… Increases Number 0f Worshippers per Service By Joel Anekwe Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has reviewed the restriction on the number of worshippers during church services from 50 to 70 persons in the state even as modalities are afoot to determine number of Moslems that will participate in …
Read More »Bayelsa Rakes in N1.2bn IGR for March
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa In furtherance of its principle to promote transparency and accountability in governance, the Bayelsa State government said it received N1.2 billion as internally generated revenue for the month of March 2020. The figure is one of the highest raked in by the state in the last …
Read More »Maritime University Okerenkoko Refutes Etebu’s Alleged Sack, Diversion of Funds
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko Delta State, has refuted media reports that the immediate past vice chancellor, Professor Ongoebi Etebu, was sacked because of alleged diversion of funds and embezzlement, noting that her five-year tenure expired on May 25, 2020. The university also made clarification that …
Read More »Nigerian Navy @64: We Have Assisted in Fight against COVID 19 ~ FOC CNC
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Nigerian Navy has said that it has assisted civil authorities in fighting the corona virus pandemic at the maritime domain by ensuring that vessels that enter the country were properly checked and cleared before they berth following the necessary COVID 19 protocols. Speaking on Tuesday …
Read More »First Patani Bridge: Igbe Orhe Ofuafo Oghene Healing Home’s Miraculous Feat
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The Igbe religion, generally, is the core African religion that came from God in the 18th century, through Prophet Ubiesha Etarakpo, an Urhobo man of Kokori descent, in present day Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. Today, this undefiled religion that came directly from …
Read More »Court Sentence Ese Oruru’s Abductor To 26 Years
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has delivered the long-awaited judgement on Ese Oruru, a teenager reportedly abducted, taken to Kano State and forced into marriage by one Yinusa Dahiru. The court, presided over by Justice Jane Inyang, sentenced Dahiru to 26 years in prison. Jane acquitted …
Read More »Igbo Traders Lament Market Demolition, Threaten to Leave Bayelsa
… As Covid 19 Task Force Demolish GSM Phone Market By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Traders at the popular Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communication Village, at Tombia Roundabout in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, have lamented the demolition of their stalls and loss of goods worth billions of naira. They …
Read More »Dead Fishes on N/Delta Coastline Traced to Discharge Toxic Wastes ~ NOSDRA
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Thursday said findings on the dead fishes littering the Atlantic coastline indicated high levels of toxicity caused by toxic wastes discharge. The agency noted that the discharge of toxic materials into the Atlantic may have come …
Read More »COVID-19: Diri, Sylva Lay Foundation for NAOC’s 200-Bed Hospital in Bayelsa
Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Saturday, commended the Federal Government and the drive by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and its joint venture partners to combat COVID-19, through the consolidation and improvement of medical facilities. Diri gave the commendation at the groundbreaking ceremony of a 200-bed medical …
Read More »Those Calling for Merger of Universities are Enemies of Bayelsa ~ Perm Secretary
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The permanent secretary, Ministry of Education in Bayelsa State, Comrade Walton Liverpool, said those clamoring for the merger of existing state-owned tertiary institutions are enemies of the state. The permanent secretary made the assertion while speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of clamours in some quarters for …
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