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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has approved additional N200 million for the payment of pensioners’ gratuity for the month of May. The governor gave the approval on Sunday at this year’s Workers Day celebration while responding to the demands of labour leadership in the state. Diri …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday stormed the residence of a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Hon. Sunday Frank Oputu, and shot him dead. It was gathered that Frank-Oputu, who had also served as state chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), …

By Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt  Outrage has continued to trail All Progressives Congress’s pegging of its nomination forms for the presidential and governorship slots at N100 million and N50 million respectively, with politicians, journalists, civil society organisations and the general public describing the amounts as outrageous.  Most of the respondents …

By Amaechi Okonkwo, Port Harcourt  Governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, has warned members of the party to avoid the mistakes or 2018 that left the party unable to present a candidate in the 2019 general elections in the …

By Tunde Uchegbuo A full-fledged Faculty of Agriculture has been established at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, and will commence the admission of pioneer students soon. Until now, Agriculture was a department in the faculty of Vocational and Technical Education at the institution. This was made known by the …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Eni, the Italian parent company to Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says it has fixed the breached of the 24-inch gas line at Okaka in Yenagoa which crippled its gas export. The incident on the gas pipeline operated by its Nigerian unit, NAOC, cut gas export …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The people of Urhobo, in Delta Central senatorial district of Delta State, have adopted Olorogun David Edevbie, as their “preferred and sole Peoples Democratic Party candidate” for the state’s governorship election. This was contained in a communique issued on Sunday, April 17, 2022 by the supreme …

  By Ameachi Okonkwo  A wave of resignations has hit Rivers State as at least five serving cabinet members have handed in their letters to clear the way for them to join the race to replace Chief Nyesom Wike as governor of the state at 2023 general elections.  The resignations …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday sponsored a motion seeking to retain the name of a foremost Niger Delta activist and leader, Harold Dappa Biriye, on the new permanent headquarters of the NDDC. While presenting the motion on …

By Amaechi Okonkwo  Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, Saturday declared his intention to join the race for the presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. His action was in confirmation of widely held expectations and response to calls from many quarters for him to vie for President of Nigeria …