VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa The Ijaws who populate the riverine landscape from Rivers through Bayelsa to Delta states and spanning Akwa Ibom, Edo and Ondo states, are attempting to reverse this trend by building across party lines, a consensus around…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa A NIGERIAN genius, Odia Ofeimun asked me a rhetorical question: “How does a minority, which takes control of the majority, retain power?” He answered: “By force or falsehood.” I added: “Or both.” Although he raised it within …
PUNCH A vigilante group in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has arrested 10 suspected kidnappers. The kidnappers were said to have been apprehended on Tuesday afternoon along the East West road in Ndele, Emohua Local Government Area of…
SAHARA REPORTERS Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the suspension of operating license of Daar Communications PLC, operator of AIT and Ray Power. Ekwo, while delivering the order, gave the federal government and…
GUARDIAN President Muhammadu Buhari has revoked four oil mining and one prospecting licences. The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), which communicated the decision in a statement yesterday, said the revocation came on the backdrop of alleged non-compliance with statutory regulatory…
Barely four days to the ljaw National Congress (INC) election, there are reports in the social media indicating that the Electoral Committee has again announced a sudden shift of date from 8th June, this weekend to 28th June, 2019. This…
THE SUN A body identified as the kidnapped mother of the lawmaker representing Southern Ijaw Constituency 1, Hon Kate Owoko, has been discovered and taken to an unknown destination. The 78-year-old Madam Owoko was kidnapped on April 18 from her…
LEADERSHIP The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has launched the start of phase two of the construction of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Parks Scheme (NOGAPS) in Emeyal-1, Ogbialand in Bayelsa State. Executive secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Simbi…
NEW TELEGRAPH As the world celebrated World Environment Day yesterday, renowned environmentalists, Nnimmo Bassey and Alagoa Morris, has frowned at the neglect of oil communities by Niger Delta governors. Speaking on the 2019 World Environmental Day (WED), the duo noted…
VANGUARD PORT HARCOURT – MANAGING Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Prof Nelson Brambaifa, had expressed shock over realisation that communities in Ikwerre kingdom, including Ubima, home to Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, have been without public power…