By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ayama community of Gbarain clan, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has joined the league of communities that have benefited from the solar-powered street lights project of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Against this backdrop, the community recently rolled out the drums …

By Reporter Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, signed the Medical Residency Training Law 2024, making it the first state in Nigeria with such beneficial law for resident doctors. The executive bill sent to the Bayelsa State House of Assembly provides for funding support for resident doctors …

… Claim Otuaro ‘Worked for Atiku’ By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The appointment of Dennis Otuaro as administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has been rejected by the Delta State APC Transparency and Advocacy Group. The group rather called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to replace him with a registered …

By Odie Ramon, Yenagoa The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) captured all the councils election in Saturday as it won all the eight seats declared by the Bayelsa State electoral commission (BYSIEC). The immediate past commissioner of Agriculture and Natural resources, Chief David Alagoa, emerged victorious for Nembe Local Government Area, …

By Kelechi Nwaucha In 2016, Nigeria signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Paris Agreement, which it ratified in March 2017, and thus committed to an unconditional reduction of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission by 20 percent, as well as a conditional reduction of 45%, by 2030. …

By Pius Dukor As the environmental remediation exercise in Ogoni reaches the stage of shoreline clean up and mangrove planting, coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), Prof. Neeniibari Zabbey, has tasked Ogoni youths to stay clear off illegal bunkering, as this could hamper the on-going clean up in …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has applauded the re-appointment of Dr. Samuel Kolawole Oredipe as the director-general, New Media to the governor of Bayelsa State. A statement by the council chairman, Comrade Samuel Numonengi, and secretary, Comrade Ogio Ipigansi described …

… As Diri Assures on More Infrastructure for Institution By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), the body saddled with the responsibility of approving medical programmes in Nigerian universities, has accredited the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme at the state-owned Bayelsa …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has declared the purported list of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee members for the state, circulating in the national and social media, as fake and thus “cannot stand.” The governor said the list was the handiwork of cheap publicity seekers …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged “subterranean moves” by the state governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara and some judges in the state to procure, on behalf of the governor, some interim orders against the State House of Assembly. Chairman of the Caretaker …