Ogoninews.com Update: Ogoni Women Embark on Hunger Strike Over Army Raids, Say it is Genocide Christian women in Yeghe community of Ogoniland have embarked on huger strike to protest the continual military raid and harassment on the community. Numbering over 2000, the women have gathered at the community center, refusing food and embarking on a spiritual […]
Rivers lawmakers okay N12bn loan for Wike Chukwudi Akasike The Rivers State House of Assembly on Friday approved two requests from the State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, to take N12bn loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The House approved the executive requests through a voice vote after an extensive debate on them (requests). Wike […]
Chukwudi Akasike and Ovie Okpare PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday asked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to perform the commencement of the clean-up of Ogoniland and other impacted communities in the Niger Delta region in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. This was against the popular expectation that the President would personally perform the ceremony […]
Wike obtains another N10b loan to host PDP national convention, watch UEFA finals in Milan, other frivolities The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress has noted with sadness that the Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike Thursday sought and received approval by the Rivers State House of Assembly to obtain yet another N10 […]
N700m Poll Bribery Scam: Gov. Wike, please clear the air – APC As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) holds its factional national convention in Port Harcourt today, one member of the State Working Committee of the PDP that will surely be absent from the event is Mr. Samuel Johnson Okpoko, Rivers State Secretary of […]
To say that Ogoni is the worst place to live on earth may just sound like an over-statement. But It is indeed a fact. Everything seems to work against her. The government had been repressive, the environment is poisoned, the schools are dead, the hospitals can best function as dispensaries, the roads are death traps, […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja -Punch President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met briefly behind closed door with Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike. The meeting which was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja did not last up to 30 minutes. Wike arrived for the meeting at about 2pm and left a few minutes […]
Fuel Price Hike: I am not against the removal of subsidy but the approach – Princewill By Hector Spiff Prince Tonye Princewill, the Labour Party Governorship candidate in the 2015 general elections in Rivers State, has reacted to the current removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government yesterday, saying that he was […]
Tunji Aramide Ibrahim Uwais, son of a former Chief Justice of the Federation, Mohammed Uwais, who joined the Islamic terror group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria was reportedly killed near Aleppo, in Syria. He died after an airstrike was carried out by the United States targeting known ISIS camps, according to a report by […]
Opinion Last week’s invasion of Ogoni which saw the untimely death of an estimated 42 persons is an indication of the crude and brutal Nigerian military and underscores the need for a re-orientation of our armed forces. It highlights the need for military reforms in Nigeria to give priority for the respect for human rights […]
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