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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission (BYSIEC) on Thursday applauded the ruling of a Bayelsa State High Court ordering the conduct of local government elections in the state. BYSIEC said that the judgment has vindicated the commission’s resolve to conduct local government elections in the eight …
Read More »Election Tribunal: ‘INEC Witness Casts Doubt on Rivers Guber Results’
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in its press statement of March 15, 2019, admitted having collated 17 local government area results. Where did INEC get the 22 local government area results it used in returning Governor Nyesom Wike as winner of the election? This is the question presently before …
Read More »Ministerial List: Lokpobiri Congratulates Sylva on Nomination
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, former Minister of State for Agriculture on Tuesday congratulated Chief Timipre Sylva on his ministerial nomination to represent Bayelsa State in the Federal Execution Council. The development is sequel to the transmission of the ministerial nomination list by President Muhammadu Buhari to the …
Read More »Bayelsa Employs Additional 904 Workers, Attributes Success to Reforms
The Bayelsa State Government has formalized the employment of 904 casual staff in the various ministries, departments and agencies in the state. This is in addition to the 1,000 workers, first class graduates from various disciplines, PhD and Master’s degrees holders from Ijaw-speaking communities across the country earlier injected into …
Read More »NAPPS Ready to Work with Wike on Quality Education ~ Green
The National Association Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in Rivers State has resolved to work with the committees set up by the state governor, Chief (Barr) Nyesom Wike, for accreditation and approval of private schools in the state. The state president of NAPPS, Chief (Hon) Victor Green made this assertion …
Read More »Don’t Confirm Acting NDDC Managing Director, Groups Warn
Worried by the intimidating number of abandoned Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) projects dotting every part of Niger Delta, with Bayelsa topping the chart, a group under the aegis of Ijaw Monitoring Group (IMG) and Niger Delta Peace Advocacy (NDPAG), have joined other voices to warn against “sponsored campaigns” for …
Read More »Restoration Cup: Sports Curbs Youth Restiveness ~ Bayelsa Dep Gov
… Aluku Dynamics Mauls Igbogene 5-0 By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State deputy governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (retd), has described sports and football in particular, as a sure means of curbing youth restiveness. The deputy governor stated this while flagging off the third edition of the Governor Seriake …
Read More »ERA, GLA Host Training for PH Journalists on Environment
Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and GLA have organized a one-day workshop to build the capacity of journalists practicing in Rivers State on effective reportage of the environment. The training, co-ordinated by The African Citizens’ Initiative for Rights and Development (ACIRD), and held on last week in …
Read More »Kidnapped 5-yr-old Girl Still Held after Paying N1m Ransom ~ Mother
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Mrs Williams Koroye mother of a five year old girl kidnapped by an acquaintance simply identified as Ahmed on Thursday said that her baby remained in captivity after a ransom demand for N1 million was met The toddler, Peace, was abducted at their residence in Akemfa …
Read More »Social Workers March against Violence on Women, Children in Bayelsa
Members of the Nigeria Association of Social Workers on Tuesday staged a sensitization march on the streets of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital to educate the masses on how to end violence against women and children in the state. Members of the group, who moved from Yenagoa-Mbiama road to the Government …
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