ON SEPTEMBER 19, 20161:56 AM By Clifford Ndujihe, Deputy Political Editor As some Nigerians, especially from the South and Christian leaders pick holes in the recent United States of America Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry’s visit to Nigeria, which they describe as...

*Paints gloomy picture of nation’s economy By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—A REPORT just released by the United Nations, UN, on Nigeria’s Common Country Analysis, CCA, has revealed a deeply divided society on the basis of the plurality of ethnic, religious and regional identities that...

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA— Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has, in apparent response to President Muhammadu Buhari, said that the country’s unity was negotiable. In an interview with Vanguard in Abuja weekend, the former governor said the only way out of the...

Thisday June 13, 2016 •   Insist on restructuring of Nigeria By Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu    Notable Nigerians, including Second Republic Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Yoruba leader, Ayo Adebanjo, former Minister of Information, Jerry Gana and former Governors of Anambra...

Guardian Newspapers.     14 May 2016 By Kelvin Ebiri and Obire Onakemu Environmental rights activist and a delegate at the 2014 National Conference, Ms. Ann-Kio Briggs, in this interview with KELVIN EBIRI AND OBIRE ONAKEMU in Port Harcourt, said that unresolved issues of the...

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 20161:00 AM the way out by lawyers, others By Jimitota Onoyume Penultimate Friday, 14 Nestoil company staff were reportedly abducted in their company bus around Omoku, headquarters of Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area, Rivers State. The kidnappers later...

Posted by Kevin Nengia on May 7th, 2014 and filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed. Worried over the current attack on its son and Chairman of council, Mr Augustine Ahiamadu, Egi Traditional...

Flood: RSG Distributes Relief Materials To Victims Posted by John Bibor on Feb 1st, 2013 and filed under Front Pix. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry The Rivers State Government has handed over...

By Editor   |   19 September 2016   |   2:35 am Guardian Newspapers Sir: For some years, we have experienced disorderliness, killing and breakdown of law and order in Ogbaland ( ONELGA Ogba Egbema Ndoni LGA) of Rivers State. We have seen all manners of killings between factions...

By Kelvin Ebiri, Port Harcourt   |   14 August 2016   |   4:45 am Guardian Newspapers The Police in Rivers state has embarked on a manhunt for the gunmen who abducted 14 passengers who were travelling to Omoku in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, from Port Port Harcourt....

A coalition of Egi-Igburu-Usomini-Egbema-Ndoni communities has called for the relocation of the headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area from Omoku for the safety of the council chairman, and for peace to return to the area. They made the plea during a protest a...

The sesame to a half-year of festivity! Nchaka or new yam celebration may be regarded as the sesame to a half-year of festivity and merry-making. Nchaka marks the end of the farming season. The first part of the celebration is known as the “Female” Nchaka , which...

Christianization and Ogba Traditional Religion: Within three decades after the establishment of the native court and the government school, no less than ten Christian denominations were established in Ali-Ogba, all of them vying for converts among the people. The first...

 The Ogba ancestors divided the earth into two parts, which they called “Oru” and “Igmo“ respectively. By the former term, Ogbas referred to riverine people. By the latter, they meant inhabitants of the hinterland. Both parts represented to them the whole world,...

  Ogba legend and oral history indicate that the ancestors arrived in the present Ogbaland in 3015 BC, archaeological evidence show that many towns and villages of Ogbaland were inhabited between 3015 BC to 235 AD. The Ogbas are originally from Benin in the present Edo state...

Total/Epnl gas flare site in Ogbogu and Akabuka communities in Egi-Etiti-Ali-Ogba Clan in Rivers State, Southern Nigeria. INTRODUCTION: Recently in France about more than 3,000 people suffered and died from heat wave related health conditions. To this effect, environmentalists in...

By Christian Purefoy, CNN June 30, 2010 2:14 a.m. EDT STORY HIGHLIGHTS Nigeria has suffered devastating oil pollution in Delta region over 50 years Activists angry at attention being given to Gulf of Mexico Figures are disputed but one cause of Nigerian spills is oil thieves and...

Environmental Communication for Sustainable Development: By   Nwokezi J. Ikoro B.Sc. Mass Comm., RSUST, PHC. FFIF, MA, OU. Athens, USA. Communication and Development Specialist.    ABSTRACT   This article offers a directional communication for sustainable development journalism...

PETROLEUM POLITICS OF DO OR AFFAIRS: ECOLOGICAL WAR IN AKABUKA COMMUNITY Nwokezi J. Ikoro Nevember 10, 2010 In 2005 100 soldiers were deployed in Akabuka community following sustained protest by the community over certain grievances with Total E & P Nigeria Limited (TEPNG)...

Posted by Kevin Nengia on Mar 1st, 2013 and filed under Front Pix. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry The Rivers State Government is to commence the reconstruction of internal roads in Omoku,...

Residents of the gas city bemoan lack of roads, drainages despite huge contributions to the nation IN Omoku, the headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Council of Rivers State, the feeling is rife that the area does not deserve the neglect it has suffered from the state and the...

Ogba political structure which is broadly similar to the Benin structure  which is marked by “King” and “Cabinet”. The traditonal cabinet posts reflect political offices, titles, rights and privileges acquired by different onuobdos when they settled down in Ali-Ogba.  A semblance...

Christianization and Ogba Traditional Religion: Within three decades after the establishment of the native court and the government school, no less than ten Christian denominations were established in Ali-Ogba, all of them vying for converts among the people. The first...