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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ofoni Federated Communities in Sagbama Council Area have expressed gratitude to Governor Douye Diri, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for choosing their son, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, as deputy governor of Bayelsa State. The Ofoni people, who did not conceal their joy over the choice of Senator Ewhrudjakpo as running mate to Governor Diri in their re-election bid, described the development as a rare privilege for which they would ever remain grateful. Speaking during a courtesy visit by Governor Diri and members of the PDP gubernatorial campaign team, the Amananaowei of Ofoni, His Royal Highness…

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri As a result of the protracted intra-communal crisis that rocked the Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State over alleged failed leadership, Unenurhie community, a distinct member of Evwreni kingdom, have started agitations to have their own separate and independent kingdom. Speaking to our correspondent after a meeting of Evwreni kingdom with the secretary to the state government, Dr. Kingsley Emu, on the implementation of the government white paper on the crisis, in his office at Asaba, the president-general of Unenurhie community, Mr. Peter Maison who represented the Unenurhie people at…

… Stresses Implementation of Govt White Paper By Young E. Freeborn, Asaba The secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG), Dr. Kingsley Emu, has urged the Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area to happily embrace the peace initiatives of the state government on how to end the intra-communal crisis that have rocked the community for sometime now. The SSG made this call recently during a meeting in his office at Government House, Asaba on the implementation of the state government’s white paper on the Evwreni crisis. The meeting, which was attended by the representatives of the four major…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa In continuation of the voter education in Bayelsa State ahead of the governorship election, the Eunice Nnachi Women Advocacy Foundation has urged market women, men and youths in Sabagreia community market to ensure that they come out to cast their votes on election day.  Chief Executive Officer of ENWAF, Lady Eunice Nnachi, stated this during a voter education sensitization program held at the market in Sabageria Market, Abuwari, Igbainwari, Igbaranbiri and Orubiri town, Opokuma clanall in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Lady Nnachi who explained the process of using the ballot papers, also urged the…

… Ebebi Allegedly Threatens to ‘Beat Up Party Chairman’ … Embattled Party Chairman owes Journalists, Accuses NUJ of Supporting Gov Diri By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa There is rising mistrust and crisis of confidence withing the fold of the All Progressive Congress (APC) campaign council over alleged cases of short payments and misappropriation of funds. Sources confirmed that the party’s state chairman, Barr. Dennis Otiotio, who is at the center of the controversy, is accused of underpaying various party committees and party chieftains for campaign mobilisation. A close source also claimed that the campaign mobilisation fund, which had been 80 per…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Stakeholders and ex-militant leaders, under the aegis of the Movement for the Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND), have written to President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to rejig the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and officially remove the interim administrator, Maj. Gen. Barry Tariye Ndiomu (rtd), so as to ensure “effective and proper delivery of it’s security mandate to the region.” The group also pointed out that the interim administrator’s tenure had elapsed since the May 29, 2023, adding that “therefore he is supposed not to continue to remain in that…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa There is rising panic in Okpoama kingdom of Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State following a deadly gas leak from the oil well belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), a subsidiary of the NNPC. The gas leakage, which occured along the Bendick+Kiri axis of the kingdom has been spewing oil and gas into the environment from a well’s Christmas tree. The oil well, located in OML 66 and known in the records as ‘Kurogbagba 1,’ was said to have been leaking for the past five days spreading oil into the creeks. A threaning hissing…

By Amos Odhe As the Akwa Ibom State capital, Uyo, continues to thrive as an emerging tourism destination in the South South region due to its cultural, sports, and amusement facilities, a non-governmental organisation, De Messiah Elderly Home & Care Outreach, has introduced a special tourism product, ‘Ibom Senior Citizens Happy Hour Initiative,’ to accommodate the elderly in the tourism ecosystem.  Rising from its inaugural meeting in Uyo on Monday, chairman of Akwa Ibom Tourism and Hospitality Practitioners’ Association (AKHTOPA) and president of De Messiah Elderly Home & Care Outreach, Amb. Usen Udoh, said the Ibom Senior Citizens’ Happy Hour…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa In a show of unity and determination, the Bayelsa Women Arise organization conducted a Peace walk Tuesday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, condemning election violence and urging President Bola Tinubu and the security agencies, to ensure a peaceful governorship election in the state on November 11. The women also called for justice for the victims of previous election-related violence in the state. Thousands of women and youth, led by prominent community and civil soceity leaders, gathered at the state capital to embark on the peace walk. The event was marked by a display of solidarity,…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The leadership of the Bayelsa Intellectuals Forum, a brain child of the chief historian and archivist of Bayelsa State, Professor Stephen Temegha Olali, has passed a vote of confidence on the Governor Douye Diri-led Prosperity administration, while expressing satisfaction with his achievements in the educational sector, human capacity development and employment generation initiatives. In a statement issued in Yenagoa over the weekend, signed by the publicity secretary and senior special assistant to the governor on Tourism, Dr. Piriye Kiyaramo, founder of the organisation, Professor Stephen Temegha Olali, explained that Sen. Douye Diri’s Prosperity administration “resonates with…