Flood Claims Another Life In Rivers … As More Communities Are Submerged
Reports reaching The Tide Newspaper from Ula-Ubie Community in Ubie Kingdom of Ahoada West Local Government Area indicate that one of its sons has lost his life in the surging flood ravaging the area....
View ArticleCleric Laments Rising Insecurity In Nigeria
Niger Delta Diocese Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, says the country is still bedeviled by security challenges. Bishop of the Diocese, Rt Rev. Ralph Ebirien, said this in his presidential...
View ArticleCleric Decries Incessant Piracy On Waterways
The Bishop of the Diocese of Niger Delta, Anglican Communion, Right Reverend Ralph Ebirien, has decried the incessant sea piracy along waterways in Rivers State. Ebirien said this while declaring open...
View ArticleFlood: Expert Seeks Permanent Camps For IDPs
A retired Professor of Geology at the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Enovie G. Akpokodje has called for the construction of permanent Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in flood ravaged areas...
View ArticleStakeholders Laud Wike Over Commissioning Of Rebisi Flyover
Some stakeholders in Rebisi Kingdom in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State say the State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike is second to none in the infrastructural development of the...
View Article2021 Budget Provides Gratuities For Retirees, RSG Confirms
The Rivers State Government says it has made provision for the payment of pensions and gratuities for state retirees in the 2021 budget. The state Commissioner for Finance, Barrister Isaac Kamalu, who...
View ArticleOgonis Call For State Pardon For Saro-Wiwa, Others
Ogonis in Nigeria and in diaspora have pleaded with the Federal Government to grant state pardon to Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogonis executed by the Gen. Sani Abacha military government in 1995. This was...
View ArticleOgonis Plant Trees In Memory Of Saro-Wiwa
A memorial park in honour of the late environmental right activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogonis excuted during the military administration of Sani Abacha has been unveiled at Bane home, town of Ken...
View ArticleSynod: How N’Delta Anglicans Braved COVID-19
The Diocese of Niger Delta Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) finally held its much awaited 2020 Synod, last week. The Synod which had as its theme: “The Lord is my Helper” took place at the St....
View ArticleWater Producers Plan To Increase Prices Of Products In Rivers
Barring any last minute change in decision, water producers in Rivers State may increase the prices of their products. This decision was reached at a meeting organised by Water Producers Association of...
View ArticleN’Delta Dev: Group Advocates Community – Based Approach
The Centre for Development Support Initiative (CEDSI), says it has promoted environmental sustainability within the last 20 years in the Niger Delta. Country Director of the organisation, Dr Mina...
View ArticleNGO Plans Special Sanitation Exercise For Diobu
Africa Global Development for Positive Change Initiative (ADIAFRICA), a non-governmental Organisation is partnering with Gateway International Church Light Hours, to organise a special sanitation...
View ArticleWorld Toilet Day: Open Defecation Violates Rivers People’s Dignity – NOA
As Rivers State joined the rest of the world to mark the 2020 World Toilet Day last Thursday, the State Director of the National Orientation Agency, (NOA), Mr Young Ayotamuno, says open defecation...
View ArticleN’Delta Stakeholders Want Gas Flare Trust Fund
Some stakeholders in the Niger Delta region have called for a Gas Flare Trust Fund to manage the proposed gas flare penalty fund to be paid to oil and gas producing communities in the country. It would...
View ArticleFriends Mourn Late Environmentalist
It was a moment of reflection as friends and well-wishers converged last Thursday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital during the one-year remembrance of the late environmental rights activist,...
View ArticleNisirim Rates ABEC High In Academic Standard
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, has said that Archdeacon Brown Educational Centre (ABEC) remains a major driver in private school...
View ArticleRSU Graduates 90,000 In 40 Years
The authorities of the Rivers State University say the institution has graduated over 90, 000 men and women in various fields of human endeavour within the last 40 years of its existence. Vice...
View ArticleRising Sea Level, Threat To Niger Delta, Others – Don
Former Chief Medical Director of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Dr Uriel Etawo, says rising sea level may lead to the submergence of parts of the Niger Delta within the next...
View ArticleExpert Tasks N’Delta States On Wastes’ Recycling
Executive Director of Centre For Creative Development Strategies Mrs Nancy Iheduru, says states in the Niger Delta can create more jobs for their people, if a programme of wealth creation through...
View ArticleHow Rivers Schools Use Water, Sanitation To Check Coronavirus
The spread of the corona virus pandemic to Rivers State early this year can be said to have dealt a serious blow to institutions especially the school system in the state. Environmentally, some pupils...
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