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Following the 2024 flood warning issued by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), the Bayelsa State Government has directed its agency for flood and erosion control to begin the process of identifying more higher grounds for flood relief camps across the state. The state government also asked the directorate to identify structures built on natural canals within the Yenagoa metropolis for possible demolition to check flooding during downpours and in the major flood season. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the directives Tuesday at a meeting with the director-general and the directors of the Bayelsa State Directorate of Flood and…

The Bayelsa State Police Command has taken into custody an 80-year old man, identified as Pa. Stephen, for allegedly defiling a 10-year old pupil at Otuokpoti Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. According to reports filed by Gender Advocacy groups in the state, including the Dise ogbise Foundation (Do Foundation), Reigneth foundation, Starrz Safety Initiative and the Collins Cocodia Foundation, the 80 year old man was identified by indigenes of the community as a serial pedophile and sick with advanced pile and hernia. The Gender Advocacy groups, when alerted about the incident, stormed Otuokpoti community and ensured…

It was an eventful week in Yenagoa as the 5th Governor Diri International Scouting Program/Coaching Clinic climaxed in a pulsating final match involving twenty-seven players screened from over five hundred players selected during the preliminary round of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football tournament, tagged the Prosperity Cup. It was a memorable four days as these gifted players converged at the Samson Siasia Stadium to showcase their talents. The week-long event had over ten foreign scouts from Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, and Turkey alongside the Nigerian U-20 coach and President of Nigeria Coaches Association Mr. Ladan Bosso, and other former internationals invited for…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Nigeria Wrestling contingent left Madrid, Spain for Germany in what is their last camping before the Olympic Games in Paris, France. The wrestlers which participated in Spanish Grand Prix, a pre-Olympic tournament in Madrid, had Esther Kolawole 62kg and Ogunsanya Christinah 53kg record bronze for Team Nigeria respectively. Ogunsanya defeated her USA counterpart Brianne Gonzales (10-0) to win Bronze medal while Kolawole won Swedish Johanna Lindborg by (8-0) for the Bronze medal. Multiple time world medalist Odunayo Adekuoroye lost (4-4) on technical grounds to Norwegian Othile Hole in the quarter final. Similarly, African champion Hannah…

Natural Justice Nigeria, the Nigerian arm of the Pan African Civil Society Group, has expressed concerned over what it described as “the repeated and persistent oil spills along the Trans Niger pipeline, particularly the section that bifurcates Bodo community, in Gokana Local Government Area.” In a release signed by its Community Environmental Legal officer, Lawrence Barinem Dube, the organization said “Bodo, as the last community on the 180,000 BPD trans-Niger Pipeline is sitting on a hydrocarbon time bomb as a result of the failure of Shell to address the long overdue integrity, human security and environmental safety issues on the…

By Ehichioya Ezomon  In the second and last installment of this header – the first part on Monday, July 1, 2024, having dealt with the High Chief Francis Inegbeniki’s angle to the instant issue of “suitability” of Senator Monday Okpebholo for Governor of Edo State – I plead to recall a seemingly anecdotal but factual reporting on March 29, 2024, by Mr John Mayaki, a topshot of the Edo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Dubbed as a “Media icon,” Mayaki, who’s vowed to work against Sen. Okpebholo (APC, Edo Central), in the September 21, 2024, governorship election, had…

… PAP to Prioritize Vocational Training, Quality Education ~ Otuaro The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has said that the PAP Office will not relent in its determination to improve the manpower base of the Niger Delta. He said this will be achieved with quality vocational, educational skills and empowerment as well as agriculture, among others. Dr Otuaro made this known at the weekend while hosting four cadet pilot trainees of the PAP – Lawrence Oliki, Kingsley Bassey, Osekporovwere Diamond and Crosby Otobo, at the Presidential Amnesty Office in Abuja. The quartet had successfully completed…

The Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to Chief Timipre Sylva, Hon. Julius Bokoru, has expressed concern over what he described as the multiple local and foreign trips embarked on by the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri. Bokoru, who spoke in Yenagoa at the weekend described Diri as a junketing governor, alleging that he had abandoned governance. Describing Diri as a globetrotter, Bokoru said the governor was constantly looking out for any opportunity to jet out of Bayelsa, claiming that his knack for traveling had drilled a big hole in the state’s pocket. Bokoru said that since after the…

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Sunday, visited the Dangote Refinery, Dangote Petrochemical Plant and the Dangote Port in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. The governor and his entourage were received by President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko. Dangote, and the Vice President, Oil and Gas of Dangote Industries Limited, Mr. Edwin Devakumar. During the visit, which lasted more than four hours, the team was taken round the expansive industrial complex housing the refinery, the fertiliser and urea production plant, various loading bays, the port and the production control rooms among other facilities. Governor Diri’s visit was a follow-up to…

… As Peremo Soccer Academy, Niger Delta Queens, Boro Queens Win in Women’s Tournament … Movers FC, Bayelsa United Feeders, Agbere FC also Secure Round of Sixteen Ticket Defending champions, Krusaders Feeders FC, Afini FC, Anyama FC, Petroleum Boys FC, Rose of Sharon FC, Ogboinbiri FC, Nembe City FC and Kongho FC have qualified to the round of 16 of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football spectacle, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament tagged the Prosperity Cup. Krusaders Feeders FC whitewashed Creek FC 6-1 in a game decided at the Ebedebiri center. A brace from Surveyor Handsome on 9 and 29 minutes and…