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… 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 …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has joined its candidates for National Assembly seats in the 2023 elections to reject Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam as presiding judge over a case instituted against the APC candidates by the state chapter of the Peoples …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Nigerian Senate has added its voice to those of other stakeholders calling for an end the menace of gas flaring in Nigeria. The continuing practice of gas flaring has been roundly condemned as a major contributor to environmental degradation prompting a wide range of …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Despite the votes of confidence passed on the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, members of the party sympathetic to the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike have again insisted that Ayu must resign.  The group threatened that it won’t be part …