Beneficiaries of the Niger Delta third phase Presidential Amnesty Programme have threatened to demand the return of their arms and ammunition from the Federal Government and return to the creeks if the government does not finalized the demobilization process for them. The group, while commending the interim administrator of the …
Read More »Bayelsa Govt Flays Oil Companies over Expropriation, Insecurity in Niger Delta
…Condemns Killing in Amabulou Community The Bayelsa State Government has accused multinational oil companies, especially Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), of initiating deliberate policies and programmes to short change oil bearing communities. This is just as the government condemned in strong terms the recent criminal attack on Amabulou Community over …
Read More »Bayelsa Bans Open Grazing, to Arrest Armed Herders
Bayelsa State Government has enacted a law prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state. Governor Douye Diri assented to the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 on Wednesday at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Yenagoa. He said the essence of the law is to ensure …
Read More »N3bn Agric Loan: Police Procures Magistrate’s Order to Detain Ex-Radio Bayelsa’s GM
The Police Command in Bayelsa on Friday said Mr John Idumange, former general manager of Radio Bayelsa who alleged that government officials diverted N3 billion Agric loan has been charged to court. Mr Mike Okoli, commissioner of Police in Bayelsa said on Friday that Idumange was charged to court on …
Read More »N3bn Agric Loan: CBN Says No Fraud in AAD Scheme in Bayelsa
… Diri Slams Detractors, ‘Petition Writers’ The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said its Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS) is on course in Bayelsa State and that allegations bordering on fraud in the programme were untrue. The apex bank made the clarification during a courtesy visit of its Yenagoa …
Read More »PANDEF to Establish Regional Security Outfit Soon
… Describes Gumi’s Statements as ‘Hate Speech’ Pan Niger Delta Development Forum, PANDEF, a body of traditional rulers, leaders and stakeholders of the region, has elected Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien as its new national chairman, promising to work closely with the governors of the South-South and community leaders to establish …
Read More »Kwankwanso Tips Wike for ‘Higher National Office’ in 2023
By Joel Anekwe Former Governor of Kano State governor, Sen Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso, has said that Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has by his numerous achievements earned a qualification for a higher national office after his tenure as governor. Speaking on Tuesday in Port Harcourt during the commissioning of Rumuogba …
Read More »‘Goodluck Must Run’ Movement Urges 2023 Support for Former President
A body known as Goodluck Must Run 2023 Movement has “called on all stakeholders to make sure that former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, is returned back to Aso Rock as the president of the country in 2023. Chairman of the Goodluck Jonathan Must Run Movement, Pastor London Brown, …
Read More »Why My Administration Focused On Education ~ Jonathan
… Lauds Diri’s First Year Performance Former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has described education as the key to nation building and manpower development. Dr. Jonathan also said that to liberate people from mental slavery, education must be the top priority of every government. The former president stated this on …
Read More »Why Contractors are after Amnesty’s Interim Coordinator ~ Ijaw Leaders
Scores of Ijaw leaders under the aegis of the Ijaw Forward Movement (IFM) have opened up on reasons why major contractors “are after the jugular” of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Col Milland Dixon Dikio rtd. In an online statement, the group’s coordinator, Anthony Oki, posited that Dikio’s offence may …
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