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Former President Goodluck Jonathan at the weekend advised Bayelsa leaders to make sure that they settle every difference that may arise from election matters instead of going to the courts after elections. Jonathan was speaking in Yenagoa during a dinner to mark the one year anniversary of Governor Douye Diri.The …
Read More »INC’s Inconclusive Election: Leading Candidates Reject Calls for Fresh Poll, Threaten Court Action
Amidst rumoured calls from some quarters for fresh polls, following the 2019 botched election into the leadership of the apex socio-political body of the Ijaw ethnic nationality, the Ijaw National Congress (INC), some leading candidates have vowed to reject such moves. The candidates for the post of president-general, Professor Benjamin …
Read More »Jonathan, Secondus, Enang’s Presence Boost Diri’s Supreme Court Thanksgiving
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife, Dame Patience, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors of Bauchi, Akwa Ibom and Oyo states were among the galaxy of dignitaries that attended the special victory thanksgiving of the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, in Yenagoa on Saturday. The event held at the 15,000-seater Ecumenical …
Read More »Ndimele to Leave IAUE a ‘Mega University’
By Tunde Uchegbuo The vice chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Professor Ozo-mekuri Ndimele, has said that the institution would become a mega university before he leaves office this year. Speaking recently at a forum with staff of the university, the vice chancellor unveiled plans for more …
Read More »APC Chieftain Blames Rivers Party Crisis on Ego
By Joel Anekwe Convener of the Unity House Foundation, UHF, and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Kingsley Wenenda Wali, has blamed the intractable crisis within the state chapter on the ego and selfish interest of major leaders of the party. He also noted the absence …
Read More »Bayelsa Women Protest Herdsmen’s ‘Invasion of Farms, Destruction of Crops’
Women from the Epie/Atissa communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against the alleged menace of herdsmen. The women waving leaves at the Tombia Roundabout, Etegwe axis of Yenagoa, also barricaded the ever busy Mbiama – Yenagoa road, which is the major …
Read More »N26bn Unspent Amnesty Fund: Ex-militants Threaten ‘Return to Creeks,’ Call for Dikio’s Sack
Following alleged return of a whooping N26 billion unspent fund meant to offset backlog of monies owed Amnesty Programme’s contractors, from 2014 to date, by the Interim coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio (rtd), ex-militants in the Niger Delta region have called for his immediate sack, as …
Read More »NDDC Donates Bags of Rice to Women Groups, Others in Bayelsa
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has donated 2,170 bags of rice as palliatives to women organisations, youth groups and physically challenged persons in Bayelsa State. A director at the NDDC, Mr. Nwelue Kelechi, who represented the commission’s interim administrator, Effiong Akwa at the flag off of the distribution of …
Read More »Stakeholders Demand ‘Better Federal Presence in Bayelsa’
… Buhari will do more ~ Sylva … We Deserve Full Cabinet Position ~ Diri Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, joined other key stakeholders to demand better federal government presence in the bid to fast-track overall development of the state. The stakeholders made the call during a …
Read More »OML 30: Host Communities Protecting Pipelines, Oil Facilities ~ Umukoro
A youth leader from Kokori oil producing community in OML30, in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, Comrade Odiri Umukoro, has said he is satisfied that indigenes and youths of the 112 host communities in OML30, are engaged in securing the pipelines and oil facilities in the asset. …
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