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… Says 2024 Prosperous Year for Team Bayelsa By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The euphoria that greeted the resounding performance of Team Bayelsa, in the 2nd edition of the National Para Games, is yet to settle down, and it will be so, for a long time to come at least if …

… Calls for Equal Pay to Equal Work By Tina Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called on the Federal Government to fulfill it promises of making the Port Harcourt refinery come on-stream, in order to mitigate the sufferings of the masses. Chairman, TUC Rivers State, Comrade Ikechukwu Onyefuru, in his …

… Says Bayelsa More Polluted than Ogoniland By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has said there is still hope that the revoked licence for OML 46 (also known as Atala Oilfield), belonging to Bayelsa State, will be returned to the state. …

The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied fixing “any date for local council elections in the state.” In a release signed by the state publicity secretary, Dr Ifeanyi Osuoza, the party said it has not fixed any date for council elections, nor “released any purported …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Scores of child rights advocacy groups in Bayelsa State have kicked against the Boxing Day traditional marriage between a four-year old girl and a 54-year old man at Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The child rights advocacy groups including the Dise …

A resident of Mile 1 Diobu, in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mrs Sunday Ndipmong, has raised alarm over the sudden disappearance of her 20-year old son, Victor Sunday, from custody at Mile 1 Police Division, hours after he was arrested on Saturday, December 23, 2023. In …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has again made a case for the practice of true federalism and restructuring of Nigeria in order to determine the real viability of states. Governor Diri spoke on Wednesday during the 124th state executive council meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, …

… As Government is Urged to Take Lead in Prosecution of Illegal Bunkerers By Godwin Chukwumaechi Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd, PINL last week embarked on a three-day community sensitisation of communities in some of the zones under it area of coverage in its pipeline surveillance contract with the Nigerian National …

… Tasks Officers on Discipline  By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 16, comprising Bayelsa and Rivers States, AIG Paul Odama, has averred that corruption thrives in Nigeria because the police are not doing their job as it should. The AIG said the police, with the …

By Chukwumaechi Godwin The deputy national president of Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, Dr Emi-Membere Otaji, has called for a deliberate and stronger public-private sector partnership to boost investments and grow the economy of Rivers State. Otaji made the call in Port Harcourt on Monday at …