By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has assured the people of Okrika in Rivers State that the Okrika-Borokiri bridge project, which has been abandoned for upwards of 12 years, would soon completed by the commission. The NDDC gave the assurance on Tuesday through the Executive …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The president-general of Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Peter Maison, recently spotted out imposition of unpopular persons as leaders of communities as the major cause of communal crises across the Niger Delta region. In a chat with our …

By Amos Odhe The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Bayelsa chapter, has joined other chapters to felicitate with the association’s National President, Comrade Isaiah Benjamin. The felicitation was communicated through a statement by the state chairman, Comrade Mrs Timinepre Ohia and Secretary, Mr Patrick Ndubuisi, on behalf of Bayelsa …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said his administration’s urban renewal programme will transform Yenagoa, the state capital, into a modern city. Senator Diri stated this against the backdrop of the recent relocation of inter-state commercial transporters to the new state-owned transport terminal at …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, members of the state executive council and the leadership of the Bayelsa Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Elizabeth Bidei. Mrs. Bidei died …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Monday, January 13, 2025, is a day of reckoning for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its candidate in the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo. On that date, the party is expected to begin the process of proving that Ighodalo, and …

By David Oguzierem The political battle between Nasir El-Rufai and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a confrontation of seismic proportions, one that has sent shockwaves through political space. This war, long predicted by astute observers, has exposed the deep fissures within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and threatens to …

By Polycarp Nwaeke As the political crisis in Rivers State lingers, the Chairman of APC Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha says as an elder statesman and a father figure, Dr. Peter Odili should seek to reconcile his warring children, Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Chief Nyesom Wike instead of stoking the …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has expressed deep sadness over the fatal accident that claimed the life of the Amananaowei (paramount ruler) of Ofoni Federated Community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state, HRH Auditor Onakpohor, on Friday. The sad incident occurred along …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The organizers of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football tournament, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament (also known as the “Prosperity Cup”), have announced that season seven will kick off in February 2025 across the state. According to a statement signed by the Director-General of the tournament, Mr. Ono …