Port Harcourt Mundial

By Godwin Chukwumaechi - Even as the dust continues to settle over events leading to the last days of the Dr Goodluck Jonathan presidency, former minister of Sports and Youth Development in the administration, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has said that the former president was neither weak nor clueless. Dr Jonathan, who has been roundly criticised as weak and clueless during his reign (2010-2015), lost the 2015 presidential election to former President Muhammadu Buhari. Abdullahi made the assertion in Port Harcourt at the weekend while presenting his book, 'On A Platter Of Gold - How Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria,' at the first book reading event tagged August Meeting held in the Rivers State capital. The former minister who also served as the national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (2016-2018), disagreed with the widely held claims that the former President was weak and clueless, but rather described him as a patriot. Read more: https://phmundial.com/jon...

… Allegations are False, Baseless ~ Contractors By Emma Sunday Host communities of Oil Mining Lease (OML 11) along the Imo River axis, cutting across Rivers and Abia states have accused Martinsevid Nigeria Limited, the contractor providing surveillance services for the crude oil pipeline of abetting illegal oil bunkering and crude oil theft. The communities which include, Isietitioha, Umuorie town, Isimiri autonomous community, Owaza clan in Asa, Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State and Umuedeokwara community, Odagwe in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State have called on the Federal Government and the Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited to immediately replace the contractor for gross incompetence. Speaking on behalf of the Owaza people, the King of Isietitioha Owaza in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, His Royal Highness, Eze Christian Ikemefula, lamented the proliferation of illegal oil bunkering in his area, saying the development indicated gross...

... TUC, NLC, 'Toothless Bulldogs' By Mandy Tina A leading member of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN), Dr Joseph Obele, says the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery failed under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration due to lack of funding and commitment. Obele who is also an Energy expert claimed that President Buhari, and his minister of state for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva were benefiting from buying at the international market at the detriment of the nation owned refineries. Speaking on the threat made by NLC and TUC for the Port Harcourt refinery to commence operations by latest March ending 2024, he said it's an empty threat, while describing the unions as toothless bulldogs. "Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade union Congress are toothless bulldogs. Nigerians don't trust them anymore. The Energy expert also pointed out that the current fuel scarcity across the nation is caused by importation of PMS at a high. "I...

  By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide says “after a critical evaluation of the state of things bedeviling the Ijaw people and Nigerians in general,” it may “lead a massive protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the deteriorating state of things faced by the Ijaw people and Nigerians in general.”  According a press statement signed by IYC spokesman, Amb. Binebai Yerin Princewill said, “the decision to embark on this looming mother of all protest in the Niger Delta was taken after a due consultation with critical Ijaw stakeholders and after analysing the unfriendly policies of the Tinubu-led Federal Government of Nigeria and its inimical political attitude towards the Ijaw people, we have come to the resolution that shutting down the country is the only available option left.  “We are using this medium to inform our few Ijaw sons in the Tinubu Government that they should not be surprised to see thousands of Ijaw people storming the streets in demand fo...

By Emma Sunday As the economic hardship in the country bits harder on the citizens, some Nigerian parents are now devising means, legal or illegal, to raise funds to feed their families. This is just as a young woman (name withheld) attempted selling her 5 year old son for an undisclosed amount at the ever busy Mile 3 market, by Bishop Okoye street in Port Harcourt City LGA. The incident we gathered, played out at about 3:40pm last Saturday, as customers and traders surrounded the woman with amazement. The woman alleged that hunger and economic hardship forced her to take the decision to sell her child, in order to raise money to buy food items for the family. Former Vice Chairman, Goat Meat Sellers Association, Bishop Okoye branch, Mr. Nelson Tasie, who witnessed the scene told newsmen that said the woman (name withheld), decried that life was very difficult for her and she can no longer take care of herself let alone the child that is why she opted to sell him. When contacted...