By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has challenged the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) to substantiate its claim that customers in Bayelsa owed N16.5 billion. The IYC had on December 23, besieged the offices of the PHEDC and forced the staff to ground operations and occupied …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Princess (Chief) Mrs Gladys Aghogho Puegeren (nee Egoh), who was appointed by Gov Ifeanyi Okowa as first female permanent secretary from Uwheru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area, was among personalities that were bestowed with honor at a reception organized by the Uwheru Development Union …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa A Yenagoa-based female lawyer, Edna Ndubuisi, has raised alarm over “persistent threats by armed men who claimed to be ex-militants.” The ex-militants, who are plaintiffs in a lawsuit on their stipends with commercial banks, reportedly on November 19, 2019, armed with pistols and other dangerous weapons, …

By Boma Susan Banjo(08032662889) “I met Mrs Christy Otu at the N.S.I.A LUTH Cancer Centre recently while we were both doing radiotherapy and we became a family. “She has triple positive breast cancer which means she needs an injection called Herceptin, which costs about N350, 000 each, every 3 weeks, and she needs …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Joint Task Force (JTF) protecting oil facilities in the Niger Delta has extended free medical services to its host community, Igbogene, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Flagging off the event, Rear Adm. Akinjide Akinrinade, commander of the joint military force, said the gesture …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa   The Bayelsa Health Insurance Scheme (BHIS) on Friday said it targets universal health coverage in the state by 2030 following the successes it recorded in the public sector in the past two years. Dr Zuoboemi Agadah, BHIS’ executive secretary, said the scheme covered more than …

The Rivers Ijaw Indigenous Forum (RIIF), a socio-cultural organization in the Niger Delta region, has lauded the “magnanimous policies of Belema Oil Company with regards to its employment and empowerment programmes in the region and beyond.” The group said it was satisfied with their implementation programmes, adding that the future …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers has held its investiture ceremony and inauguration of the Bayelsa State branch, as well as advised government to invest hugely in the power sector to grow the economy and attract investors. National chairman of Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Engr. …

By Joel Anekwe   The Soku Council of Chiefs, Elders and Leaders has commended the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, for “his dogged struggle that led to the Federal High Court judgment that returned the Soku oil wells/fields to the state.”  Addressing journalists on Tuesday, chairman of Soku Council of Chiefs, Chief Telema Imoh, …

As the Yuletide draws closer, the King of Abuloma kingdom, HRH Brig-Gen. Bright Ateke Fiboinumama, has treated friends, chiefs, captains of Industry and the people of his domain to a lavish cocktail that attracted the creme de la creme of society. The monarch thanked his people and guests for their …