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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has hinted that he will soon forward the 2020 budget proposal to the State House of Assembly for consideration. Governor Diri, gave this indication Monday when he met with all the 24 members of the State House of Assembly. Recall …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Rev Nnimmo Bassey, an Environmental Rights crusader on Tuesday condemned the response by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to the February 3 oil leak at its oilfields in Brass, Bayelsa. The pipeline explosion on a line feeding the oil export facility discharged crude into the environment …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa  The minister of state for Petroleum Resources and former of Bayelsa State governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, has appealed to Bayelsans to shun all acts of violence and lawlessness, and called for restraint. This was contained in a press statement signed by the minister and made available to …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has condemned the renewed attacks by suspected herdsmen in Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror, and other communities of Uwheru Kingdom, in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state  that have led to the death of over eight persons. According to Okowa, …

By Mineh Okioma, Yenagoa Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, has called for a proper selection of talented young players from the Governor Seriake Dickson Football Tournament, so as to infuse them in developmental programs that would ensure they become national team players in the coming years. The minister …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart from Uwheru Ward in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Goodluck Irorohwo Oyibokure, has commended the state commissioner for higher education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare, for the lofty ideas he has been contributing to the development of education in …

By Mineh Okioma, Yenagoa  The Bayelsa International Airport will be formally commissioned on Monday, February 10, 2020, the state commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has said. The commissioning is coming a year after the inaugural flight to the airport which was embarked on by Governor Seriake Dickson. Iworiso-Markson …

Despite increasing efforts to ensure ease of doing business in the Eastern ports, national trustee member of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Waite Harry, says the Federal Government is not doing enough to develop the ports in the region. Waite’s comment comes as the Nigerian Ports Authority …

… As Amnesty Beneficiaries Applaud Buhari on Empowerment   By Our Reporter But for the intervention of ex-agitators present, aides of the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo, would have descended into a fist fight during the Presidential Amnesty special empowerment programme for people in …

… As Staff Cooperative Set Up Microfinance Bank Acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh, has applauded the vision and quality behind the setting up of a micro finance bank by the NDDC Staff Cooperative Investment and Credit Society Limited. Speaking in Port Harcourt …