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The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has bowed to pressure over the quit notice issued by popular hotel owner, Euphemie Motel, with a direct order for the SWAT team to quit the premises and move out of Opu-Nembe in Nembe Bassambiri community of Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Egbetokun’s order follows the threat to drag him to court over the alleged unpaid debt incurred by the Police SWAT team deployed from August 12, 2023 till date. The lodging debt, according to the report, was incurred by the Police Special squad identified as SWAT led by one CSP Silas…

The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, on Tuesday, paid a working visit to his alma mater, Government College Bomadi, in Delta State, now named Saint Brendan College, where he promised to rebuild the dilapidated Clark House hostel. Accompanied on the visit by the National President of the school’s alumni, Chief Fedude Zimughan, and other old boys of the college, Senator Ewhrudjakpo went round the institution inspecting its buildings and other facilities. Addressing the management, staff and students of the college, he promised to prevail on other members of the alumni to pool resources together to ensure the…

Ese Usamali Foundation for Rural Development (EUFORDe), a non governmental organization working with grassroot communities, has joined the global community to commemorate this year’s International Day of the Girl Child, with the theme, ‘Girls’ Vision for the Future.’ Executive Director of the organization, Mercy Eseroghene Elemchukwu-James, in a statement, said October 11, set aside by the United Nations as the International Day of the Girl Child, is a special day dedicated to recognizing the potential, power, and resilience of girl children all over the world. She said, “The theme for the year, ‘Girls’ Vision for the Future,’ focuses on the…

… to Ask INEC to Conduct Elections within 90 Days By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Hon. Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly on Tuesday declared the seats of 4 members of the House vacant for breaching the provision of the 1999 constitution on absention from plenary. The affected members are Edison Ehie, currently chief of staff to the state governor, Victor Oko-Jumbo, current factional speaker of the Assembly, Adolphus Timothy Oruibienimigha and Sokari Goodboy Sokari, representing Ahoada East II, Bonny, Opobo/Nkoro and Ahoada West constituencies respectively. Ehie served briefly as factional speaker of the Rivers…

The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has solicited the support of the Federal Government towards developing the deep seaport at Agge in Ekeremor Local Government Area and the blue economy potential of the state. He expressed the optimism that by collaborating with the Federal Government, a lot can be achieved for the benefit of the state and the country. The Bayelsa governor stated this during a courtesy visit to the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, in his office in Abuja on Monday. Diri said he received the news of the creation of the ministry by…

By Ehichioya Ezomon It’s rare for an election loser in Nigeria to move apace to lodge a petition at the tribunal for a retrieval of the alleged “stolen mandate” they often claim the people have given to them at the poll. Whatsoever the degree of their grievances, the election loser will wait till the eleventh hour before filing a petition. It’s as if they deliberately stall the process for a couple of reasons: 1) To play for time, to traffic in alleged election malpractice, and exert maximum pressure on the candidate, who’s declared as the winner of the poll, to send…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt No less than 2,230 films from 172 countries of the world have been submitted for participation in this year’s Rivers International Film Festival (RIFF). The film festival, which is in its second edition, is to run from Oct 24 to 27, 2024 in the city of Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, Nigeria, with the movie industry in the state eagerly awaiting the start of “a great outing.” According to the founder and director of the festival, Kate Ezeigbo, “last year, we received 582 films from 82 countries. This year, we are proud to announce…

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has sought the partnership of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) on its peace and security initiatives for the Niger Delta region and the country as a whole. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the National Coordinator of the NCTC, Major General Adamu Laka, in Abuja on Friday, the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, said the partnership of the centre would help deepen the programme’s ongoing peace and security process in the region. Otuaro, in a press release issued by his special assistant on Media, Mr Igoniko Oduma, on Sunday, said his administration would be…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Monday flagged off the distribution of 5000 uLesson educational tablets to students from seventeen primary and secondary schools across eight local government areas of Bayelsa State. The ceremony which took place at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall in Yenagoa, the state capital, was in line with pursuit of the NDDC interventionist mandate in the Niger Delta region. In his address, the Managing Director/CEO of NDDC, Chief Samuel Ogbuku, represented by the Director Education, Health and Social Services, Mr. George Uzo Nwanne, said the commission will continued to support the…

Some journalists in Bayelsa State on Sunday sustained injuries as some hired thugs attacked the venue of a press briefing organised by the Sagbama Local Government Area Chapter of the All Progressives Congress in Yenagoa, the State capital. Chairman of the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bayelsa State Council, Mr Tife Owolabi, was among the journalists injured as the thugs destroyed chairs while hitting those present with rods. Owolabi bled from the forehead and left hand while Jacobson Park of People’s FM 93.1 had a swelling in his hand where he was hit with a flagstaff…