By Ehichioya Ezomon As the three-man Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) reserved judgment in the petitions against the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, we’re reminded, as per Muhammad JSC, in Olonade vs Sowemimo (2014) …
Read More »SERAP Drags Akpabio to Court over Akpoti-Uduaghan’s ‘Unlawful Suspension’
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP; has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr. Godswill Akpabio over the failure to reverse the unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the purported suspension was based on the peaceful exercise of her right to freedom of expression. The Senate president …
Read More »Diri Seeks Remediation, Climate Finance for N’Delta Communities at UN Summit
… Proposes Global Sanction for Polluters By Amos Odhe The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has again taken his campaign against environmental degradation and the impact of climate change on communities in the Niger Delta to the international arena. The Bayelsa governor on Monday advocated for the imposition …
Read More »Bayelsa: Ewhrudjakpo Assures Medical Association, Tertiary Institutions of ‘Fair Treatment’
The deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has assured members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and workers of state-owned tertiary institutions of the state government’s commitment to their welfare..Senator Ewhrudjakpo gave the assurance at separate meetings with the executives of the state’s branch of the NMA and …
Read More »Prosperity Cup: Okoroba FC, Nembe City Qualify for Next Stage
Lucky Baratuapre has scored the first hattrick of season seven of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football showpiece, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament tagged the Prosperity Cup. Playing at the Twon Brass centre in Brass Local Government Area on Wednesday, Baratuapre’s hattrick helped Water Strikers FC to whitewash New Strikers 6-0, thereby …
Read More »Otuaro Re-Commits to ‘Sustainable Peace, Security in N’Delta,’ Hails Tantita on Pipelines Protection
The administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring sustainable peace and security in the Niger Delta for the advancement of economic empowerment and human capital development in the region. He stated this when a delegation of the Niger Delta Peace and Stability …
Read More »Igali Calls for Inclusion of Traditional Wrestling, Canoeing in National Sports Festival
… Receives Bayelsa Athletes who represented Nigeria at ECOWAS African Wrestling Tournament The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Sports Development, Dr Daniel Igali, has called on the National Sports Commission and the Main Organising Committee of the National Sports Festival in Ogun State to include traditional wrestling, known as ‘Kuwa,’ and …
Read More »Open Letter To Governor Siminalayi Fubara
A Call for Unity, Reconciliation, and Leadership (We Stoop to Conquer) Your Excellency, I write to you with a deep sense of duty and concern for the peace, stability, and progress of Rivers State. Your Excellency, you have fought a historic political battle, and with the Supreme Court’s ruling and …
Read More »PDP Crisis: No Person is Bigger than Party ~ Diri
The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is bigger than any individual and that its internal challenges would be fixed once the members resolve to tackle them. Speaking to journalists at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday after the …
Read More »Prosperity Cup 2025: Sangana FC Beats Mini City FC, as Activity Shifts to Twon-Brass
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Sangana FC have moved into the next round of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football fiesta, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament christened the “Prosperity Cup”. In a keenly contested encounter at the Sangana center in Brass Local Government Area, Sangana FC beat Mini City FC 2-1 to secure …
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