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Rivers Beaches Beckon Tourists
Life is said to be better when you spend it on a beach, because it affords you the opportunity to relax, swim or go surfing if you have what it takes to do so. You can even sprawl in the open, these activities do a lot of good to the body.
There are a handful of beaches in Rivers State that will make you to come back to the inviting white sands and palm trees time and again. Some of the natural beaches in the state that beckons, on tourists include: Isaka Holiday Resort, Agaja beach, Elem Kalabari beach (slave rout) etc.
The Isaka Holiday Resort is set on 103 hectres of on Isaka area. This place was relatively active leisure and recreational centre in the 1970s attracting both local and international tourists.
It is with a lake located to the west front and outstretch of sand beach estuary of the Bonny River, a water way that leads to one of Nigeria’s major seaports.
Agaja Beach: This is a beautiful site of the light of Bonny with panoramic nature of the Atlantic ocean. The resort is richly endowed with natural white sand beach stretching for more than 15 kilometres and with a blend of tropical rain and mangrove forest.
It’s regime is located south of Bonny town, the home of Nigeria’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
It is approximately 10 km away from Bonny Town, 45 minutes by speed boat from Port Harcourt and can be reached through the Bomu/Bonny Federal High way under construction. The Agaja beach is also noted for whales and hippopotamus.
The Port Harcourt Boat club established in 1960 is a private club that is located in a serene site along the city’s waterways to the Bonny river. In addition to regular boat race, water skirting and yatching activities. This tourist attraction offers memorable excitement to visitors/spectators during its annual boat race.
Apart from the foregoing, the state also boasts of historical sights and monuments such as King Jaja of Opopo and King Dappa Pepple monuments, excavation site in Ke,
St Paul’s Cathedral Opobo, Historic Royal Niger Company in Krigeni as well as lakes and ponds such as Ellah lakes at Obrikom, probomu fish ponds and Niger Delta Basin Authority (NDBA) fish pond at Bodo etc.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
Nancy Briggs
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