NIGERIAN TRIBUNE. The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), a non-profit organization that promotes peace and equitable economic growth in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region through multi-stakeholder partnerships, has awarded over N104million in grants to 12 implementing partners…
PUNCH. Members of the disbanded vigilante group in Obelle commumity, Emohua Local Area of Rivers State have allegedly set fire on the residence of one Chief Israel Anele. Anele is a former acting Chairman of the Community Development Association in…
Vanguard. The Supreme Court, yesterday, stopped the Federal Government from ceding 17 disputed oil wells to Imo State. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-man panel of Justices led by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, partly resolved the ownership…
The Guardian. Rivers State chapter of the National Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday, celebrated the 2022 Workers Day in black attires, which, according to them, symbolised frustration and failure of the state government to fulfil promises. The workers jeered at the…
NAIJANEWS. The officials were said to have been involved in the looting of public funds to the tune of N117b between 2015 and 2018. According to the EFCC in a statement (including pictures of the suspects) released on its website which…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant, Farah Dagogo, has been arrested 24 hours after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, declared him wanted. Special Assistant to Dagogo on Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Lawal, who confirmed his arrest to The Guardian, yesterday…
PUNCH. The Rivers State Civil Society Organisation has slammed Governor Nyesom Wike over his sundry donations running into billions of naira to some states outside Rivers. Governor Wike may have donated about N2.4 billion to five states in the last…
THE TIDE The Environmental Rights Action (ERA)/Friends of the Earth Nigeria and other civil society organisations have disagreed with the ongoing divestment of the international oil companies (IOCs) in the Niger Delta. The group lamented the health effects the activities…
PUNCH. The Chairman of Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Confidence Deko, has donated relief materials to over 60 families sacked by a rainstorm in Ward 2, Bodo communities. The PUNCH had reported that the roofs of several buildings were…
THE Sun. The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), a non-profit organisation that promotes peace and equitable economic growth in the oil rich region through multi-stakeholder partnerships, has awarded over N104 million in grants to 12 implementing partners…