… Infrastructure, Health, Education Top Allocation  By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, presented a 2022 Appropriation Bill of N310.7 billion to the state House of Assembly. Tagged, ‘Budget of Sustainable Growth,’ the budget gave the highest allocation of N51 billion to the Ministry of …

Former governorship aspirant in Rivers State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tonye Princewill, says he will support the newly elected state executives of the party led by Chief Emeka Beke to succeed in the task of rebuilding the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. While congratulating …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The final funeral rites of the late Mrs. Comfort Edjedi, nee Okpodoko, of Unenurhie town, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State would commence with a night of tributes on Friday 5th November, 2021 at her husband’s compound in Unenurhie town. …

Aggrieved Isoko speaking Osekwenike, Abuetor and Osifo communities in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Friday threatened to shutdown the Samabiri/Buseni Cluster Location housing nine oil wells, operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), over alleged refusal by the oil giant to keep to the Global Memorandum of …

… as Lokpobiri’s Faction Boycott Exercise All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayelsa State chapter, on Saturday conducted a state congress to elect its 36 state executive committee members with Barr Dennis Otiotio, emerging as chairman of the party.  But the faction of the party led by former minister of Agriculture and …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The primary health centre in Unenurhie community, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was recently opened for operations by the chairman of the LGA, Chief Hon. Godwin Adode, with words of commendation and appreciation to the community leadership for “a …

There was jubilation on Thursday in the Niger Delta following the reappointment of Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) as the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) by President Muhammdu Buhari.  Buhari approved the renewal of Dikio’s tenure for another one year in a statement issued by the presidential …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The Engr. Dr. Samuel Adjogbe Foundation (EDSAF) has donated notebooks and other educational materials to schools across Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. This measure by the foundation was done in partnership with the Rotary Club of Ughelli Metropolis, with many students and …

… Lauds Amaechi on ‘Internal Party Democracy’ Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and erstwhile national publicity secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has commended frontline Rivers APC chairmanship aspirants, Chizi Nyeomasila and Chief Emeka Beke, “for resolving to work together for …

Niger Delta activist and prominent Ijaw chief, His Highness Anabs Sara-Igbe, has called on governors of South-South states in Nigeria to come clean and tell the public how they expended the 13 percent oil revenue over the years before demanding for an increase to 50 percent, noting that the region …