By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has banned all tribal and ethnic-based traders’ associations operating in Swail and other markets in the state. Consequently, the state Commissioner of Police has been directed to enforce the order by arresting any person or group of persons who continues to parade …

… MSDND Urges Police IG to InvestigateBy Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Former Secetary General of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Comrade Jude Gbaboyor, has raised alarm over alleged attempt by some Police personnel attached to the Tantita Surveillance Security Company to kidnap him at his …

A socio-cultural group, known as the Crusaders for Niger Delta Community Development (CNDCD), has described attacks on the CEO/Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, as baseless and unnecessary distractions. CNDCD, in a statement issued to newsmen in Yenagoa on Tuesday by its National Coordinator, …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has charged new permanent secretaries in the state to perform their duties with utmost integrity and accountability in the ministries they are assigned. Senator Diri gave the charge on Tuesday during the swearing-in of 15 permanent secretaries inside …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union Of Journalists (NUJ) has felicitated Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on the occasion of his 67th birth anniversary. A statement by Chairman of the NUJ Bayelsa State Council, Comrade Tonye Yemoleigha and Secretary, Comrade Stanley Imgbi said the impactful …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Major Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region has applauded the combined efforts of the Nigerian Military, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL), for their efforts at significantly increasing the country’s oil production to 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd). …

The Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy, and Development, FENRAD, a pro-democracy and environmental rights advocacy group, has commended the Abia State governor, Alex Chioma Otti, on the recent signing of the Greater Ohafia Development Authority. FENRAD described the legislation as a vehicle to drive development and growth in the Ohafia …

… As 5 Players Set for European Clubs By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State is gearing up to host the 6th edition of the prestigious Douye Diri International Scouting Tournament, a platform that showcases Nigeria’s brightest young football talents. This year’s event is scheduled to take place from December 4 …

Former agitators in the Niger Delta, under the aegis of Third Phase Ex-Agitators, have joined stakeholders in the region and Nigeria in general to commend the Presidential Amnesty Programme coordinator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, “for his sterling qualities, purposeful leadership and dexterity he has applied in piloting the affairs of the …

… Urges NNPCL to Start PH, Warri Refineries now A group, known as Stand-Up South South Security Group (SSSSG), has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), and so-called oil cabals, of killing the country’s economy through the importation of refined petroleum products. The group lamented that between 2007 …