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Special reports From The Geopolis – South South state/LGAs in Nigeria.
Delta at 30: We’re now more united as a state – Okowa
By Nosa Akenzua
Delta governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, said Delta citizens were more united than they were when the state was created 30 years ago.Okowa stated this at a…
NPDC to resume production in Ogoni, pledges devt
Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt.
The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has expressed readiness to…
Ayade congratulates new C’River NUJ Correspondents’ Chapel leadership
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
Governor Ben Ayade has congratulated the newly elected leaders of the Correspondents' Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in the…
Gov Okowa duplicates ministries, wastes resources– Delta APC
By Nosa AkenzuaDelta state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has accused the Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa-led administration of insensitivity laced with profligacy considering his recent…
South-South Leaders Failed on PIB — Ndoma Egba
The people of the Niger Delta are crying foul over the content of the PIB Bill signed into an Act by President Muhammadu Buhari. Last week, Gov Ben Ayade lamented that the Act has…
C’River targets 120,000 people in second phase COVID -19 vaccination
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
Not fewer than 120,000 Cross Riverians are targeted to receive the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination, the Director General of the Cross River State…
Church begins tree planting to mitigate climate change
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
As different organizations, groups and individuals continue to take steps against the destructive effects of climate change, the Church of Jesus Christ of…
Ayade curbs doctors’ exodus, approves full medical salary payment
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
In order to reduce incessant exodus of medical doctors to other states and countries for greener pastures, Gov Ben Ayade has approved the 100 percent payment…
Delta woos investors to unbundle electricity monopoly, end power outage
By Nosa Akenzua
Delta state government may soon sign a bill into law to unbundle the monopoly that is currently being enjoyed by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, in the…
Edo Govt. rallies investors on aquaculture subsector
By Nosa Akenzua, Benin
The Edo State Government on Wednesday said it is making efforts to create conducive environment to attract investors that will expand the 350,000 metric tons of…
Obazuwa community boils as sections bicker over land ownership
By Nosa Akenzua Benin
There has been tension and fear in the Obazuwa community of Ovia North East local government area of Edo state following the alleged incursion by persons…
Ijaw nationalist, Rivers host communities reject PIB, demand resource control
By Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa, Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt.
An Ijaw Nationalist and Chairman, Supreme Egbesu Assembly, Werinipre Noel Digifa, has urged the Ijaw Nation to focus on…
Bayelsa govt commends BCDA for project in state
By Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa
The Bayelsa State Government has commended the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA) for its decision to site five developmental projects in Nembe…
MOSOP applauds judgment against Shell
Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt.
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has praised yesterday's judgment against the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC,…
FG to redress inequalities in the Niger Delta region – Sen. Akpabio
By Nosa Akenzua
The minister of Niger Delta Affairs, (MNDA), Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has expressed the federal government's unflinching commitment to redress the inequalities pervasive in…