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… Allege Diversion of Funds By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Renowned environmentalists, Rev Nnimmo Bassey and Mr Alagoa Morris, on Wednesday frowned at the neglect of oil communities and their environment by Niger Delta governors. The duo in separate interviews on the 2019 World Environmental Day (WED) noted that 13 per …
Read More »‘Bayelsa Remains Least Indebted State in South-South’
… To Complete Payment of N120bn Sylva Bond in June By David Owei, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has said that the state is the least indebted among the states of the South South geopolitical zone. He said that the state’s debt profile as released …
Read More »Bayelsa LG Polls Should Hold Despite Threat by Opposition Parties ~ PDP
Bayelsa State chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Moses Cleopas, has called on the state government to ensure the conduct of the local government elections despite threats by elements of the opposition in the state. Cleopas said in a statement that no amount of threats should be allowed …
Read More »US, Korean Delegation Visit PHCCIMA, Explore Business Partnership
The Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce (PHCCIMA), as leader of the organized private sector in Rivers State, and the state government, have forged a shared interest in building confidence for investors visiting the state. This was the position of a delegation of United States of America and Republic of Korea …
Read More »APC Group Backs Call For Oshiomhole’s Resignation
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 …
Read More »Bayelsa Monthly Revenue Nosedives as Dep Gov Declares N1.88bn Deficit for April
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 …
Read More »Oil Spillage: 60 Bayelsa Communities Present Evidence to Environmental Panel
… 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 …
Read More »Dickson Urges Clergy to Pray for Emergence of Bayelsa’s Next Gov
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 …
Read More »HYPREP, A Failed Project ~ Ogoni Activists
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 …
Read More »Landlord Drags Bayelsa PDP to Court Over Unpaid Rent
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 …
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