Rev Nnimmo Bassey, an Environmental Rights Crusader on Tuesday condemned the response by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to the Feb 3 oil leak at its oilfields in Brass, Bayelsa. The pipeline explosion on a line feeding the oil export facility discharged crude into the environment and compelled the... Read more
Cedar Mount Int’l school, Port Harcourt, has won the 2020 Edition of Radio Nigeria Kids football Challenge. The debutants defeated defending Champions, Great Calvary International 15-14 in a pulsating penalties after they came from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 in regulation time. Gloria Education Centre won the third-place match... Read more
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new factsheet on India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act: India Factsheet – In December 2019, the Indian Parliament passed into law the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). This law provides a fast track to Indian citizenship for... Read more
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has commended the Nigeria Immigration Service for introducing the Electronic-Passport (E Passport) with 10-year validity, saying it will enable Nigerians to acquire long-term visas. Speaking during the roll-out of the enhanced E-Passport in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Governor Wike also lauded the Immigration... Read more
By Ikechukwu Obi Let us look at Buhari’s carefully deliberate Northernization policy vis-a-vis three common Human Development Indices – Security, Economy and Education. In Security/Defence, Northern Muslims occupy – 1. President and Commander-in-Chief 2. Minister of Defence 3. NSA 4. DG DSS 5. Chief of Army Staff 6. Chief... Read more
• Calls for the resignation of Oshiomhole over failure to stop the swearing-in of Bayelsa State Governor • Says he remains an unrepentant PDP member The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and his... Read more
The Police in Katsina State has confirmed 30 persons killed by bandits in Batsari Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) Gambo Isah, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, said that the victims were killed in Tsauwa and Dankar villages in the area. He... Read more
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November governorship election, Douye Diri, has been sworn in as the governor of Nigeria’s Bayelsa State. The inauguration took place at government house, Yenagoa, the state capital today, Friday, February 14, 2020. Delivering his inaugural speech, Senator Douye Diri... Read more
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu, Yenogoa. Barely three weeks after the Bayelsa Police Command freed a six year old kidnap victim, the Command on Thursday said it foiled another incident and freed two victims kidnapped on Wednesday. The kidnappers met a resistance when policemen responding to a distress call accosted them... Read more
Omar Assar returns to big stage to lead Egyptian contingent to German Open… The two best players in Africa – Aruna Quadri of Nigeria and Omar Assar of Egypt will be leading the continent’s contingent to the first ITTF World Tour in 2020 – German Open holding at GETEC... Read more
