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… Approves 2020-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework The Bayelsa State Government has described the proposed National Water Resources Bill 2020 as another draconian land use decree in disguise, saying it would join other progressive forces to resist it at all cost. This was one of the decisions reached by the …

By Joel Anekwe  The Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) has restated its commitment to ensure the safety of tank farms across Nigeria, adding that it would not allow its safety strategy to be compromised by operators of tank farms in the country. Mr Bassey Nkanga, zonal operations controller, Port Harcourt …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged youths in the Niger Delta to shun violence and embrace peace to support economic development, which cannot happen amidst crisis. Jonathan spoke when the executive of the Movement for Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) paid him a visit in Yenagoa to …

By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC led by Abbott Ogbobula, has described the widely celebrated defection of former state commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, and thousands of his supporters from the APC to PDP as a dummy to members of the public. …

By Joel Anekwe The national body of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has appealed to the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, to wade into the abduction of a female lawyer in Port Harcourt and ensure her safe release. Olumide Akpata, president of the NBA in a statement said: “I received …

… Zilly Aggrey, Willy Bunting, Adukeh, Seiyefa Make Advisers’ List   Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, at the weekend approved the appointments of honorary special advisers, technical advisers and special advisers, respectively. A statement from the his chief press secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, has it that the governor has …

By Joel Anekwe  As Nigeria grapples with the challenge of corruption and financial indiscipline at all levels, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Wednesday, urged all state governments in the country to implement the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007.  Acting Chairman of the commission, Mr. Victor Muruako, made the call at a workshop organized …

By Joel Anekwe The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) has written a passionate letter to the governor of Kano State, Abdulahi Umar Ganduje, pleading for mercy on behalf of 13-year old boy, Omar Farouq, jailed 10 years for blasphemy. Farouq was reportedly tried as an adult based on the appearance …

… As FTAN Says Bayelsa Has Capacity to Become Tourism Destination The Bayelsa State government has expressed its preparedness to partner with the state chapter of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) to develop its rich tourism potentials. This is as the coordinator of the newly inaugurated state FTAN executive, …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The commissioner of Police Bayelsa State Command, CP Mike Okoli, has met with the members of the Hoteliers Association Bayelsa State Chapter towards forming a partnership in the fight against crime.  The CP called for active collaboration of hoteliers in sourcing for actionable Intelligence on criminal …