THE NATION Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has threatened to sack striking resident doctors of the state university teaching hospital, if they failed to return to their duty posts today. Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on …
THIS DAY AAmidst growing tension in the Niger Delta region, Nseobong Okon-Ekong recounts how the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, has serially reneged on his promised dates to conclude the forensic audit of the Niger Delta…
THE GUARDIAN The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), yesterday, raised concerns over Shell’s plans to sell its land-based, shallow offshore oil fields and infrastructure in the Niger Delta region. In a statement issued by Programmes Director of…
DAILY POST Resident doctors in two teaching hospitals in Bayelsa State on Tuesday complied with the directive of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to embark on a total, indefinite nationwide strike. Dr Divine Irole, President of NARD at…
PUNCH NEWS The Rivers State House of Assembly has received correspondence from Governor Nyesom Wike to enact a law banning open grazing and rearing of livestock in the state. Speaker of the House of Assembly, Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani, at plenary on…
SUN NEWS The peaceful atmosphere of Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma, Bayelsa State, was on Monday, July 5, 2021, rudely punctured. For 48 hours, chaos reigned in the institution as students protested against two policies announced by the vice-chancellor, Prof.…
THE GUARDIAN Nigeria has its first medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after Ese Brume, in the early hours of Tuesday, claimed a bronze medal after finishing third in the women’s long jump event. Brume leapt 6.97 metres with…
THE GUARDIAN National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Emmanuel Ibiok Essien, has urged the Federal Government to address agitations from all sections of the country now to restructure the country. Maintaining that the country could no longer…
THE GUARDIAN Despite Federal Government’s release of N2.5 billion for compensation for the construction of the Eleme-Onne axis of the East-West Road, Ogoni youths, yesterday, protested at the site of the construction. Addressing the protesting youths at the blocked site,…
VANGUARD NEWS Leaders of the Furupagha-Ijaw Kingdom in the Odigbo Council area of Ondo State, have decried their exclusion from the developmental programmes of the Niger Delta and oil-producing areas of the State. They pleaded with governor Rotimi Akeredolu to…