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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

… 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 …

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 …

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Sunday, visited the Dangote Refinery, Dangote Petrochemical Plant and the Dangote Port in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. The governor and his entourage were received by President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko. Dangote, and the Vice President, Oil and Gas of Dangote Industries Limited, …

… As Peremo Soccer Academy, Niger Delta Queens, Boro Queens Win in Women’s Tournament … Movers FC, Bayelsa United Feeders, Agbere FC also Secure Round of Sixteen Ticket Defending champions, Krusaders Feeders FC, Afini FC, Anyama FC, Petroleum Boys FC, Rose of Sharon FC, Ogboinbiri FC, Nembe City FC and …

By Kelechi Nwaucha As the campaign for an end to fossil fuel gains traction across the globe, primary and secondary school children in the city of Port Harcourt, South South Nigeria, have staged a walk in support of a greener earth. Part of their demands, which they made during the …

The deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State in last year’s election, Great Joshua MacIver, has felicitated with the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, at 60 years, describing him as a man of remarkable leadership and vision for Bayelsa State and the …