By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Against the backdrop of the recent protest embarked on by commercial vehicle drivers in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, and its environs, over the high ticket rates put in place by the state government, chairman of the Bayelsa State Unified Ticket, Comrade Doubara Komukou, has denied …
Read More »Foundation Recruits 104 Teachers, Health Workers for 8 Rural Communities in Bayelsa
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa KEFFES Rural Development Foundation (KRDF) has employed 104 teachers, health workers to address shortages in eight coastal communities in Southern Ijaw and Brass local government areas of Bayelsa State. The Bayelsa ministries of Education and Health are collaborating with KRDF in the intervention aimed at addressing acute …
Read More »Eze Tobin Cautions Odum Over Comment, Blames Govt of Complicity
A front-line traditional ruler in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, HRH Eze Owabie Tobin, has cautioned traditional rulers in the state to stop making unguided utterances and statements against their fellow rulers in the state. He was speaking in an interview with this publication in Port Harcourt against the …
Read More »Okada Union in Bori Reaches Truce with Police
… As Council Boss Wades In Commercial motorcycle operators, popularly called ‘Okada,’ have resolved to continue to work in peace and harmony with men of the Nigeria Police force operating within Khana Local Government Area and its environs. This followed the intervention of the council chairman, Barr Lateh Loloo, over …
Read More »Attacks: Taiga Visits Uwheru Communities, Asks Herdsmen to Quit Urhobo Land
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri In continuation of “the struggle to redeem Uwheru lands” from the hands of suspected Fulani herdsmen and to restore peace to the entire kingdom, national executive committee of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), led by its president general (worldwide), Olorogun Dr. Moses Oghenerume Taiga, on Thursday …
Read More »Igbe Orhe Ofuafo Oghene Healing Home Holds Annual Igbe Festival, March 23
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The Igbe Orhe Ofuafo Oghene Healing Home in Unenurhie town, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State will hold her annual Igbe festival, starting from March 23rd to March 30th, 2020 at the holy temple, situated along the East/West road in Unenurhie …
Read More »Bayelsa Landlords Protest ‘Planned Demolition of Houses by Navy’
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Landlords and house owners in Okoria community, Agudama-Epie, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have taken to the streets to protest against alleged forceful demolition of their property by the Central Naval Command. The aggrieved protesters marched through the Melford Okilo Road terminating at …
Read More »More Reactions as Uwheru Communities Ban Sale of Cow Meat
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri More reactions continue to trail the ban on the sale of cow meat in Uwheru communities in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The ban comes on the heels of recent horrors and killings in Agadama, Avwon and Ohoror communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen. …
Read More »Parents Levied To Mend Broken Fence at Girls’ School, Evwreni
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri As part of efforts to provide security for students and staff of Girls Model Secondary School, Evwreni in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, parents and guardians of students in the school levied themselves to mend part of the school fence that was broken …
Read More »Atamu Club Ends 4th Finishing School at Ughelli
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri A word class socio-cultural organization and non-governmental organisation, Atamu Social Club of Nigeria, has ended a finishing school program at Ughelli town, in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State with over seventy participants in attendance. The event, which was held at an events centre, …
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