PUNCH NEWS The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, has accused the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led administration of allegedly abandoning the state-owned media houses. The opposition party said, “The State-owned Radio and Television Stations in both Warri and Asaba…
THIS DAY The Niger Delta oil and gas-producing communities, also known as HostCom, has blamed the recent resurgence of violence in the Niger Delta region on the activities of a few “unpatriotic individuals” impersonating the body for selfish gains. Also,…
THE NATION The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to get the country a unified exchange rate for the naira. It remained stable at N378 to dollar on the CBN’s official rate. The naira…
THIS DAY The national power grid collapsed again yesterday, plunging most parts of the country into a blackout, a development the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) attributed to multiple tripping of the system. But the TCN, which is wholly controlled…
SAHARA REPORTERS Grace Abdu, a journalist with Voice Of America, was on Saturday assaulted and arrested by Nigerian soldiers for ‘interviewing residents of Oyigbo in Rivers State’. SaharaReporters gathered that Abdu was illegally detained by the soldiers for several hours.…
PM NEWS Bayelsa state on Saturday bagged the overall first position at the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) competitive events. the competitive events were on traditional cuisines, arts and crafts, essay writing, quiz, traditional board game, indigenous fabrics…
THE SUN Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, is the Chairman of the South-South Governors Forum. He leads a team of six governors of the nation’s oil-rich south-south states. Also called the BRACED states (Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo,…
THE SUN The Supreme Court has affirmed Rivers State government’s acquisition of 45 percent equity stake of Shell Petroleum Development Company in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 11 and Kidney Island in Port Harcourt. Supreme Court affirmed this yesterday, when it…
THE NATION Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that nobody can rename any part of Rivers State. Wike spoke while making veiled reference to the nefarious activities of the disbanded Indigeneous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). Wike earlier went tough…
THE GUARDIAN Delta State Government has appealed to youths to give peace a chance, as police return to duty in the state. Mr Emmanuel Udoka, who is the Senior Special Assistant (SSA), on Security Matters to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of…