… Its Dream Come True ~ Diri   After months of expectation, the Bayelsa State-owned airport, on Saturday, finally got the nod of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to commence commercial flight operations.  NCAA’s director general, Dr. Nuhu Musa, presented the regulatory body’s approval letter to an elated Governor Douye …

By Young Erhiurhoro The final rites of passage were held recently for the departed iconic Urhobo patriot and world-class professor of African-American Studies, late Prof. Peter Palmer Ekeh, who died on November 17, 2020 in the United States. As has been usual since the funeral activities began, the National Executive …

Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has called on members of the House of Representatives to expedite action on passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), noting that this will correct some of the injustices faced by oil producing states. Governor Diri made the call on Tuesday when members of …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was caught in a mixed mood of mourning and festivity recently as the entire community, and the God’s Kingdom Society (GKS), the Church of the living God, said farewell to a dedicated and committed …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa An industrialist and former minister of state for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has called on the political class in Delta State to ensure the Urhobos of the Delta Central Senatorial district produce the next governor of the state in line with the zoning arrangement.  Gbagi made …

By Young Erhiurhoro Africa was described by ancient British writers and philosophers as the cradle of civilization, beginning from Egypt where the Pharaohs exercised much power and influence, through to the Mediterranean, across Greece and Asian countries, and over three hundred years of non-stop monarchy and primogeniture. This was possible …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Ohoror community in Uwheru kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was recently thrown into pandemonium and mourning as a young woman (name withheld) in her prime stabbed her husband (name also withheld) to death. Narrating the ugly incident to our correspondent, one …

Amidst pomp and pageantry, the crème de la crème of the society attended the coronation of the newly crowned Amayanabo of Bille kingdom in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, King Igbikingeri Ngowari Cornelius Herbert, Agbaniye-Jike XVIII. The week-long event came to a climax on Saturday, April 3, 2021 …

The Ekowe Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was agog penultimate Saturday as the community’s civic centre was filled to the rafters as the people came in their numbers to celebrate the epochal and historic conferment of chieftaincy titles on four “messianic leaders” by His Royal Highness …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The Atamu Social Club, Lagos has ended its 5th finishing school at Abraham’s Place, Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, with a call on Nigerian youths to shun crime and fraudulent online businesses, otherwise known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo.’ The finishing school, which …