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  By David Owei (Yenagoa)   Following reports of burglary and stealing in the Yenagoa metropolis, the commissioner of Police Bayelsa State Command, CP Aminu Pai Saleh has charged tactical commanders and divisional police officers to intensify their operations to curb the menace. On Friday, December 21, 2018, at about 0445hrs, …

  By David Owei, Yenagoa   Justice Kate Abiri, chief judge of Bayelsa has declined an application to have the rape trial of Chief Richard Kpodo, a former security adviser to ex-governor Timipre Sylva to another judge. It would be recalled that the ongoing trial of Kpodo, charged for rape …

  By David Owei, Yenagoa   Four persons have been critically injured in a ghastly motor accident involving a tanker laden with petrol and two commercial tricycles, known in local parlance as Keke. The incident happened along Akenpai, a suburb in Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital. The accident, according to resident who witnessed …

  … Warns on Use Of Tinted Glass, Covered Plate Numbers   By David Owei, Yenagoa   Police ban on the use of fireworks during the Yuletide season is still in force. This was contained in a press statement signed by the PPRO Butswat Asinim. The Bayelsa State Police Command …

  By David Owei, Yenagoa   Bayelsa State governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Thursday splashed over One hundred and fifty million Naira cash awards to the state’s contingent to the 19th National Sports Festival, in Abuja, from 6th to 16th of December, 2018. A statement by the special …

  … As PDP Seeks To ‘Disqualify’ APC Candidates   By Des Ogini   The times are getting tougher for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State going closer to the 2019 general elections, as the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Obo Effanga claims that “as …

  By Christopher Ukandi   There is unsettling silence in Rivers State just days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) blew the whistle for the commencement of electioneering campaigns for the 2019 general election. Rivers State is known as the hub of political thought. They set the space and …

  Unarguably, one of the best among her generation. Without doubt, a passionate, responsible, responsive and enduring lawmaker. I have monitored her activities over the years, she is reliable and dogged. Port Harcourt State Constituency 1 in the Rivers House of Assembly can confirm her depth, reasoning and being. — …

  By Paul Williams   With a dedicated container terminal and state of the art facilities, Onne Port in South-South Nigeria has been described as the hub for oil and gas logistics in the West African sub-region. Manager of Onne Port, Alhaji Alhassan Ismaila Abubakar, during an interaction with maritime …

  …As Atiku Commiserates With Rivers Government   By Joel Anekwe   The controversy surrounding the collapse of the 7-storey building in Port Harcourt Rivers State claimed its first official casualty Wednesday with the stepping aside of the commissioner for Urban Development and Physical Planning, Dr Reason Onya, to “allow …