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By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa West Patriotic Front (BWPF), a political body made up of politicians from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekeremor and Sagbama local government areas of Bayelsa West senatorial district, has urged Governor Douye Diri “not to be deceived by the accolades and encomiums showered …

… Governors Must Work Together ~ Wike By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, and his Rivers State counterpart, Chief Nyesom Wike, have described as “bright” the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) producing the next Nigerian president in 2023. The two governors spoke on Monday …

By Ebube Egbufor The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Onne Seaport chapter, has debunked rumours making the rounds that they have been collecting Practitioner Operating Fees (POF) at the port, stressing that they only collect Association Welfare Dues (AWD) which is in line with the association’s constitution. ANLCA’s …

The leadership of the pan-Ijaw youth group, Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has flayed the remarks credited to the governor Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, “against the Ijaw nation.” President of the IYC, Peter Timothy Igbifa, in a statement, on Thursday in Port Harcourt, said it was sad that Wike, while …

By Ebube Egbufor The Area II command of the Nigeria Customs Service at Onne Port, in Rivers State, has achieved a record breaking collection of N188,643,692,057, from January to December 2021, surpassing the 2020 collection with N69 billion. According to a press statement made available to journalists by the public …

… Tasks Leaders on Bonding with Constituents By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa It was a sort of carnival, full of excitement, and fanfare on Sunday, December 2, 2022, when Bayelsa’s deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, led his children on a novelty fishing expedition to River Fircados, at his country home, Ofoni, …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Indigenes of Onuebum Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have raised alarm over what they describe as “fake award and execution of incomplete contracts that dot the community.” Port Harcourt Mundial gathered that trouble started between 2012 and 2014 when the Niger Delta …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Thursday, signed into law the state’s 2022 Appropriation Bill, which was passed by the House of Assembly. Governor Diri assented to the bill in his office at the Government House, Yenagoa in the presence of his deputy, Senator Lawrence …

… Police Acknowledge CSO’s FOI Request The Nigerian Police Force has acknowledged the receipt of a Freedom of Information request by a coalition of civil society organisations to provide details of the N1 billion allocated for the supply and installation of police transit camp buildings and rapid response squad, as …

By Amaechi Okonkwo The newly established Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission, HYPPADEC, has expressed readiness to commence immediate projects implementation to address the lingering challenges confronting hydroelectric power producing communities in Nigeria. Chairman of the commission, Joseph Ityav, gave the indication in Port Harcourt on Wednesday at the opening …