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By Joel Anekwe The Rivers Unity House (RUH), an advocacy group within the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lent its voice to calls for the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Kingsley Wali, convener of the RUH, addressing journalists in …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has declared a N1.88 billion deficit as balance for April 2018, saying its earnings from the Federation Account Allocation Committee have been suffering a setback in the past four months. The state deputy governor, Rear Admiral Gboribigha John Jonah (retd) disclosed this on …

… Devastation Like Dropped Bomb ~ Archbishop Sentamu By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa No fewer than 60 communities and groups have presented evidence of oil-related devastation to the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) chaired by the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu. The 10-man panel inaugurated by Governor Henry …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Hon Seriake Dickson, has urged the religious team and the body of clergy in the state to organize special prayers for the emergence of his successor. The governor said while speaking during a live media chat on Tuesday that the issue of the …

By Our Reporter Despite working at a pace which it says meets international best practice, the Engr. Marvin Dekil-led Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP) has come under a barrage of condemnations from a broad spectrum of Ogoni youths and environmental rights activists. Tuesday, the leadership of the Ogoni Youth Federation …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A former chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Mr Chubby Ben-Walson, has dragged the Bayelsa State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to a state High Court sitting in Yenagoa, for failure to pay its eight-year outstanding rent, totaling N85 million, for …

David Owei, Yenagoa In line with the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu, the Bayelsa State Police Command has officially launched the ‘Operation Puff Adder’ which was introduced by the IGP across the states of the federation. Launching the operation at the state police command headquarters in …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa As part of its corporate social responsibilities to its communities, the Aiteo Group, indigenous oil and gas company operating in Bayelsa State, has donated the sum of five hundred million Naira to boost the state’s Education Trust Fund. Speaking at the fund’s launch in Yenagoa, Mr Benedict …

By Joel Anekwe A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South region, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has declared that the minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi’s statement on Ndi-Igbo and 2023 Presidency was misunderstood and blown out of proportion. He described remarks made by some Igbos against the minister …

By Joel Anekwe The Federal Government has assured that it would complete the Bodo- Bonny road with the expectation to improve the economy of Nigeria. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, gave the assurance during the inspection of the Bodo-Bonny/Port Harcourt-Aba roads project in Rivers State. The minister …