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Port Harcourt, Rivers State –   In a significant step towards integrating artificial intelligence responsibly into Nigerian society, a landmark "South-South Journalism Workshop Training on AI and Religion" held in Port Harcourt on the 26th of March 2026.   The training which was organized by the Nigeria Religious Coalition on Artificial Intelligence, brought together religious leaders and journalists to deliberate on the critical intersection of AI, ethics, and faith, to ensure responsible usage. The workshop underscored the urgent need for ethical standards in AI policies across Nigeria, emphasizing that this powerful technology must remain a tool under human control, serving innovation without overriding core human values.   Reverend Kolade Fadahunsi, Director of the Christian Council of Nigeria, Institute of Church & Society, Ibadan, opened the workshop by stressing the imperative of ethical reflection in AI's development and deployment within the n...

In the face of the divestment of the International oil companies (IOCs), as they sell off their on-shore oil fields to local companies, moving their operations to deep waters, this has sparked concerns about the future of host communities and the environment.  Civil society organizations, environmental activists, academia and other stakeholders have raised the question of who will take the reins and ensure accountability for maintaining the oil wells and facilities, loss of livelihoods suffered by host communities, and the remediation of damaged lands and waters.  These concerns shaped the conversations at the Community Town Hall Meeting on Oil Divestment and Transition Accountability in the Niger Delta which held on the 25th of March 2026 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The meeting which was organized by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Center) with the theme, Strengthening Transparency, Environmental Responsibility and Community...

FROM INNER SHIFT TO REALITY SHIFT - Elvira Jordan Good Morning Beloved!  I have been getting some good feelings lately. You know that feeling when something in your gut just keeps bubbling. You just have that feeling that something good is about to happen. ☀️ You don’t know what’s coming or what’s about to happen, but you feel an excitement in your gut; a kind of anticipation for something good coming your way. I have been visited by these “glimmers” of light lately and it brought my thoughts to something. 💡 These glimmers show up in our energy field from time to time. That little joy that springs up in your chest for no reason. An excitement that hits your guts for reasons you can’t explain. These are signs from our body and our energy field that something good is making its way to us, and it’s not far around the corner. 💪🏽🕊️ Oh what a lovely feeling.  Something preparing you for what’s coming. Your higher self already living in what’s happening in the future. Oh what a f...

CREATING WITH DECISIONS - Elvira Jordan Good Morning Beloved! Let us paint a scenario… So there’s a man going on his way to work on a Monday morning. He goes to board a public bus going to his destination and was accosted by a street tout. They get into a heated altercation that led the tout to strike the man with a blow or a slap. The man who is dressed for work has two decisions to make. He can either drop his laptop bag (or keep it strapped) to teach the tout a lesson by showcasing some of the martial arts skills he has been practicing for decades now. He can also just shrug off the anger and decide to go on his way, to meet up with his daily work and get along with his life. Let us assume he picks the former and strikes the tout with one of his moves… I mean the one to the throat that will restrict the receiver’s air flow and breathing for a couple of minutes. The tout passes out and hits the ground hard breaking his head. Chaos arises. People gather. The man who was fully dressed ...

Before Netflix… before YouTube… before streaming and smart TVs… there was a sound every Nigerian remembers — the click, the whirr, the faint static of a VHS tape sliding into a VCR. That sound was the beginning of a revolution. In the early 1990s, Nigeria’s cinema culture had faded. Film reels were expensive, movie theaters were disappearing, and foreign films dominated the screens. But Nigerians still hungered for stories that reflected their own lives — their languages, their fears, their humor, and their dreams. Then in 1992, everything changed. A low-budget film released straight to VHS,  Living in Bondage , proved that local stories could captivate massive audiences. Distributed through markets and video rental shops, it became a cultural phenomenon and sparked what we now call  Nollywood . The formula was simple but powerful: tell relatable stories, use available technology, and take films directly to the people. Living rooms became cinemas. Street corners became rental ...