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By Mineh Okioma, Yenagoa  The Bayelsa International Airport will be formally commissioned on Monday, February 10, 2020, the state commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has said. The commissioning is coming a year after the inaugural flight to the airport which was embarked on by Governor Seriake Dickson. Iworiso-Markson …

Despite increasing efforts to ensure ease of doing business in the Eastern ports, national trustee member of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Waite Harry, says the Federal Government is not doing enough to develop the ports in the region. Waite’s comment comes as the Nigerian Ports Authority …

… As Staff Cooperative Set Up Microfinance Bank Acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh, has applauded the vision and quality behind the setting up of a micro finance bank by the NDDC Staff Cooperative Investment and Credit Society Limited. Speaking in Port Harcourt …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa  A yet-to-be identified Marijuana smoker, Thursday, allegedly started a fire that razed about ten shops in the popular Swali Ultra-Modern Market in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Although, no lives were, lost but several persons were said to have sustained various degrees of injuries …

By Joel Anekwe  The Rivers State Government has begun a significant step towards increasing investment in its economy with Governor Nyesom Wike inaugurating the Rivers State Ease of Doing Business Council (EODBC). Inaugurating the council at the Government House Port Harcourt on Monday, Governor Wike said that the council is …

… PHEDC Regrets Impact on Economy, N16.6bn Debt By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State government on Wednesday evening resolved the rift between Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) and Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) which led to power cut since December 23, 2019. Mr Kenedy Olorogun, chairman, Central Zone of the …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers has held its investiture ceremony and inauguration of the Bayelsa State branch, as well as advised government to invest hugely in the power sector to grow the economy and attract investors. National chairman of Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Engr. …

Armed sea robbers’ attack on vessels in the Gulf of Guinea, particularly at the coasts of Bonny, Brass and Yenagoa, have continued to top challenges confronting maritime trade in the Eastern ports of Nigeria. This was made known Monday as the House of Representatives committee on Ports and Harbours, led …

The Nigerian Association of Air Freight Forwarders and Consolidated (NAFFAC) Thursday inaugurated its Port Harcourt Airport chapter, while urging its members to abstain from practices that can tarnish the name of the country, themselves and that of the association. NAFFAC’s President General, Dr. Adeyinka Bakare, who inaugurated the new chapter …

… African Countries Seeking of Nigeria’s Local Content Template ~ Sylva By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Federal Government has expressed concern over the rising cost per barrel of crude oil produced in the country, describing it as an anomaly that erodes our net revenue from crude oil sales, and depletes …