Center seems to have been hindered by inadequate Funding by the Federal Government. The Acting Director of the Center, Mrs Irene Igweze disclosed this in an interview with Africanewscircle in Enugu. She said that the Commission... Read more
