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By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested 169 drug suspects in Bayelsa, from 2019 to 2020. The NDLEA commander in the state, Mr Kopi Maulsei, disclosed this in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital, to mark the 2020 United Nations International Day against Drug …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa As part its quest to deepen local content and boost job creation, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Friday signed equity investment agreements with two companies, Duport Midstream Company, for the establishment of an Energy Park in Egbokor, Edo State, and Eraskon Nigeria …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa As parts of its humanitarian efforts, the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) has presented items to 20 states in its ongoing distribution of palliatives since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that efforts are on the way to ensure that items get to other states of the country.  The …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The president general of Unenurhie community, in Evwreni kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Peter Maison, has said that the e-learning programme designed by the state ministry of Basic and Secondary Education to engage school children during the period of lockdown, occasioned …

By Joel Anekwe Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for supporting Hon Victor Giadom’s bid, as the controversial acting national chairman of the party, to convene the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party in Abuja tomorrow. The leaders, …

… Amaechi, Abe in ‘Sidon Look’ By Joel Anekwe The crisis rocking the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), like the chameleon, keeps taking on new colours on daily basis and deepening further the situation that has become an albatross round the party’s neck. A new wave …

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of the reconciliation efforts of the Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The governor Tuesday told newsmen in Port Harcourt that some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP are sycophants and tax collectors who …

The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) on Wednesday explained that it responded within 24 hours after a pipeline blast by vandals at its Taylor Creek oilfields in August 2019 and shut the facility to curtail further degradation of the environment. The explanation is coming on the heels of outcry that …

… Suspends Mid-Week, Home Cell Activities By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has asked the state taskforce on COVID-19 to unseal worship centres that run foul of measures imposed by the state government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the state. He, however, urged …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The management of the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has denied reports alleging that the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, had demanded the sum of $20 million from its executive secretary, Engr. Simbi Wabote, “to fund re-run elections in Bayelsa State. …