After a lull, the Rivers State Government Taskforce on the ban on street trading, illegal motor parks, taxi ranks and mechanic workplaces, has commenced operation. The new coordinator of the taskforce, DSP Felix Nwadibeyi (rtd), said his team began operation today by first patrolling the streets of Port Harcourt... Read more
The Movement for the survival of Ogoni people (MOSOP) has alleged that its annual Ogoni Day Celebration was disrupted by “Government forces”. The President of MOSOP, Mr. Lazarus Tamana, made this known on Monday when he addressed some journalists at the NUJ Press Centre, Moscow Road, Port Harcourt. He... Read more
Five-time world champions Nigeria and three-time world champions Ghana headline the seven-team West African Football Union (WAFU B) U17 Tournament taking place in Lome, Togo 5th – 20th January 2021. Nigeria’s U17 Boys, Golden Eaglets will fly into Lome on Sunday morning from Lagos, with a squad of 25 players... Read more
…200 Christian deaths recorded in the last 2 weeks of Dec 2020 alone Nigeria recorded an escalated number of Christian deaths in the last two weeks of December 2020 with the additional killing of 200 more Christians; bringing the total number of Christians hacked to death by the... Read more
Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), on Friday urged the Federal Government to leverage on its successes in containing the COVID-19 Pandemic to avert another lockdown in the new year.They equally appealed to the government to prevail on Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO), to pay the $3.6... Read more
. As Nsirim Calls For Support for the Wike Administration The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has reaffirmed the closure ofCreek road in Port Harcourt to vehicular and human traffic beginning frommidnight on Monday 4th of January to Saturday 9th January, 2021. Governor Wike has also barred boat... Read more
Civil Rights Advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has, for the umpteenth time, lampooned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration over its insistence that nearly one hundred million subscribers of telecommunications lines must queue up to obtain their National Identity Card numbers so as to synchronise their... Read more
Some 147 Ex-Militants have filed contempt process against Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme Col. Miland Dikio (Rtd) at Federal High Court Yenagoa for allegedly disobeying a judgment of the court. The ex-agitators are seeking the enforcement of the court judgement to compel Dikio to pay the judgement... Read more
For his sterling display coupled with his exceptional leadership style, the Executive Committee of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has reappointed Nigeria’s Wahid Enitan Oshodi as the Chairman of its Nomination Committee for another term of office. In a statement signed by the ITTF Secretary General, Raul Calin,... Read more
The Government of Akwa Ibom State on Saturday declared seven-day mourning period beginning from December 26 for Otuekong Idongesit Nkanga, who died on December 24 from complications arising from COVID-19. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, and made... Read more
