CBN Junior Tennis: Izonritei’s nephews take to Tennis
Daniel and Dennis, identical twins and nephews of Olympic boxing silver medallist, David Izonritei have taken to tennis rather than boxing which made their uncle famous and wealthy.
UNIPORT host communities land dispute claims 2
ALUU—TWO communities in Rivers State, Rumuekini in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area and Umuchiolu-Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government Area, are locked in a fierce land dispute, which has left two people dead. Both communities play host to the prestigious University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, and the hostility between them is chancy, especially as the demarcation between Aluu and Rumuekini has been allegedly altered paving way for land speculators.
Abba Suleiman and his controversial stories
President Jonathan, Tuesday, sacked the Inspector General of Police Suleiman Abba. We take a look at some of the news that surrounded his tenure in office.
Anibeze, endangered Bayelsa community
ANIBEZE—RESIDENTS of Anibeze, an agrarian and fishing settlement in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have raised an alarm over the damage wreaked on the community by erosion, especially since Setraco, one of the construction companies handling the East-West Road, started mining sand in the village, about six years ago. Located along the bank of the Forcados River, a tributary of the River Niger, less than four kilometres from the East-West Road that straddles the states of the South-South from the Bayelsa axis, close to the border with Delta state.
Madam Okorie’s Ukodo joint, a melting pot
We are from Orlu in Imo State. I started selling this yam pepper soup in 1982 by Benoni Junction in Benin City. But we moved from Benoni to Airport Road in 1987. I got married in 1980, but my husband was a furniture maker then. We found out that after building the furniture and exhibiting them for sale, for over one week buyers do not come. So things became very difficult for us and my husband entered into palm wine tapping. He started supplying people and people love buying his palm wine because it is always fresh.
Twitter moves to stem violent threats, abuse
Twitter on Tuesday began implementing a new policy aimed at curbing use of the social network to incite violence, and to crack down on abuse and harassment on the service. The new rules are the latest implemented by social networks aiming to stem violence and harassment while attempting to safeguard freedom of online speech. “We need to ensure that voices are not silenced because people are afraid to speak up,” said Twitter’s head of product management Shreyas Doshi in a blog post.
