By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Mrs Williams Koroye mother of a five year old girl kidnapped by an acquaintance simply identified as Ahmed on Thursday said that her baby remained in captivity after a ransom demand for N1 million was met The toddler, Peace, was abducted at their residence in Akemfa …
Read More »Social Workers March against Violence on Women, Children in Bayelsa
Members of the Nigeria Association of Social Workers on Tuesday staged a sensitization march on the streets of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital to educate the masses on how to end violence against women and children in the state. Members of the group, who moved from Yenagoa-Mbiama road to the Government …
Read More »Palm Oil: PHCCIMA, Stakeholders Express Commitment to Resuscitating Sector in Rivers
Participants at the Palm Oil Stakeholders Forum in Port Harcourt have been enjoined to rediscover opportunities inherent in the industry to boost Nigeria’s economy. The call was made by Chief Nabil Saleh, president of the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, at the forum organized by PHCCIMA in collaboration with major …
Read More »RCCG Onne Province Donates Items to Port Harcourt Prisons
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Province 13, Onne Rivers State, has put smiles on the faces of inmates of the Port Harcourt Prisons, when leadership of the province led by the senior pastor, Pst. (Dr) Joseph Ibani Frank Briggs, paid a visit to the prison with food items, …
Read More »Abducted 5yr-old Girl: Kidnapper Demands N1m Ransom
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A kidnap suspect, identified as Ahmed, who allegedly abducted a five-year-old girl in Yenagoa, has demanded N1 million ransom, the victim’s mother, Mrs Williams Koroye, has said. Koroye told our correspondent that that the girl, Peace, was abducted from their residence at Akemfa 1 on Wednesday …
Read More »UK Parliament Holds Session on Bayelsa Oil Spills
… Dickson Gets Accolades as Campaign Wins Paris Awards By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The effort to internationalise the campaign against environmental injustice in Bayelsa State has caught the attention of the United Kingdom Parliament with the Africa All Parliamentary Group (AAPPG) holding a session to discuss the impact of oil …
Read More »Brass, Nembe, Southern Ijaw communities Slam Oil Firms over Neglect
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Elders, women and youth leaders from various communities in Brass, Nembe and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State have bemoaned their neglect by oil companies operating in their areas. The communities also lamented years of oil spillages that have destroyed their environment, aquatic life …
Read More »Bayelsa Guber: Igali, Osaisai Open Campaign Offices in Yenagoa
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa As the Bayelsa State governorship elections scheduled for November 16, 2019 draws near, two governorship contenders, Amb. Godknows Igali and Dr Franklin Osaisai have opened and dedicated their separate campaign offices in choice areas of Yenagoa. Both of them have purchased and submitted their forms. According to …
Read More »IOCs’ GMoU, Fraudulent ~ Bayelsa Oil Communities
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Some communities in Bayelsa State have described as fraudulent the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMOU) with international oil companies (IOCs) operating in their areas. The oil-bearing communities located in Yenagoa and Ogbia local government areas made the claim during a stakeholders’ forum organised by the Bayelsa …
Read More »Sylva, Others Shun Ex-Minister’s Declaration, Campaign Office Opening
By David Owei, Yenagoa The leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, Werinipre Seibarugu, Nestor Binabor and other prominent members of the party were conspicuously absent at the formal declaration of Senator Heineken Lokpobiri’s gubernatorial ambition and opening of the campaign office in Yenagoa. However, …
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