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… 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 …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says it has not abandoned construction of the 200 bed capacity Emergency/Infectious Diseases hospital aimed at strengthening the fight against COVID-19. The NNPC-Agip Joint Venture, on May 2, 2020 initiated the construction of a 200-bed capacity infectious diseases hospital for the …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The people of Unenurhie community in Evwreni kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have taken to the streets over what they described as pains in their hearts. Speaking to our correspondent on condition of anonymity during the peaceful protests staged in the community, …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The chapel at the Bayelsa State Government House, King of Glory, was agog as songs of praise to God rent the air over the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the case filed by Chief Timi Alaibe challenging the candidacy of Governor Douye Diri in the November, 2019  Bayelsa …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has set up an 18-member committee to look into the issues of promotion and minimum wage raised by labour unions in the interest of industrial harmony in the state. The state governor, Senator Douye Diri, inaugurated the committee headed by the secretary to …