The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has launched a fresh push to attract private investment back to the oil-rich region, arguing that long-term growth will depend on security, infrastructure ...

When the Rivers State House of Assembly declined to confirm Professor Datonye Dennis Alasia as a commissioner nominee earlier this month, the decision quickly moved beyond routine legislative ...

As Bayelsa State approaches its 30th anniversary next year, the state finds itself confronting a familiar dilemma: how to translate decades of political recognition and resource wealth into durable ...

A prominent Niger Delta stakeholder, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, has cast doubt on the presidential aspirations of former Rivers State governor and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, ...

Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, was overwhelmed by nostalgia on Wednesday on his first visit to Bayelsa, where he was the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Nigerian Air Force (NAF) ...

For Ezekiel Asuquo, the pivotal moment in his athletic career occurred in 2023 when his coach informed him about the inaugural MTN CHAMPS competition, set to take place on home soil in Uyo, Akwa Ibom ...

For the first time since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, the flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is flying at Government House, Yenagoa, following the party’s state congress held ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s executive order mandating the direct remittance of oil and gas revenues to the Federation Account has been warmly received across the South-South geopolitical zone, where ...

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has continued to earn accolades over its accelerated and vast infrastructural and manpower development of the region. The lastest commendation came from ...

In recent years, Nigeria’s electoral reforms have been dominated by one seductive idea: that technology will save democracy. Electronic accreditation, BVAS deployment, and the promise of real-time ...

Lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly are expected this week to begin screening a new slate of commissioner nominees submitted by Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, according to legislative and ...

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Akwa Ibom State, Barrister Obo Obo Effanga, last Friday met with members of the Akwa Ibom Human Rights Community ...