Tracy Ohovwore, Benin City In a strategic move to fight the growing menace of drug trafficking and substance abuse in Edo State, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has initiated a series of high-level engagements with top security stakeholders across the state.  The working visit, led by the Edo State Commander of the NDLEA,…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have dismantled a syndicate that sends drug mules on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. According to the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, the syndicate disguised as sponsors on a holy pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, but the real intention was to use the pilgrims as couriers…

Barikui Felix Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (Rtd), the sole administrator of Rivers State, has affirmed that educational development will remain a cardinal pillar of his administration. Ibas stated this revelation while speaking at the 43rd Convocation Ceremony of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt. Represented by the Secretary to the…

Barikui Felix In gratitude to God, women from across Rivers State, under the banner of Rivers Women Unite for SIM (RWUS), gathered at the Ecumenical Centre in Port Harcourt to celebrate the second anniversary of suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara with a special thanksgiving service. The women said the event expressed appreciation for Governor Fubara’s steadfast…

Barikui Felix Recent moves by the Federal Government to resume crude oil production in Ogoniland with a capacity for 200,000b/PD have received a boost as Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, PINL, on Thursday brokered peace among warring factions of the oil-bearing community. The peace deal, which brings to an end decades of bloody intra-community conflicts which…

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has promised to give scholarship to children of the eight slain civilian JTF members. The eight members of the Force were tragically killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack along the Dikwa-Marte road on Tuesday. The governor also announced an immediate N5 million assistance to each of the…

Barikui Felix A group, Coalition of Rivers State Youth Bodies, CORYB, has called on the government at all levels to prioritise the welfare of its citizens, especially the youth, as the future of the nation depends on them. The group’s chairman, Imeabe Saviour Oscar, stated this in Port Harcourt shortly after he was inaugurated as…