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The Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP     Bro Felix Obuah has condoled with the families of those who lost their lives in a boat mishap on Bonny Sea, Rivers State on Friday August 29, 2014. In an emotion –laden voice the PDP Chairman, Bro Obuah said ‘’my heart goes out to the families of those who lost their loved ones in the ill fated boat mishap and the good people of Rivers State’’ While praying God to grant the bereaved families the fortitude to bear these irreparable losses and the repose of the souls of those who lost their lives in the boat mishap, the PDP Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah urges the State and local government to formulate policies that will safeguard sea transport on our waterways. The PDP Chairman, Bro Obuah stated this on the sideline of the South South Zonal rally of the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, Saturday August 30, 2014. The PDP Chairman commended the people of...

The Niger Delta Renaissance Organisation has hailed the transformation strides of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The group also said Rivers State will be better off with Chief Dumo Lulu Briggs as governor of the state come 2015. The group made this known in a press statement signed by its Director of Publicity Eddie Tekenah after the well attended zonal rally organized by the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria TAN at the liberation Stadium Port Harcourt. The group said despite the security challenges faced in the country today, President Jonathan has achieved a lot in infrastructural and human capital development. The group said Jonathan must be supported to continue his good works which is yielding fruits. It said it will be wrong to kick against his bid for reelection because it will send wrong signals as far as equity and justice is concerned. The group also praised Chief Dumo Lulu Briggs for his mobilization effort in the rally and his distribution of sanitise...

A practicing lawyer from Rivers State this night won the best dancer award at the ongoing Annual General Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association in Owerri. The lawyer whose name was not available as at press time danced to the delight of the Imo state governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha and other dignitaries that graced the event. For his dancing skills, he was rewarded with one million naira courtesy the Imo state governor. The first runner up from Delta state got two hundred and fifty thousand naira while the second runner up from Edo state received one hundred thousand naira

The news of the decision of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to dump the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the Peoples democratic Party PDP came as a rude shock to a lot of people over the weekend not with the way he had condemned the PDP and its leader Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan since he decided to join the political firmament some years back. It actually did not come as a shock to many of us that are aware of his desperation for power. Since his voyage into politics, Nigerians have come to know him more for who he is. This is why his decision to abandon the All Progressive Party from which he had gotten the Presidential nomination from one of its component parties (Action Congress of Nigeria ACN) raised a lot serious concern for the future of ideology in our democracy considering the fact that his acerbic criticisms in the course of satisfying his former party gave a lot of people cause to tow his line then especially his admirers. Politics as they say is a game of interest and I ...

The Niger Delta Renaissance Organisation (NDRO) has lauded Chief Dumo Lulu Briggs Support group on its activity over the weekend aimed at sensitising Nigerians on the dreaded Ebola virus. The group in a press statement made available to news men and signed by its National Coordinator Comrade Nwokoma Messiah said such sensitisation effort is imperative considering the threat the disease poses to citizens. The group while commending Chief Dumo Lulu Briggs on the sensitisation campaign which targeted over 200 women drawn from the 23 LGAs in the state, challenged well meaning Nigerians to emulate such patriotic efforts of the Kalabari born business man. “It is imperative that well meaning Nigerians emulate such efforts of the likes of Chief Dumo Lulu Briggs in sensitising our people on the dangers of this disease which is becoming a big threat to our people” the statement added. The group also commended the efforts of the Federal Government in ensuring that the disease does ...