PUNCH A coalition of Rivers youths on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, demanding an enquiry into the alleged military invasion of some monarchs’ palaces in the state. The youths, who also marched to…
PRESS RELEASE BY THE INC A CALL TO REASON AND JUSTICE The Interim Steering Committee of the Ijaw National Congress notes with grave concern, recent developments around the Niger Delta in the course and aftermath of the 9th March, 2019…
OIL AND GAS REPUBLIC Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board will be hosting its 2019 Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. This fair is NCDMB’s 2nd biennial fair, its 1st was held in 2017. NOGOF…
VANGUARD Dozens of Nigerian soldiers in armoured vehicles encircled a vote counting centre in the opposition-held oil-rich southern city of Port Harcourt on Sunday, in the latest flashpoint as violence overshadowed Saturday’s closely-watched regional elections. International observers expressed concern over…
VANGUARD ABUJA – The Supreme Court, on Friday, upheld the interim order that allowed the Federal Government to seize about $8.4million the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, traced to wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. In a unanimous…
VANGUARD PORT HARCOURT: TENSION heightened in Rivers State, yesterday, as soldiers in over 20 vehicles, allegedly invaded and ransacked the palace of the Amanyanabo of Okochiri Kingdom, Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers State, His Majesty Ateke Tom. Community sources…
GUARDIAN Kula Community, one of the coastal communities occupied by the people of Kalabari ethnic nationality, is situated in the western axis of Rivers State. Being entirely surrounded by a network of rivers and creeks, it takes hours of boat…
NAN The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa, has appealed to those in possession of its 63 missing card readers to return them before Saturday’s elections. Recall that INEC on Monday announced that 63 smart card readers used during…
VANGUARD …Uneasy calm in Abonnema; villagers recover more corpses …Want soldiers withdrawn from Saturday’s governorship, state assembly polls ABONNEMA – TENSION has gripped the people of Abonnema Town, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, Rivers State, where soldiers and youths had a…
VANGUARD The son of former Military Head of State, Mohammed Abacha, has dragged the Federal Government, Shell Petroleum Nigeria and others to the Appeal Court as the battle over Malabu Oil rages. In a notice of appeal filed at the…