Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has applauded practitioners in the state for their supportive role in driving the development efforts of his Assured Prosperity Agenda. ‎ ‎Senator Diri gave the commendation on Thursday at the 12th edition of the Bayelsa Media Awards (BMA) 2025 in Yenagoa, the state capital. …

By: Bethel Toby  ‎ ‎The Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education(IAUE), Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Prof Ibiere Ken- Maduako,  says that the vision of President Bola Tinubu and Governors of the 36 States, including the Federal Capital Territory should  be primarily,  to ensure that Nigerian youths become successful …

A University Don and Professor of Environmental and Industrial Microbiology at the University of Port Harcourt, Professor  Obioma Kenechukwu Agwa has called on the governments to invest more funds into Waste to Wealth technology to promote industrial innovations in the country. ‎ ‎ ‎Delivering the 203 Inaugural Lecture series of …

The National Association of Seadogs, Pyrates Confraternity, Oxbow Marino Deck, has raised an alarm over the rising cases of illicit drug abuse in Bayelsa state, declaring that such worrisome spike has led to high rate of school drop out. ‎ ‎A coalition of Civil Society Groups, made up of the …

Elder Timi Ogoriba, a foremost Pan-Niger Delta activist, has joined the Ijaw Nation and the Niger Delta at large in commemorating the 10th anniversary of the passing of the former Bayelsa State governor, late Chief Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha. ‎ ‎In a statement released in Yenagoa, Elder Ogoriba extolled the …

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has given a one-month ultimatum to AITEO Exploration and Production Company Limited operating in Nembe Local Government Area of the state to remit funds due Bassambiri community to enhance the peace efforts in the area. ‎ ‎Governor Diri gave the directive when the …

The installation of the 60 megawatts gas Turbines  in Bayelsa state has not only reached 85 percent , but when completed will revamp the state economy, as many investors that have left the state will come back , as it will attract investors from neighbouring states. ‎ ‎This was disclosed …

By: Mandy Willy   ‎A stakeholder in the education sector and retired Director of Education in the Rivers State Ministry of Education, Reginald Osigbo, has called on the federal and state governments to urgently improve welfare packages for teachers across the country. ‎ ‎Speaking in an interview with our correspondent, …

Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Monday, resumed academic activities after over two months of impasse between the Management and the institution’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institution …

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Comrade Chris Piwuna has insisted that there is no going back on its planned two weeks nationwide warning strike over some lingering issues, if the federal government fails to respond on or before October 13 expiry date. ‎ ‎The planned …