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… Inaugurates Project Committees By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa   Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has on Tuesday inaugurated two committees and five project teams for the Oloibiri Museum and Research centre which will be situated in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State. The virtual ceremony was anchored by Engr Simbi Wabote, …

President of Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, Dcn. Peter Timothy Igbifa, has called on the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to immediately resolve all pending issues related to the Foreign and Local Scholarship programme under their watch. He said “it is totally unacceptable to see the deplorable conditions …

… Tasks Oil Coys to Support Peace Talks By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says the Federal Government has perfected arrangements to commence discussions with oil communities in the state who had threatened shutdown of oil operations to press home demands for marginal …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government has promised to curb all forms of social violence against women and the maltreatment of children in the state. Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Women, Children and Social Development, Mrs Ayi Ujile, stated this during an interview with journalists in …

… Demand Review of Devt Fund to $10m By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  Communities hosting Shell’s Estuaries Area (EA) oilfields in Bayelsa on Wednesday urged the oil firm to review its annual development funding from $1 million to $10 million including other social obligations to them. The communities which make up …

… As State Revises 2020 Budget to N183bn from N242bn By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, allayed fears of an impending salary cut for civil servants in the state due to the drop in monthly revenue occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor gave …

By Amos Odeh,Yenagoa Bayelsa State Police command Friday received its newly redeployed commissioner, CP Mike Okoli. Speaking to newsmen after addressing men and officers of the command, the Police commissioner assured their readiness to fight crime and criminality in the state. He stressed that the command under him would partner …

By Gogo Ada Rufus Mbere The Eagle is known to most parts of the Niger Delta and is commonly acknowledged by virtually all our cultures as epitomizing greatness, excellence and leadership among birds. It exudes strength, disciplined freedom, dignity and the innate ability, capacity as well as willingness to renew …

By Joel Anekwe A coalition of women leaders across the country under the auspices of the Just Energy Transition Coalition has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to personally oversee the process of Nigeria’s transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy. In a communique issued in Port Harcourt, at a joint meeting …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The federal commissioner in charge of Bayelsa, at the National Population Commission (NPC), Mrs Gloria Izonfuo, has advocated the preservation of reproductive rights of the female gender. Izonfuo said the World Population Day (WPD) is part of international awareness campaign that is celebrated annually on 11th of …