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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government has called on the Federal Government to work closely with flood prone states in the planning and implementation of feasible measures to check the menace of flooding in the country. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the call while visiting flood …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt  Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has called on stakeholders in the domestic liquified petroleum gas (LPG) value chain to invest in the supply of the product to ensure a reliable and steady supply stream to the market. Speaking at a conference in Lagos to mark 15 years …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt  The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, and presided over by Justice E.A. Obile, Tuesday nullified all the primary elections conducted by the All Progressives Congress in the state over unlawful exclusion of some members of the party as delegates …

… Awards Scholarship to Late Footballer’s Children By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has donated the sum of N55 million to flood victims in Bayelsa State. Speaking at the Government House, Yenagoa, during a visit on Tuesday, Alhaji Abubakar said the …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the Federal Government to declare a national emergency on the rampaging flood that has devastated lives and property in the state and others in the country. Senator Diri made the call at an emergency security council meeting in …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in Rivers State, Chief Victor Fingesi, has described Executive Order 21 recently signed by state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, as “subtle reintroduction of the draconian Decree four (4) of the long forgotten military era which gagged …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Undoubtedly, many Nigerians are angry and unhappy over the return – alive, and looking refreshed – of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Nigeria after a 12-day sojourn abroad. Some had prayed, fasted and gone to the mountain, and hired clerics of both Christian and Muslim faiths and …

… As Party Doubts ‘Genuineness’ of CP Eboka’s Security Meeting The Rivers State chapter of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) has described Governor Nyesom Wike’s directive, as contained in Executive Order 21, as an attempt to foist anarchy on the state. Governor Wike had through Order 21 prohibited the use …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has described the “boastful plot of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to takeover in the forthcoming election as sheer arrogance of a non-existing political party in the state.” The minister of State for Petroleum Resources and leader of …

… As APC National Vice Chairman meets Stakeholders By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa National vice chairman (South-South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Victor Giadom, and other top national executives met with the leadership and stakeholders of the Bayelsa State chapter of the party in Yenagoa on Saturday. Welcoming the …