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By our Reporter About seven persons lost their lives after inhaling the fumes from generator inside a Recording studio along Transformer Road, in Amarata axis of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The deceased persons were said to be to working in the recording studio, owned by one them, identified as Akpos Barakubo, where the incident happened on Monday night breaking Tuesday. According to residents in the area, the crew members in the studio were working into the midnight using their generating set due to poor power supply in the state, “and maybe they fell asleep and forgot to switch off the generator.”…

By Ehichioya Ezomon  As the Rivers political crisis reaches – or being pushed by the feuding parties to – its crescendo, Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s adopted a strategy of one-day, one-taunt, one-threat, one-allegation to deal with his opponents, or enemies of Rivers State, as decreed by the governor. Hence such headlines as, “Rivers crisis: ‘I have defeated my enemies, they now sleep with two eyes open’ — Fubara,” “Fubara: ‘Small thing I did they no longer sleep,'” “You haven’t seen anything yet, wait for joker, says Fubara,” “We’re battling huge debts left behind by Wike’s government — Fubara,” “Fubara vows to…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has indicted the Department of State Security, DSS, and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NOAC, over the illegal arrest and detention of a Youth activist, Comrade Collins Trueman Opumie, for over two years. The presiding judge, Justice Ebiyon Duke Charlie, also awarded the claimant the sum of N300 million in damages. Justice Ebiyon Duke Charlie, in his ruling on the suit numbered YHC/324/2022 on Monday declared that the claimant was forcefully imprisoned and should be awarded N300 million for compensation. Speaking after the ruling, counsel to the claimant,…

By our Reporter The Niger Delta Justice Forum (NDJF) says it has uncovered a plot to sponsor protest against a former executive secretary of the Nigeria Content Development and Management Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote, and a former Bayelsa State governor, Chief Timipre Sylva. The group said the protest was scheduled to hold in Abuja at the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) “as part of ongoing sponsored campaign of calumny against Wabote and Sylva.” In a statement by its coordinator, Sorowei Johnson, the group alleged that “the action was being planned by a former member of…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Board of the Education Champions League (ECL) has set aside a total prize money of N17.5 million in the maiden edition of its quiz competition among secondary schools in Rivers State. The competition, christened the Education Champions League, ECL, which mainly targets encouraging reading habits among Nigerian secondary school students, will test contestants for traits developed through reading -comprehension, analytical skills, general knowledge, reading fluency, as well as oral and written expressions. While the winner will cart away N10 million, the second and third positions will go home with N5 million and N2.5 million,…

… As Crusaders FC Begins Title Defence in Style By our Reporter Season Six of the Bayelsa State Governor’s Football Tournament, christened the Prosperity Cup, has kicked off in Yenagoa with over two hundred teams jostling for glory in 22 centers across the state’s eight local government areas. Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, represented by his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, took the symbolic kick off to herald this year’s event. In a speech, Governor Diri noted that Bayelsa has taken sports as a major tool to take the youths away from drugs, criminality and other social vices, pointing out…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has announced a two-day Economic and Investments Summit as part of activities to mark the one year anniversary of the administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. First of its kind in the last 8 years, the summit will hold on May 22 to 23, 2024 and has as its theme; ‘Education & Technology: Empowering Leaders of Tomorrow; Educating Rivers State youth for the Digital Economy.’ It will focus on 7 thematic areas and geared towards the overall goal of opening the state economy to local and foreign investments. The seven thematic areas…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has faulted what it described as the misrepresentation of the ongoing process for the return oil exploration in Ogoni to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing persons with selfish motives of falsely presenting themselves as the drivers of the process. Factional MOSOP President, Fegalo Nsuke, who made the allegation in a statement after the group’s emergency meeting in Port Harcourt, described the action as economic sabotage, accusing the representatives as impersonators. He said that some of the persons who claimed to represent the Ogoni people in a meeting…

By our Reporter Nigerians at home and in Diaspora have been advised to ensure that their business transactions are always properly documented, so as to avoid “presenting opportunity to fraudsters.” This advice came from Mr. Henry I. Okeugo, a US-based Nigerian, who allegedly fell victim to alleged “fraudsters” while trying to invest in his home-country. While fielding questions from journalists in Port Harcourt, Mr. Okeugo said it is unthinkable for Nigerians based at home to continue to take “undue advantage of their countrymen in the Diaspora who are interested in investing at home.” He expressed regrets over the alleged actions…

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Chief Dennis Otuaro, has paid glowing tribute to the memory of Ijaw hero and icon of the Ijaw struggle, Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, on the occasion his 56th anniversary celebration. In a statement issued to mark this year’s Boro Day by his special Assistant on Media, Mr Igoniko Oduma, on Thursday, Otuaro said that Boro was being remembered for his vision, amazing intentions to ensure better standard of living for the ijaw people. He described Boro as a courageous Ijaw freedom fighter who lived a selfless life…