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Stephanie Idolo gets 2million Naira for videotaping little Success According to reports, Stephanie idolor the girl who Videotaped Success Adegor, and posted the video online, has just  been gifted with 2,000,000,00 (Two Million Naira) today by the Founder and Head Prophet of Christ Mercy land Deliverance Ministry, Warri, Prophet Jeremiah Omoto  Fufeyin.. This may not be unconnected to her recent complains that the family of Success decided not to reward her even after the numerous donations they got as a result of the video. More details loading....

Photo News: How Prince Awalanta Ejire Celebrated Mothers Hon. Prince Awalanta Ejire today joined the Mother's Of Bethel Anglican Church, Njuru, Agbonchia, to celebrate this year Mothering Sunday with the theme; "The Ideal Woman". Prince Awalanta who celebrated the women with lots of food items, freebies, and financial assistance in appreciating them (the Women) for their selfless contribution towards building the church, instilling discipline in the family, and encouraging a sustainable society.##

CHRIS OYIRINDA BAGS DOCTORATE DEGREE IN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE . The Acting Executive Director Finance and Administration, EDFA, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Chris Oyirinda Amadi, Saturday, bagged a Doctorate Degree in Trade and Development Finance of the Institute of International Trade and Development, University of Port Harcourt. The Award which was conferred on him at the convocation arena of the prestigious University of Port Harcourt is an addition to his arsenal of academic awards which include a B.Sc in Finance and Banking, an M.Sc in Finance and Banking, an MBA in Entrepreneurship amongst others and marks a major milestone in his career trajectory. The Executive Director who spoke to newsmen shortly after the event expressed gratitude to God for the successful completion of his Doctorate Degree which he stated would greatly impact on his performance both as an administrator and financial expert. "Considering my role as the Acti

Just In: INEC Fixes Rivers Stakeholders' Meeting In PHALGA Strong indication has that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has began moves to hold the long awaiting stake holders meeting within the heart of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, in a place other than their office following the political tension in Rivers State. According to a scoop on Friday which indicates that the  stakeholders meeting on Saturday will be strictly by invitation. The scoop has it that those who received the invitation by text messages were further warned against sharing the content with any other person, and as well  asked the recipients to kindly come alone. It may interest you to know that the venue the Independent National Electoral Commission may have secured is a place within Eastern By-pass so as to meet up their earlier stipulated lined up activities in Rivers which include; Holding a security meeting in Rivers state on 29 March. "Then critical stakeh

Perpetrators of Flogged Anambra Woman bags 9yrs imprisonment At least husband and wife, Ifeanyi Azota and Azotani Toochukwu and their family friend, Ogochukwu Nwankwo have been sentenced to prison for assaulting a woman, Okafor Ogochukwu, at Ezimezi village in Amawbia state. While the husband bagged 16 months imprisonment with a fine of N200,000, the wife and her friend bagged nine (9) years imprisonment each, conspiracy, blackmail, deprivation of liberty and assault occassioning harm. Recall that, a statement by SP Haruna Mohammed PPRO of Anambra State   Police Command, stated that: “On the 21/3/2019 at about 2:40pm, one Okafor Ogochukwu ‘F’ of Osile Village Ogidi reported at Central Police Station Awka that on 19/03/2019 at about 11:36am, she was invited by her male facebook friend one Ifeanyi Azota ‘m’ to his house at Ezimezi village in Amawbia. All of a Sudden a woman who claimed to be his wife namely Azotani Toochukwu ‘f’ suddenly appeared into the house with her fr

News Pointers has learnt that the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC has kept to it's promise on delivering good governance in the Niger Delta region. According to a release made available to news men by Priestly Nna, Special Assistance on media and Communications to Oyirinda Amadi Acting EDFA. " COMPLETES PAYMENT OF ANOTHER BATCH OF WATER HYACINTH CONTRACTS ▪Reassures on prompt payment of consultants and contractors. The Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, under the Ag. MD, Prof. Nelson Braimbraifa, has completed another round of payment of Water Hyacinth contracts to contractors across the  Niger Delta region as part of its commitment to improve on the environmental condition of  the region in line with best practices. This revelation was made by the Acting Executive Director Finance and Administration, EDFA, Chris Oyirinda Amadi, on Thursday at the Commission's Headquarters in Port Harcourt, after a Board meeting with the Minis

All is now set as Amaechi inspects Joint Border Post in Cotonou Ahead of the  High Level Meeting of Ministers of Transport , Infrastructure and Health of Benin Republic , Ghana , Cote D’Ivore , Nigeria and Togo , hosted by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Benin , in collaboration with Abijan Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO) , taking place on the  28th March, 2019 in Cotonou, Benin Republic, Nigeria’s Honourable Minister of Transportation, RT. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi , paid a surprise inspection visit to the Seme-Karke Joint border post at the Border of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin . It will be recalled , that The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with the assistance of the European Union (EU) , established the Seme-Krake Joint Border Post (JBP) with the aim of facilitating trade and transit and cross-border movement of people, vehicle and goods in line with the relevant ECOWAS Protocols acceded to by Heads of Sta

In 2015, b efore, during and after the elections, over 2000 Rivers indigens were mauled like goats and rams- their offences being they chose a political party outside the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. In Ogba Egbema Ndoni LGA alone,  so many families were wasted by the infamous Don Wanny, for ever attempting to join a different political party outside that of Felix Obua of the PDP. (Documented records are with the National Human Rights Commission NHRC). You know what, in the last February and March 2019 elections, Rivers people freely exercised their franchise reason being that the Army came all out to protect the civil population. The bloody government in Rivers State would not want the public to know this, rather , have taken to the BLACKMAIL of the Army and the Military Hierarchies. RIVERS PEOPLE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE SECURITY FORCES ESPECIALLY THE ARMY FOR DOING THEIR PROFESSIONAL WORK. We also commiserate with the Army over the Supreme sacrifice paid by their members

Man Bags 97 Years Over N5.6m Fraud Justice A.O. Otaluka of the FCT High Court, sitting in Apo on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, sentenced one Clement Joseph, a.k.a Dr Omale to 97 years prison term with no option of fine. He was first arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on March 7, 2017 on a seven-count charge, bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N5, 600, 000 (Five Million Six Million Naira) only. He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on the conspiracy charge and 15 years each on the rest of the six charges, totalling 97 years. The prison terms run concurrently, and he will, however, serve only 13 years, having been in custody for two years. The convict is also make N5.6million (Five Million, Six Hundred Thousand) restitution to his victim, one Bola Akintola, following a plea by the prosecuting counsel Elizabeth Joseph. The convict had defrauded Akintola of the said sum on the false pretence of having mysti

Here is the full details of Engr. Biokpomabo Awara's reply to the resignation of his running mate and deputy.   "The support the AAC got from the Honourable Minister and the APC was unconditional. Those conditions my deputy alleged in the statement drafted for him by Governor Wike are false, crude lies. The alliance between AAC and APC for the governorship election is as a result of our shared love for the State and our shared vision to liberate Rivers State from the shackles of cultism, rapidly growing poverty and the unsafe nature of our State in the hands of an administration that has wrecked almost everything in our State" "One of the reasons I picked him as my running mate is because of the long running relationship between the Ogoni and Kalabari people, dating back to pre-independence. I also choosed him because I saw a fatherly figure and capacity in him that could benefit Rivers Youths, since am 40 and he is a retired Nigeria Police Superintendent, w

This is Charles Paul Orji, he graduated last year from Ken Saro Wiwa polytechnic Bori department of Estate Management. He took his own life (poisoned) this just because his girlfriend (the girl bel ow) dumped him for another man. More investigation has reveled that CHUCKS BROWN PAUL popularly known as CHARLES (the deceased) cheated severally on his girl friend REJOICE NWAKU, she had left him severally but he will come back begging and also threatened to commit suicide. The last one got her really upset when she learnt, he slept with her friend, she left him and sent him a brake up text, chucks could not hold the pain he contacted her sister and family members to plead with her but she refused. On 21st of march after all said and done without any positive response from his girlfriend Rejoice, Charles drank 3 bottles of snipper popularly known as Otapiapia. Chucks was discovered by his neighbours and taken to the hospital, on hearing the news rejoice sent 20 thousand Naira to his

INEC Releases Timelines for the Collation and Declaration of Rivers Governorship Election INEC will hold security meeting in Rivers state on 29 March. CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS meeting on 30th of March. Resumption of collation and announcement of results to hold 2 April 2019. It will hold between April 2 and 5.  There will be revalidation of polling agents and observers. Resumption of collation to start on 2 to 5th April 2019. The venue of the Collation will be agreed by critical stakeholders. Should there be need for Supplementary Elections,  it will hold on the 13th April, 2019.

Just see how Lagos-bound ship carrying over 2000cars and 300 containers sinks March 20, 2019022 The fire stricken Italian ship, MV Grande America, owned by the Grimaldi Group, has sunk in the Bay of Biscay in water depth of 4,600 meters off the coast of France. According to France’s Marine Nationale, the ship, a container-roro carrier, sank on Tuesday at 1526 local time about 180 nautical miles off the French coast. Fire broke out on the Grande America on Sunday night as the ship was underway in the Bay of Biscay during a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Casablanca, Morocco. The fire was primarily located in cargo containers in the forward portion of the ship. Several containers fell off the ship into the water while it was burning before it eventually sank on Tuesday afternoon. All 27 crew members abandoned ship in a lifeboat and later rescued by British frigate HMS Argyll and were taken ashore to the French port of Brest. No major injuries were reported, although several

JUST IN! COURT BARS INEC FROM COLLATING RIVERS ELECTION RESULTS A Federal High Court in Abuja Tuesday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to stop the collation and announcement of the result of the governorship and House of assembly elections in Rivers State held on March 9, 2019. The Commission had moved to resume the collation of the result that had been previously suspended after it was alleged that the AAC Candidate was leading in the results  so far declared at the various collations centers  by the INEC returning . There was a disruption of the collation process at some collation centers which led to the suspension  of results for the elections. The commission on  had announced the resumption of the result collation process after considering a report from its fact-finding –committee put in place to ascertain remote causes of violence that led to the suspension of the process. However, Justice Iyang Ewa, ordered the Commission to halt its proceedings based

A report has revealed that governor Nyesome Ezenwo Wike has allegedly attacked an INEC collation center in Rivers State with thugs, leaving many injured on the 9th day of March 2019. See full statements by the Nigerian Army; "RE: RIVERS STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION Headquarters 6 Division Nigerian Army (NA) have observed with dismay and sense of betrayal in the statement made by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee Festus Okoye Esq on 15 March 2019. The statement according to INEC was the findings of its Fact-Finding Committee that assessed the situation in Rivers State. It is however pertinent to note that, representatives of the 6 Division met with the Fact-Finding Committee on Tuesday 12 March 2019 at the INEC Headquarters in Port Harcourt and had honest discussions and made a written submission to aid the Committee in its task. Regrettably, none of the Division’s i

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after a long silence has said 17 LGAs out of 23 collated are in their custody and as well fixed Wednesday, March 20, 2019 for the completion of polls in six local government areas of Rivers State where elections did not hold during March 9 gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections. The decision followed the report of the fact-finding committee set by the Commission to probe the disruption of the collation of results in areas of the state. The Commission, in a statement on Friday night, said that collated results in 17 local government areas of Rivers state are safe in the custody of INEC while results of 21 out 32 state constituencies of the state had been declared prior to the suspension of the process by INEC. It said it will proceed with the collation of the remaining results while the detailed timeline for completion of the election on Wednesday 20 would soon be released. The statement issued by Barrister Festus

Rivers Poll: Declare Engr Awara winner - Enlightened Rivers Youths to INEC The Enlightened Rivers State Youths have joined in calling on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to release results and declare Engr. Biokpomabo Aawara the winner of the suspended election held on March 9th  2019. According the the coordinator of the group Comrade Tonye Tom-George, who said the call became imperative following the delay of INEC to declare Engr. Aware winner. "We call on INEC to respect the solemn call and decision of our people and declare the people's Choice and elected Governor His Excellency, Biokpomabo AWARA of African Action Congress, winner of the Rivers State 2019 governorship election. Rivers State is our divine heritage and it is our God's given duty to rebuild the fallen walls of our great state." "The Enlightened Youths of Rivers State will stand fearlessly on the path of this epoch making history and join our voices with that of Rivers

IJAW NATION REACTS TO THREAT ON THE LIFE OF THE AAC GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE- URGE SECURITY AGENCIES TO INVESTIGATE THE PERPETRATORS. The attention of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has been drawn to the threat to the life of the AAC Gubernatorial Candidate in Rivers state Mr. Biokpomabo Awara by Governor Wike and his agents who are making desperate moves to eliminate Mr. Awara by all means in his bid to be re-elected as the Governor of Rivers State. In a Statement by the Spokesman of the Council, Comrade Daniel Dasimaka described the situation as very unfortunate and sad noting that Mr. Awara is an Ijaw son and Ijaws all over the world would not sit back and watch any further threat to one of their own who like every Rivers son and daughter, has the right to aspire to the office of the Governor of Rivers State. According to the AAC Gubernatorial candidate, Biokpomabo Awara who confirmed these allegations through his campaign organisation that Gov. Wike and a few others