NDDC Pledges to Pay Contractors Promptly
By Brakere Birinimighan
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has assured its contractors and consultants that henceforth their payments will be paid promptly without unnecessary...
Nigerian govt begins refund of N1.3trn debt to NDDC — Acting MD
The Federal Government has begun the refund of over N1.3trillion owed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) since inception, acting Managing Director of the...
Rivers: War Drums Beat In Rumuekini Over Land
By Adamu Usman, Port Harcourt
Information reaching the GbaramatuVoice is that war drums are currently beating in Rumuekini community, Obio/Apkor Local Government Area of Rivers...
Lulu-Briggs passes on at 91
The founder of Moni-Pulo indigenous oil company, High Chief Olu Lulu-Briggs, has passed on at 91.
The philanthropist, who died Friday, hailed from Abonnema-Kalabari, the...
Wike sacks MDs of TV, radio stations in Rivers
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Monday sacked the Managing Directors of three television and radio stations in the state.
According to Wike,...
APC, PDP Bicker Over Assembly Poll In Rivers
By Enaibo Asiayei
There are cases of shooting and ballot snatching in Ward 18, Units 7, 8 and 9, Port Harcourt City, in the ongoing...
Rivers people’ll resist any rigging – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said Rivers people will resist any attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Federal Government to rig the...
Acquire skills and stop vandalism – Don admonish Niger Delta youths
Vice-Chancellor of Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Prof. Blessing Didia, has asked Niger Delta youths to stop breaking pipelines of oil companies, and acquire...
How man died after rescuing 13 persons in Rivers boat accident
The residents of Bakana in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State have hailed the heroic effort of a young contractor, Joseph Blackson,...
Rivers LG Polls: We are on standby – Army
The Nigerian Army on Friday said soldiers would be on standby to forestall possible violence in Saturday’s council elections in Rivers.
Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Spokesman...
Joy in Rivers community at destruction of ‘evil shrines, temples’
Hope for peace brightened in Aleto community in Eleme, Rivers state as the indigenes unanimously celebrated the destruction of shrines that were said to...
Tension as youths chase judges from Rivers court over APC crisis
The crisis rocking the River state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new turn on Friday as lawyers, judges and litigants...
‘Ogoni people’ll never allow resumption of oil production, without broad discussion’
Ogoni people in the four Local Government Areas of Khana, Gokana, Tai and Eleme of Rivers State have declared that they will never allow...
MOSOP Felicitates With President Over World Bank Appointment
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) congratulates its President, Comrade Legborsi Saro Pyagbara on his election into the chairmanship of...
Gov. Wike Disqualifies all Local Govt Chairmanship Aspirants in Degema for Violence
...says, ban will serve as deterrent to others
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has announced the disqualification of all PDP chairmanship aspirants in Degema...
Governor Wike canvasses for US partnership with Rivers State on Agriculture
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on the Government of the United States of America to partner with the State Government to...
Those using arms to seek government attention are criminals-Ateke Tom
The Amanyanabo of Okochiri Community in Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers State, His Royal Majesty, King Ateke Tom, said on Sunday that the...
MOSOP Cries Out For Help Over Impending Genocide In Ogoniland
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) wishes to call on world leaders and all men of conscience to intervene in...
We Must Sensitize Niger Delta Youths to Dangers of Militancy – NDDC MD
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has urged major stakeholders to sensitize youths in the Niger Delta...
MOSOP CLAIMS DISCOVERY OF SHELL TOXIC SITE
...shell is a killer; it shall be made to pay for its crimes in Ogoniland
A socio-political group, Movement for the Emancipation of Ogoniland, MOSOP,...
Ogoniland: Tension brews as MOSOP kicks against resumption of oil exploration
Tension is brewing in Ogoni ethnic nationality of Rivers State following the insistence by the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, that the...
Whether you like my face or not, for now I am the governor of...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reiterated his call on Rivers politicians to promote the interest of the state ahead of all political...
Shell devastated our land for 40 years, Rivers monarch, residents cry out
•Open up to Ogoriba-led PANDEF delegation •Plead with FG to rescind SPDC’s operational licence •We’re unwavering in devt of Kula, Belema host communities...
RIVERS: Kidnap victim recounts ordeal, thanks DSS, Army
Mrs Adeola Dawodu, a 46-year-old woman, has expressed gratitude to the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army for rescuing her from kidnappers.
Dawodu,...
River’s Dep Gov advises women to take advantage of state govt’s gender-friendly disposition
A statement from the office of the Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Ipalibo Harry Banigo has claimed that she had called on Women...
Don Waney: Still Too Early to Celebrate
– By Walter Duru
ONE of the biggest stories about the Niger Delta region of Nigeria today is the killing of a dreaded cultist, Johnson...
NDDC Steps up Job Creation Programmes in Niger Delta
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has finalised plans to set up training programmes that would ensure the creation of jobs for women and...
NDDC Reaffirms Support for Health, Education
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has re-stated its resolve to always intervene in the critical sectors of health and education in line with...
JUST IN: Trouble as Police, DSS seal off venue of PANDEF’s Assembly in Port...
Fully armed policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services ( DSS ), early morning today, sealed off Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, Rivers...
PANDEF says it’s engaging FG on development of Niger Delta
THE Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has said that it is engaging the Federal Government on the development of the region and called on the youths...
Pirates kidnap six from German-owned ship in Port Harcourt
Six crew members from a German-owned container ship, including the captain, have been kidnapped in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, maritime security analysts...
Wike denies vice presidential ambition
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday urged Nigerians to disregard posters being mounted in parts of Abuja announcing his alleged vice presidential ambition.Wike said...
PIND Foundation commences training on hygiene for 260 secondary schools in Rivers
Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), said it has commenced training of students on hygiene promotion in the over 260 government...
Gunmen kill 11 in Rivers
At least 11 people were killed in the early hours of Monday by gunmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The incident occurred in a residential...
Army starts operation crocodile smile in Niger Delta
The Nigerian Army says it has deployed troops for the commencement of “Operation Crocodile Smile” in the six Niger Delta states.
Maj.-Gen. Enobong Udoh, the...
