… As Committee Rallies Youths to Mark World Drug Day By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has called on all actors in the fight against drug abuse to shift the focus of their campaigns from rehabilitation of victims to prevention of social discrimination and stigmatization against drug addicts …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Thursday, June 22, wasn’t a good day for opposition presidential candidate in the 2023 General Election, Peter Obi. Misjudging Nigerians’ mood under a rash of harsh economic policies by the 28-day-old administration of President Bola Tinubu, Obi tweeted his usual. Lacking or ungrasping the relevant information – …

… Urges President Tinubu to include Asari, Ateke, Fara in Surveillance Contract The Niger Delta Special Force (NDSF) has condemned what it described as an attack on Alhaji Asari Dokubo, describing it as one “taken too far.” In a released signed by its spokesperson, Comrade Boniface Abinye, the Niger Delta …

Even as flooding predictions loom over the country and the Niger Delta, a non governmental organization in Rivers State, Ese Usamali Foundation for Rural Development (EUFORDe), has organized a 3-day Early Warning Sensitization Workshop on Flooding, for community women in the flood-hit Orashi region of the state. The region, encompassing …

A Community Citizens’ Jury, sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, has identified over 15 cases of environmental degradation and oil pollution brought before it by impacted community members from the Niger Delta region. The sitting, which took place recently at the instance of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa There is high hope that an automobile manufacturing plant will be established in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital in six months to commence car production. Speaking to journalists in Yenagoa, chairman of the 3rd edition of the Emeritus Prof. Steven Odi-Owei Annual Public Lecture, Engr. Ugochukwu …

… As Prof. Okaba Delivers Lecture on Cultural Revival for Ijaw Nation  By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Izon Ladies Association (ILA), Nigeria, has held a three billion Naira fundraising event for the construction of a national secretariat complex. The event, which also included a lecture titled ‘Cultural Revival: Imperative for …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa  Former militant leader and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Ebikabowei Victor-Ben, popularly known as General Boyloaf, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the appointment of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as the National Security Adviser, describing the appointment as commendable. Victor-Ben, who was the secretary of …

By Amos Odhe The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has directed the managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku to continue to oversee the affairs of the commission until a new board is constituted by President Bola Tinubu. This directive was contained in a letter …

A town hall meeting with stakeholders on the impact of operations of the multinational companies operating in Akwa Ibom State, has been rounded off in Uyo, as impacted communities demand environmental justice. According to a report by The Pioneer’s Emmanuel Atteh, the stakeholders’ demands were contained in a communique issued …