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ECOWAS May Deploy AI in Counter-Terrorism, Peace Operations The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is not ruling out the deployment of technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), in its counter-terrorism and peace operations within the West African region. The Chairman of the Governmental experts’ validation meeting on logistics concept and logistics deport policies of…
HYPREP to Award Scholarship to 300 Postgraduate Ogoni Students By: Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt A scholarship scheme instituted by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) would support the academic work of three hundred Ogonis. The scholarship which is under the Educational Support Programme of HYPREP is for postgraduate students already studying for their Master’s and…
FG Inaugurates Two More Water Facilities in Ogoniland. …As HYPREP reiterates commitment to meeting critical needs Barikui Felix, Port Harcourt As a deliberate step towards ensuring that the people of Ogoni in Rivers State do not further drink from benzene-contaminated water sources as contained in the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) report, the Federal Government,…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) says it is deeply saddened and outraged by the tragic killing of Bright Nda Owhor, a member of the NBA Port Harcourt Branch, who was reportedly murdered in cold blood last night. A statement by NBA National President, Afam Osigwe, SAN disclosed that Bright Nda Owhor was a promising young…
By Prince Austin Kabari On November 10, 1995, Nigeria etched one of the darkest chapters in its history when Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders, now remembered as the “Ogoni Nine”, were executed after a sham trial. Their only crime was the audacity to demand justice, dignity, and protection for their land against decades…
Justice Ismail Ijelu of an Ikeja special Offences court has remanded one Ntai Bagshaw for allegedly defrauding accommodation seekers of N70 million naira. On Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Bagshaw before the court for allegedly defrauding accommodation seekers of N70 million naira. Bagshaw, alongside his company, Terraworks Ltd, was arraigned on…
By Emamuzo Iboma A 43-year-old female make-up artist, Adekoya Adebukonla Mary, who claimed she was traveling to India for fibroid surgery, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, after 2.2 kilograms of cocaine were discovered concealed in her luggage. The…
CSO Urges Akwa Ibom Assembly to Pass University of Education Bill Uko Okon, Uyo The Center for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CHRAN) has called on the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to expedite the passage of the Bill upgrading the Akwa Ibom State College of Education, Afaha Nsit, to a University. CHRAN Director…
By Katherine Abayomi The Bille Kingdom Chiefs Council has called on the Federal Government, the Rivers State Government, and the Department of State Services (DSS) to urgently intervene and prevent an alleged planned attack on Bille communities by His Royal Highness Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo and members of his Amama group. Addressing a press briefing,…