By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A Niger Delta group, the Movement for the Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND) has called on the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu to launch an independent investigation into alleged cases of oil vessels entrapment along the waterways of the region, insisting that the …
Read More »RSBC Staff Picket Company over alledged Mismanagement
By Mandy Tina Some staffers of the Rivers State Broadcasting corporation have staged a protest shutting down operations on Monday 12 February, 2024, over alleged “management’s poor performance.” The staff who gathered at about 6:am locked the station entrance while accusing the management of neglect and corrupt system of leadership. …
Read More »Bayelsa to Immortalise Wigwe ~ Diri
… Niger Gov Inaugurates 22km Ring Road Project By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said his administration is considering immortalising the late group managing director and chief executive officer of Access Bank Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, for his contribution to development of the state. …
Read More »Edo 2024: As Eromosele Vows Grassroots Governance
By Ehichioya Ezomon The other day, 18 of the over 30 aspirants of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2024 governorship election in Edo State – acting as paupers in an undisguised blackmail – petitioned the party leadership to scrap the N5m fee for Expression of Interest form, and reduce …
Read More »NAOC’s Petition Led to Arrest, 2-Yr Detention of Youth Activist, Police tell Court
… We Arrested Him Three Times ~ DSS Witness Admits By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Authorities of the Bayelsa State Police Command have thrown more light on the circumstances that led to the arrest and two-year detention of a Youth activist, Comrade Collins Trueman Opumie allegedly by the men of the …
Read More »Bayelsa Set for Diri’s Second Term Inauguration
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Citizens of Bayelsa State were upbeat on Sunday as events marking the second term inauguration of Governor Douye Diri kicked off with a thanksgiving service. Thousands of beautiful dressed Bayelsans thronged the state’s Ecumenical Centre at Igbogene in appreciation to God for the governor’s victory in …
Read More »Bauchi, Plateau Dominate as Barau Wins Bayelsa Gov’s 21km Marathon
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Wadata Barau of Bauchi State, on Saturday, emerged winner of the male category of the fourth edition of the Senator Douye Diri (SDD) Bayelsa Marathon. One hundred and thirty-five athletes participated in the elite, teens (male and female students) and Leisure Runners categories of the 21km …
Read More »NIS Launches Border Operation against Illegal Movement of Farm Produce outside Nigeria
By Amos Odhe The zonal coordinator of the Nigeria Immigration Service Zone C, with headquarters in Bauchi State and covering Plateau State and the North East (Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Yobe states), ACG James Sunday has launched a security operation tagged ‘Operation Tsaron Iyaka,’ meaning ‘Operation Secured Border,’ to tackle …
Read More »Niger Delta Elders Slam Online Tabloid over ‘Frivolous Allegations against Boyloaf’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Some key stakeholders from the Niger Delta region have “unanimously condemned the false claims” of the alleged involvement of the frontline former militant leader, Chief Ebikabowei Victor-Ben, also known as General Boyloaf, in the alleged financial wrongdoings levelled against the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty …
Read More »Court Restrains Police from Arresting Ihunwo, Adokiye, Others
By Mandy Tina A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted order of interim injunction restraining Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Etokun, Commissioner of Police Rivers State, CP Olatunji Disu and Martin Amaewhule, their subordinate, agents, privies, proxies and representatives from arresting chairman of National Youth Council of …
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