A large number of Niger Delta youth leaders in conjunction with youths from Ibikalama Community, host to the new head office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Rivers State, shutdown the operations of the commission on Monday over what they described as double speaking by the interim administrator …

A Bayelsa State High Court on Thursday struck out 12 suits on alleged breach of contract filed by surveillance contractors engaged at the Nembe Creek oilfields in Bayelsa by Aiteo Eastern Exploration Limited. The surveillance contractors, who are members of the oil firm’s host communities at Opu-Nembe, had dragged the …

… Names Eradiri New Face of Bayelsa Girl Child  Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, announced automatic scholarship to Barr. Ebizi Blessing Eradiri, for her Master and Doctorate degrees in any university in Nigeria or abroad. Miss Eradiri is the first female First Class graduate from the Faculty …

The Bayelsa State government has formally approved the recognition of Ayakiri community in Gbarain clan of Yenagoa Local Government Area as one of the communities hosting the operations of SPDC in the state. According to the approval dated 16th of December 2020, with reference number MLG/ADM/T66, and  announced by the …

Over three months after an oil spill that occurred from a facility operated by the Consolidated Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited (Conoil) in Sangana community in Akassa Kingdom, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the multinational oil giant is yet to respond to the incident, as the Bayelsa State …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The novel from which I drew this question which is invariably the title of today’s discourse is titled, ‘The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born,’ A literary masterpiece by Africa’s foremost writer and literary idol, Ayi Kwei Armah of Ghana. The literary piece, published in 1968, …

Crisis of leadership last week hit umbrella body of the Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), over agitations against President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to appoint a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).  The national president and deputy president, Comrade Peter Igbifa and Comrade Savior Olali, respectively …

Mayor of Yenagoa Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Hon. Nimizuoa Uroupaye, says the council has ordered investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the inferno that wreaked havoc on the Biogbolo community furniture market in Yenagoa, the state capital penultimate Sunday. Uroupaye stated this while speaking with journalists following his …

The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 16, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Austin Agbonlahor, has decorated 12 newly promoted officers including the zonal spokesperson, SP Ikwo Kevin Lafieghe, charging them on selfless service to the country. AIG Agbonlahor, while congratulating the newly promoted officers on their well-deserved elevation, charged them to …

Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has urged inmates at correctional centres across the country not to despair over their situation, but rather have faith in God. Senator Ewhrudjakpo gave the encouragement on New Year Day when he paid an unscheduled visit to the Nigerian Correctional Service, Medium Security …