VANGUARD NEWS Some militant groups and a body of former warlords have disagreed over the ongoing protest against the Federal Government over the failure to constitute a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. While the Coalition of…
PUNCH NEWS NO fewer than two persons were injured in an explosion that rocked a motor park in Rivers State. The explosion, which happened around Mile 3 Park in Port Harcourt, left traders and motorists scampering for safety on Monday.…
PULSE.NG The Bayelsa government says its 2014 Cooperatives Law on which some cooperatives societies cite as regulation to mobilise funds for investment in forex trading does not cover foreign exchange trading. The Commissioner for Trade, Industry and Investment, Mr Federal…
LEADERSHIP Chevron Corporation has invested about N17.9billion in the last 10 years in agriculture, enterprises, innovations and business growth in the Niger Delta. Chevron’s executive director, Mr Dara Akala, stated this in the company’s scorecard titled: “Annual Report 2020” which…
THE GUARDIAN As part of efforts to boost vegetation cover in Niger Delta, the Federal Government has put in place strategy and conservation plan for the restoration of mangroves in Ogoni communities. The Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, stated…
THIS DAY Police in Imo State Sunday night said the killers of former presidential adviser, Ahmed Gulak, had been killed in a shoot-out. Gulak, a former political adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, was shot dead on Sunday in Owerri,…
THE GUARDIAN Former leader of the Niger Delta agitators, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, Sunday issued a seven-day ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to reconstitute the NDDC board or face a major…
THE GUARDIAN On May 29, 2021, Governor Nyesom Ezenwon Wike will celebrate the successful completion of six years as the Governor of Rivers State and commencement of the penultimate lap of his final mandatory two terms as the number one…
THE NATION In Anambra State, residents say they are ready for the sit-at-home order. As a result, traders, schools, transporters and artisans have engaged in panic buying of food items in the state. Newspaper vendors, artisans and market women, told…
THE VANGUARD It’s six years since President Buhari. The country we have today wasn’t the country we envisaged in 2015. Hate and political bitterness, clannishness and nepotism, handcuffed us. Our divisions have become sharper than double-edged swords. Whether it is…