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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Key chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, including the party’s Youth leader, Hon. Nunieh Odede, have dumped the party in favour of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva. In a handwritten letter on Monday September 17, Hon. Nunieh announced his resignation from the PDP. Following suit, other principal aides of the governor vacated their offices to camp with Chief Sylva. In an endorsement meeting with Sylva on Wednesday, Nunieh stated ‘We have spent years with the PDP and we built the party to where it is. It…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Arising from an enlarged stakeholders’ meeting of the 20 communities and 5 political wards of Ogbia Constituency 1, a formal motion for a vote of confidence was moved by Chief Ebiango Okoba Egain, former chairman of Ogbia Local Government Area, and seconded by Chief Bright Nathan. The meeting which was convened and presided over by Hon. Barr Edi Orubo at his home town Otuabagi, had many dignitaries in attendance. In a unanimous voice vote of affirmation, the stakeholders reportedly “endorsed the Sylva/Maciver All Progressive Congress (APC) ticket as the choice of Ogbia Constituency one, come November…

… As DG Prosperity Cup Assures of ‘Good Representation’ at Africa Youth Cup in Cape Verde By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Dreams Football Academy has emerged winner of the first edition of the Governor Douye Diri Under 18 Invitational Football Tournament. Playing in the final of the competition on Saturday afternoon at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex in Yenagoa, Dream FA defeated Bayelsa Starlets by a goal to nothing. In the third place game, Kingdom Stars Football Academy also pipped Dynamo Football Academy one zero. Eight teams participated in the tournament. Meanwhile, the director general of the Bayelsa Governor’s Cup, tagged…

By Ehichioya Ezomon In weeks, the Supreme Court may be called upon to decide whether to admit new evidence on appeals from the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) that ruled on petitions from the February 25 election. The five-member tribunal dismissed the petitions by opposition candidates and their parties, seeking to upturn the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declaration of Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the poll. Tinubu defeated 17 candidates, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Anambra State governor Peter Obi of Labour Party, and former…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Former special assistant on Youths Matters to two ex-managing directors of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Hon (Chief) Barr. Alabh George Turnah, has described a publication “against his person,” allegedly syndicated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as defaming and malicious. Turnah, now an executive assistant to the Bayelsa State Governor on Public Affairs and Social Orientation, has as a result demanded for an unreserved public apology from the nation’s anti-graft agency, noting that the EFCC’s publications were mischievous and malicious falsehood against his person. Our correspondent gathered that the EFCC had recently…

By Ebube Egbufor Veteran Niger Delta development activist and elder statesman, Prof. Jasper Jumbo, has appealed to the Federal Government to give the newly constituted board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, “a little bit of free hand” to use the funds budgeted for them to work for the development of the Niger Delta region. Prof. Jumbo who spoke at an interview with newsmen at the Obafemi Awolowo International Airport (formerly Port Harcourt International Airport), Omagwa also urged the board to find a way to evolve programmes, projects and policies that would carry along Niger Delta youths, from the grassroots,…

By Amos Odhe An 11-man Nigerian contingent to the World Wrestling Championships has landed in Belgrade, Serbia to participate in the first Olympic qualifier. The contingent of 6 wrestlers, 2 coaches, 1 medical personnel and 2 officials departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Saturday night aboard a Turkish Airline flight and arrived Serbia on Sunday morning. The tournament will run from September 16 to 22, 2023. Receiving the team in Belgrade, president of the Wrestling Federation Dr. Daniel Igali who had left the country a day earlier noted that the Nigerian contingent is expected to quickly find their…

Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd, PINL, on Friday announced that it has discovered and destroyed about 35 clusters of illegal oil bunkering and refining points in parts of the Niger Delta area covering zone 3, comprising Owaza, Odogwa, Ishimiri and Kom Kom. The company made the announcement Friday deep in the creeks off the Imo River on the OML 11 (eleven) acreage operated by NEPL (NNPC, Exploration & Production Limited, the exploration and production arm of the NNPC), categorised as zone 3 of the Eastern corridor, “where the security and technical team from the company came to destroy some illegal oil…

… Bayelsa Governor Charges Youths to Prioritise Ijaw Interest By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The newly-elected president of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Comrade Jonathan Lokpobiri, has said the foremost Ijaw youth organisation is grateful to the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, for giving the Ijaw National Congress (INC) and the IYC a new lease of life.  Speaking during a courtesy visit to the governor at his Sampou community home on Saturday, Comrade Lokpobiri recalled how both bodies battled with internal wranglings before the governor assumed office and intervened to bring peace and unity to them. He also appreciated the…

  … Expresses Satisfaction over Ministry, NDDC Projects in Calabar By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Minister of Niger Delta Development, Hon. Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has expressed his determination and insistence on demanding quality project delivery from the ministry and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), adding that he “won’t sit in the comfort of my office to achieve quality jobs; I will be in the field to follow up on projects.” The minister, who expressed satisfaction with the quality of projects executed by the ministry and the Niger Delta Development Commission, while on inspection in Calabar, said, “The administration of…