… Hails Bayelsa Corps Members over ‘High Level of Discipline’ The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen YD Ahmed, has assured that security and welfare of corps members remain top priority of his administration. Brig. Gen Ahmed, who paid a familiarisation visit on Thursday to …
Read More »Bayelsa Indigenes Raise Alarm over ‘Massive Oil Spill’ from Agip Pipeline
Indigenes of the Olugboboro community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have cried out over a massive leakage of crude oil from the pipeline operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, in the area. According to the Olugboboro indigenes, the spill occured about two months ago …
Read More »Flood Alert: Bayelsa to Identify More Higher Grounds for Makeshift Camps
Following the 2024 flood warning issued by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), the Bayelsa State Government has directed its agency for flood and erosion control to begin the process of identifying more higher grounds for flood relief camps across the state. The state government also asked the directorate to identify …
Read More »Police Arrest Man, 80, for allegedly Defiling 10 Year old in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Police Command has taken into custody an 80-year old man, identified as Pa. Stephen, for allegedly defiling a 10-year old pupil at Otuokpoti Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. According to reports filed by Gender Advocacy groups in the state, including the Dise ogbise …
Read More »Bayelsa: International Scouting, Coaching Clinic Ends as Women’s Tournament Begins
It was an eventful week in Yenagoa as the 5th Governor Diri International Scouting Program/Coaching Clinic climaxed in a pulsating final match involving twenty-seven players screened from over five hundred players selected during the preliminary round of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football tournament, tagged the Prosperity Cup. It was a memorable …
Read More »Olympics: Nigerian Wrestlers depart Spain for Germany for Final Camping
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Nigeria Wrestling contingent left Madrid, Spain for Germany in what is their last camping before the Olympic Games in Paris, France. The wrestlers which participated in Spanish Grand Prix, a pre-Olympic tournament in Madrid, had Esther Kolawole 62kg and Ogunsanya Christinah 53kg record bronze for …
Read More »Natural Justice Condemns ‘Persistent’ Oil Spills in Bodo, Seeks Rerouting of Trans Niger Pipeline
Natural Justice Nigeria, the Nigerian arm of the Pan African Civil Society Group, has expressed concerned over what it described as “the repeated and persistent oil spills along the Trans Niger pipeline, particularly the section that bifurcates Bodo community, in Gokana Local Government Area.” In a release signed by its …
Read More »Edo 2024: The Inegbeniki, Mayaki ‘Suitability’ Question of Okpebholo’s Candidacy (2)
By Ehichioya Ezomon In the second and last installment of this header – the first part on Monday, July 1, 2024, having dealt with the High Chief Francis Inegbeniki’s angle to the instant issue of “suitability” of Senator Monday Okpebholo for Governor of Edo State – I plead to recall …
Read More »Amnesty: PAP-sponsored Cadet Pilots Complete Type-Rating in South Africa
… PAP to Prioritize Vocational Training, Quality Education ~ Otuaro The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has said that the PAP Office will not relent in its determination to improve the manpower base of the Niger Delta. He said this will be achieved with quality …
Read More »Face Governance, Stop Junketing, Sylva’s Aide Tells Diri
The Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to Chief Timipre Sylva, Hon. Julius Bokoru, has expressed concern over what he described as the multiple local and foreign trips embarked on by the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri. Bokoru, who spoke in Yenagoa at the weekend described Diri as a …
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