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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa As part of the timetable for the Bayelsa State off-circle governorship election slated for November 11, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a comprehensive voters’ register to all the political parties that will feature candidates at the poll, recording a total of 1,056,862 voters, comprising of 566,095 males and 490,862, while urging candidates to embark on campaigns for votes. The resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Bayelsa State, Mr Obo Effanga, who was flanked by the administrative secretary, Mr Emmanuel Ogbodu, Mrs May Agbamuche – Mbu and other management staff at the event in Yenagoa said…

By Young Erhiurhoro The above topic is quite expedient as it’s woven round two important divine and traditional tools of “pulpit and palace.” A pulpit in this usage is a description of the church and the clergy, while the palace is a description of a royal throne and the king. These two divine tools are different in operation but drive towards a common goal and destination. This is so as an Urhobo adage described it clearly that, “one owns the land where the herbalist practices.” That is, the king owns the community where the pastor preaches the Word of God.…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, and his Osun State counterpart, Senator Ademola Adeleke, have commended the passion of the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha for the development of the Niger Delta state and the Ijaw nation as a whole. Both governors, who eulogised the first civilian governor of Bayelsa State during his 8th memorial anniversary in Yenagoa on Tuesday, urged Bayelsans to reflect on the enduring legacies of late Ijaw leader, which include fostering unity, peace and development. Chief Alamieyeseigha died on October 10, 2015 after a brief illness. Governor Diri described him as…

… Accuses NNPCL of Rating of AA Rano, other Northern Companies over Niger Delta Contractors By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A former militant group, the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), has threatened showdown with the over the group chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mr Mele Kyari, over an alleged “secret award of pipeline maintenance contracts to some Northern Oil contractors and the exclusion of Niger Delta contractors.” According to the RNDA, despite the fact that the multi-billion dollar pipeline maintenance and rehabilitation contract is meant to build operate and supply of refined petroleum products…

By Ebube Egbufor Amadabo of Finima in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Dagogo Lambert Brown, has expressed happiness over the recent High Court judgement in favour of Finima, the host community to the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) over the accruable benefits and entitlements owed them by the company. Chief Lambert Brown made this known while speaking with newsmen at the Obafemi Awolowo International Airport (formerly Port Harcourt International Airport), Omagwa recently. Recall that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja recently declared that the community where the operational activities of an oil and gas firm are taking…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has identified the effective implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act 2010 as one of the key levers for actualizing the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking during his tour of NCDMB facilities and projects in Bayelsa State on Tuesday, the minister revealed that the key mandates of the NCDMB, which are the promotion of in-country value addition in the oil and gas industry, incentivizing local manufacturing in the oil industry, development of human and material capacities…

… Heads to Appeal over Sylva’s Disqualification By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Despite a Federal High Court, Abuja ruling, disqualifying the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, the state chapter of the party has re-assured Bayelsans of its “landslide victory” in the coming poll. Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had in a judgement delivered on Monday, disqualified the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 11 governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva. In suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/821/2023, filed on June 13, 2023 by Deme Kolomo,…

Fourteen more persons from the South-East/South-South region have emerged instant millionaires in the Pure Bliss “60 Millionaires in 60 Days” Promo. The cash presentation ceremony held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, last Friday. Undergraduates, NYSC members, Traders and a clergy were part of those who joined the millionaires’ club, courtesy of Pure Bliss Consumers Millionaire Promo. The promo, which was billed to end on August 14, 2023, had to be extended by 6 weeks till September 5th due to popular demand from excited consumers who clamoured for more time to participate. Speaking during the presentation ceremony in Port…

By Ehichioya Ezomon President Bola Tinubu – acclaimed cat (or bat) with nine lives – seems to face the last test of his staying political power, as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar moves to quash the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), which’s affirmed him (Tinubu) as winner of the February 25, 2023, election. Atiku, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has filed 35 grounds of appeal at the Supreme Court, which’s 60 days to determine the matters, and hopefully close the 2023 presidential election cycle. Yet, as the final arbiter in election issues in Nigeria, the…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, has described Gov Douye Diri’s remarks against him at Ogbia as the “tantrums of a drowning man.” According to a statement signed by Julius Bokoru, special assistant on Media and Publicity to Chief Timpere Sylva and made available to our correspondent, Governor Diri “who turned what should have been a PDP constituency campaign at Ogbia LGA to a Sylva-bashing contest, as all the PDP scant rallies have degenerated to, alleged that Sylva was planning to cause mayhem at Ogbia.” According to the media aide,…