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By Joel Anekwe The flurry of demands for financial compensation from police over alleged killing of and brutality against the populace has continued at the Rivers State Commission of Inquiry on police brutality. Many victims had from the opening day of the panel sitting made demands of huge sums of …

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, Wednesday presented a N448,660,773,476 billion budget, for 2021 fiscal year to the state’s House of Assembly for consideration and approval. Christened: ‘Budget of Recovery and Consolidation,’ the proposal is made up of N305, 894,284.061 for capital expenditure, and N142,776,489,415 – recurrent expenditure, …

By Gogo Ada Rufus Mbere Crème’ de la crème’ of society stormed the ancient Okrika Kingdom to witness the formal chieftaincy installation and admission ceremony of Chief Precious Kalade Orupabo Abibo into the Kirike Divisional Council of Chiefs, Walga as chief and head of the Abibo War Canoe House. The …

The Bayelsa State government on Monday lamented the decline in revenues accruing from the federation account while announcing its income and expenditure profile for the months of August, September and October 2020. Presenting a breakdown of the figures in Yenagoa, the commissioner for Finance, Mr. Maxwell Ebibai, disclosed that the …

Bayelsa State Government has cautioned the Federal Government and other critical stakeholders in the oil and gas industry against repeating the mistakes that are depriving host communities of their benefits. The state deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, stated this on Monday while declaring open the technical session of the 5th …

… Seeks Control over LGAs, Elections and Judiciary By Joel Anekwe Governors and people of the South-South geopolitical zone have reinforced their demand for restructuring in line with the principle of true federalism, to guarantee peace, security and stability of Nigeria. The people demanded the restructuring of Nigeria in a …

By Isidoros Karderinis The November 3, 2020, presidential election was arguably the most important election in the postwar history of the United States of America (USA). In the elections, therefore, the participation of American voters was the largest since 1900, demonstrating the resurgence of their political interest and the strongly …

Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has congratulated the newly appointed vice chancellor of the Federal University of Otuoke (FUO) in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Prof Teddy Charles Adias. In a congratulatory letter dated 11 November, 2020, Jonathan described the new vice chancellor as a true …

… Plans Youth Leadership Training By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa On the heels of a stakeholders summit held in Yenagoa Tuesday by the interim coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Col. Miland Dixon Dikio, the leadership of the Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality of the Niger Delta, …

… Calls on Security Agencies to ‘Fish out Perpetrators’  By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youths Council Worldwide has condemned the attack on the country home of the former governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, at Toru Orua, and the killing of an inspector of Police by suspected …