By Joel Anekwe Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has expressed optimism that the state’s $12 million cassava processing initiative will create jobs and enhance the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. The governor urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to support the initiative …
Read More »NOSDRA Subjects Shell’s Okordia-Rumuekpe Pipeline to Third-Party Examination
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) says it has subjected a section of the 14″ Okordia-Rumuekpe pipeline to third-pary examination in a bid to resolve the dispute on the cause of a November 12, 2019 leak at Shell’s oilfields in Bayelsa State. Shell Petroleum Development Company of …
Read More »SPDC Denies Involvement in Leadership Crisis at Host Community in Bayelsa
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), on Monday said it did not interfere with the selection of community representatives on Cluster Development Boards (CDBs) that administer its community development funds. SPDC said under the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) template, host communities solely select or recall who represents …
Read More »DPR Restates Commitment to Safety of Tank Farms
By Joel Anekwe The Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) has restated its commitment to ensure the safety of tank farms across Nigeria, adding that it would not allow its safety strategy to be compromised by operators of tank farms in the country. Mr Bassey Nkanga, zonal operations controller, Port Harcourt …
Read More »Rivers Set to Privatise 13 Farms, 8 Rest Houses
By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State Government has invited reputable and experienced players in the hospitality and agricultural sectors for Expression of Interest to run 13 government-owned farms and 8 catering rest houses in the state, as part of strategies to boost agriculture and create job opportunities for the teeming …
Read More »Commission Urges States to Implement Fiscal Responsibility Act
By Joel Anekwe As Nigeria grapples with the challenge of corruption and financial indiscipline at all levels, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Wednesday, urged all state governments in the country to implement the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007. Acting Chairman of the commission, Mr. Victor Muruako, made the call at a workshop organized …
Read More »Bayelsa Travel Writers Want Gov Diri to Launch Tourism Endowment Fund, Masterplan
In commemoration of this year’s World Tourism Day celebrations, chairman of Bayelsa Travel Writers’ Corps, Mr Piriye Kiyaramo, has called on Bayelsa State government to launch the Bayelsa State Culture and Tourism Endowment Fund and tourism masterplan to drive the development and promotion of the tourism sector in the state, …
Read More »Rivers Lobbies FG for Licences for Modular Refineries
By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State government says it has begun lobbying the Federal Government to grant licences to youths of the state to build and operate modular refineries. The state is one of those suffering from the activities of illegal refineries, operated by youths in many parts of the …
Read More »Travel Journalism Is Stimulus To Economic Growth ~ Bayelsa NUJ Chairman
Chairman, Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Samuel Numenegi, has called on the federal, states and local governments to pay adequate attention to tourism promotion and development, adding that its contributions to poverty reduction, efficiency and productivity, also impacts on several external economic factors, making …
Read More »Bayelsa Youths ‘Shut Down SPDC’s Clough Creek Flow Station’
Members of Agbidiama Community’s Youth Council, host of Opukushi, Tunu and Clough Creek Flow-stations in Ekeremnewsmen Local Government Area in Bayelsa State have disrupted activities at the flow-station. Torke Ekpetun, Youth president of the aggrieved Ekeremor community youths, said shortly after the action on Thursday that the youths were yearning …
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