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Emma Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara is wooing foreign investors to consider the state for investment. Governor Fubara, who spoke while speaking at the unveiling of the third branch of HyperCity Supermarket, at Ikoku Junction, Mile two Diobu in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of the state, promised a reduction in tax payment for investors in the state. The governor said the move was part of government’s commitment to growing the economy of the state. He also assured of strengthening security in the state to create enabling environment for investors and business owners to strive in…

Emma Ovundah, Port Harcourt The Leadership of the Easter Zone of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), comprising of Akwa Ibom and Rivers States has advised Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara to set up a unity government that will include qualified members of other political parties in the state. The group also advised the governor to incorporate or engage other qualified governorship candidates, National and State Assembly candidates in the 2023 election and members of other parties in his administration. President of IYC, Eastern Zone, Ibim Ibiwari, in a statement made public to newsmen in Port Harcourt urged the governor to…

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As activities towards the 2024 local council elections in Delta State gathers momentum, chairmanship hopeful, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for Ughelli North Local Government Area in the forthcoming local government elections, Rtn. Fidelis Adjogbe, has promised to consolidate on the MORE agenda of the Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori-led state administration if elected. He made this known during a media chat with our correspondent recently at his country home in Evwreni town. Adjogbe said one doesn’t need a billion dollars before he could work for the people whose mandate he was…

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The Evwreni Clan Improvement Union’s National Executive Committee elections earlier scheduled for Saturday November 18, 2023, has been postponed indefinitely by the secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG), Dr. Kingsley Emu, as a result of “perceived challenges” to the peaceful conduct of the elections. A statement released by the secretary to the state government on Wednesday and sent to Evwreni people read in parts: “Let me convey again the gratitude of the government of Delta State for your contributions and sacrifices towards the restoration of normalcy to our ancestral land, Evwreni. I wish to…

The acting registrar of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Mr Donald Okogbaa, is assured that the institution has the human resource and infrastructural capacity to compete with its contemporaries in the country and beyond. Okogbaa, who gave the affirmation on his 64th birthday, stressed that every university is a product of the law and is adjudged by the competence of its graduates and not by the name. He said that what matters most is the ability of a graduate to exhibit proficiency and defend the degree awarded by a university, as he cited instances where students and graduates of…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Concerned over the “delusive bunch of unfounded allegations against the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Gen. Barry Ndiomu (rtd.), and some of his staff, by some disgruntled fellows and purported leaders” of the Phase 3 of the program from Edo, Delta and Ondo states, as published in the media on November 13, the national publicity secretary of Third phase, Inko Brighstar, has urged “the general public to disregard such claims in its entirety.” He noted that “such move was a deliberate attempt to distract the attention of Gen. Barry Ndiomu in his commitment to reposition and sanitize the…

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Former Chief Whip of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Dr. Jonathan Robinson Obuebite, has urged the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva and other opposition candidates in last Saturday’s governorship poll to emulate President Bola Tinubu by congratulating the winner, Senator Douye Diri. Dr. Obuebite, who is also a former commissioner of Information and Education and leader of the Wind Dynasty, in a congratulatory message to Governor Douye Diri and his deputy, Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, for their landslide victory at the off-cycle November eleventh gubernitorial election, said that the support garnered…

By Tunde Uchegbuo The admissions office is the first point of contact for first-year students that come from different family orientation and backgrounds. As a result, the admissions officer is confronted with circumstances that require tolerance, understanding, and courteousness to get by. These qualities were found in Mrs. Rose Okah, the Admissions Officer of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, who was recently given a ‘Humanitarian Service Award’ by the League of Character Clubs International. The president-general of the body, Dr Christian Kokoriko, disclosed that Mrs Okah, a deputy Registrar at the university, was honoured for her capacity to remain courteous…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Bayelsa State has described Governor Douye Diri as a peace developer, filled with divine grace and cultural intelligence, just as the body congratulated the governor on his victory at the November 11 gubernatorial election.  Speaking with newsmen in Yenagoa on Tuesday, chairman, PFN Committee on Good Governance and Politics and general superintendent of Kingdom Grace Mission Inc., Apostle, Dr. Timiebi Kiyaramo, said Senator Diri possesses the qualities of peace leadership, which include his emotional, social, and communal intelligence, coupled with a high level of spiritual awareness and empathy. Apostle…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Handball Team has facilitated with Governor Douye Diri on his election for a second term. The team’s secretary, Mr. Dimie Okara, who spoke with newsmen in Yenagoa before the team’s departure for Lagos for the second phase of the Ardova Handball Premier League on Tuesday November 14, 2023, attributed Diri’s victory to his good stewardship especially in sports during his first term in office. He also commended Diri for his fair-mindedness and even spread of infrastructural projects to all sections and segments of the state in his first term, especially his investment in sports as…