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By Mineh Okioma, Yenagoa Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, has called for a proper selection of talented young players from the Governor Seriake Dickson Football Tournament, so as to infuse them in developmental programs that would ensure they become national team players in the coming years. The minister …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart from Uwheru Ward in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Goodluck Irorohwo Oyibokure, has commended the state commissioner for higher education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare, for the lofty ideas he has been contributing to the development of education in …

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 Amnesty Beneficiaries Applaud Buhari on Empowerment   By Our Reporter But for the intervention of ex-agitators present, aides of the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo, would have descended into a fist fight during the Presidential Amnesty special empowerment programme for people in …

… 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 Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Following plans by the Federal Government to obtain a $1 billion loan from foreign banks, among them, the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), aimed purchasing farming equipment for local farmers in the country, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart in Delta State, Mr. Goodluck Irorohwo Oyibokure, has …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Barely three weeks after the Bayelsa Police Command freed a six year old kidnap victim, the command on Thursday said it foiled another incident and freed two persons kidnapped on Wednesday. The kidnappers met a resistance when policemen responding to a distress call accosted them while …

… Dickson Announces Automatic Employment for First-Class Graduands By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A total of 91 graduands of the Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island in Bayelsa State bagged First-Class honours, as the university held its 5th combined convocation ceremony for a total of 15,811 graduands. Presenting an address at the …

… As End Users Flaw Equipment By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa  The Sustainable Development Goals in partnership with the federal, state and local government areas have flagged off a free medical outreach at Amasoma, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area. While declaring the ceremony open, the permanent secretary, ministry of Health, …