Category: View Point

Niger - Delta News, View Point

AMNESTY: Why Ijaw mothers want second chance for Prof Charles Quaker Dokubo – By  Ebikemefa Warikeme

Lately, media reports have emerged calling for the replacement of the Special Adviser/Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof Charles Dokubu. While are awaiting the justifications for such calls, it is important to offer this piece of advice to the Ijaws who are bend on pulling their fellow ijaws down. The attack on Prof Charles Dokubo, especially from the Ijaw is becoming worrisome. Prof Charles … Continue reading AMNESTY: Why Ijaw mothers want second chance for Prof Charles Quaker Dokubo – By  Ebikemefa Warikeme

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Controversy, News, View Point

PRYING INTO THE AFFAIRS OF THE LULU-BRIGGS FAMILY: HAS CHIEF ABIOLA OGUNDOKUN NO SHAME? – by Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo

As a Kalabari-Ijaw son from Abonnema in Rivers State, I have been following with interest the media activities of one Chief Abiola Ogundokun of Iwoland in Ogun State, concerning the demise of High Chief O.B. Lulu-Briggs, a prominent Kalabari-Ijaw War-canoe Chief. I have read a two-page publication by Chief Abiola Ogundokun in Vanguard and The Sun newspapers of Monday, June 10, 2019 captioned “High Chief … Continue reading PRYING INTO THE AFFAIRS OF THE LULU-BRIGGS FAMILY: HAS CHIEF ABIOLA OGUNDOKUN NO SHAME? – by Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo

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Controversy, View Point

CHIEF ABIOLA OGUNDOKUN’S FICTION AND FACTS ON CHIEF O.B. LULU-BRIGGS’ DEMISE: A CASE OF UNINVITED TOMBO FLY – By Iyene Douglas

Do Not Be Ungrateful To The Man And Children That Have Sacrificed So Much To Bring You This Far; Concerned Citizens Of Kalabari Admonishes Wife. The consistent infiltration of strangers meddling into family affairs has become a daily occurrence in our today’s world; an act that keeps destroying family peace, joy and unity, just because of what these strangers stand to selfishly and greedily gain, … Continue reading CHIEF ABIOLA OGUNDOKUN’S FICTION AND FACTS ON CHIEF O.B. LULU-BRIGGS’ DEMISE: A CASE OF UNINVITED TOMBO FLY – By Iyene Douglas

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Rivers News, View Point

Epilogue: In RUGA, Rivers State Gained a Goldmine – By Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo

Rivers people were greeted with the pleasant announcement that “in his second term, Governor Nyesom Wike had prioritized commercial agriculture; hence all available arable land in the state would be needed to drive commercial agriculture across the state to create employment for the youths”. The good news was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday July 2, 2019 by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, … Continue reading Epilogue: In RUGA, Rivers State Gained a Goldmine – By Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo

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Education, News, View Point

IN SUPPORT OF GOV. WIKE’S ABOLITION OF FEES AND LEVIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS – By Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo

As a former Chief Education Officer in the Rivers State Ministry of Education, I am fully inclined to support Governor Nyesom Wike in the abrogation of fees and levies in public primarily and secondary schools in Rivers State. I notice that Governor Wike is trying very hard to turn over a new leaf since his second coming, trying to rebrand himself, away from the predominantly … Continue reading IN SUPPORT OF GOV. WIKE’S ABOLITION OF FEES AND LEVIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS – By Sotonye Ijuye-Dagogo

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News, View Point

WIKE: A GOVERNOR OF THE PEOPLE – By Simeon Nwakaudu

The victory of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike during the last Governorship Election on March 9, 2019 was fundamentally a victory engineered by the people. It was a practical reward for his performance in terms of projects delivery, dedication to the defence of Rivers State and commitment to the future of the state. If the people were not behind Governor Wike, there wouldn’t have been a … Continue reading WIKE: A GOVERNOR OF THE PEOPLE – By Simeon Nwakaudu

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Delta News, Politics, View Point

Assessing Okowa’s Giant Strides In Delta – By Charles Aniagwu

For a better appreciation of the good works of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration in Delta State, it will be rational to assess his stewardship from the standpoint of the nation’s economic adversities when the governor took over the mantle of leadership on May 29, 2015. When the governor assumed office, the country was in recession and confronted with various degrees of economic challenges as a … Continue reading Assessing Okowa’s Giant Strides In Delta – By Charles Aniagwu

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