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Following the 2024 flood warning issued by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), the Bayelsa State Government has directed its agency for flood and erosion control to begin the process of identifying more higher grounds for flood relief camps across the state. The state government also asked the directorate to identify …

Natural Justice Nigeria, the Nigerian arm of the Pan African Civil Society Group, has expressed concerned over what it described as “the repeated and persistent oil spills along the Trans Niger pipeline, particularly the section that bifurcates Bodo community, in Gokana Local Government Area.” In a release signed by its …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  In the second and last installment of this header – the first part on Monday, July 1, 2024, having dealt with the High Chief Francis Inegbeniki’s angle to the instant issue of “suitability” of Senator Monday Okpebholo for Governor of Edo State – I plead to recall …

The Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to Chief Timipre Sylva, Hon. Julius Bokoru, has expressed concern over what he described as the multiple local and foreign trips embarked on by the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri. Bokoru, who spoke in Yenagoa at the weekend described Diri as a …

… Says Kyari’s Claim, from an ‘Old Play Book of Deceit’ By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A group, the Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND), has written to President Bola Tinubu over a “recent statement by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and the Group Managing Director, …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa Elders Council has urged the state government to make massive investments in agricultural development and technical education to recalibrate the economy of the state towards self-sufficiency. It said the only way to overcome the looming food crisis is for government to be directly involved …

By Mandy Tina The University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) has announced plans to commence kidney transplantation by October 2024, “upon completion of ongoing preparations.” This was disclosed by Professor Datonye Alasia, Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) at UPTH, during a Ground Rounds presentation by the hospital’s …

A group known as Project Niger Delta, PND, has said that the “voiceless majority” Ijaws in Delta State and beyond have been marginalized in the distribution of political appointments and other benefits by the duo of acclaimed Ijaw leader, Pa Edwin Clark and Chief Oweizide Government, aka Tompolo. PND in …

About 275 civil society organizations and networks working on drugs, health, human rights and justice issues in Nigeria have sent an Open Letter to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to “reject and ensure the removal of ‘Death Penalty for Drug Offences’ Passed Bill for an Act to amend the NDLEA …

The Bayelsa Elders Council has commiserated with the state Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, over the death of his immediate elder brother, Nathaniel Ewhrudjakpo, which sad event took place at the weekend. The Elders Council, led by its chairman, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (Rtd.), on Wednesday, paid a condolence …