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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Most Reverend Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York has launched a blistering indictment of oil companies operating in the Niger Delta, calling their actions “nothing less than environmental genocide.” The archbishop chairs the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission, working alongside industry and environmental experts …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa  Bayelsa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Pastor Monday Udom, has refuted allegations of double standards leveled against him by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) guber campaign organisation in the state. Udom said while the PDP campaign team accused him of having contracted the recruitment of ad-hoc staff for the November …

By Paul Williams, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has sought Senate’s confirmation of the appointment of Dr. Pius Odubu as the chairman for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The President also sought the confirmation of Bernard Okumagba (Delta) as managing director, Engr. Otobong Ndem (Akwa-Ibom) as executive director, Projects, Maxwell …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Communities of constituencies 2, 3 and 4 of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the largest LGA in Nigeria, Saturday were agog as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took its governorship campaign to their domain. The carnival-like campaign which started in Korokosei Community, Constituency …

For Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, all the talk about disinheriting his late father’s wife and her children are utter balderdash and the hullabaloo over his father’s estate should at best take a secondary seat. What is uppermost in his mind is to quickly establish the true cause of his father’s death …

By Joel Anekwe  Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG), operator of the NNPC/TEPNG Joint Venture, early in the week empowered members of the Egi community in Ogba-Egbama-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, host to the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 58, with the provision of 16 mini-buses and 40 …

By Joel Anekwe  Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has pledged to wholeheartedly support the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army to effectively carry out Exercise Crocodile Smile 4 to rid the state of criminal elements.  Speaking during a visit by Major General Jamil Sarhem, the general officer commanding 6 …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Flood victims in the two communities of Unenurhie and Evwreni in Evwreni kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State were recently given respite and sense of hope as aides to the deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, paid a visit to the area to …

By Joel Anekwe The chairman of Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju, has that said about 456 top Nigerian public officials, holding strategic positions, are yet to declare their assets in spite of the regulations put in place by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). Suraju made …

… How Power, Public Sentiment will Produce Bayelsa Governor By Etete Enideneze, Yenagoa All things being equal, the frenzy over who is to be the next governor of Bayelsa State will end November 16, 2019, when a winner will finally emerge, after the politicking. What are the twists and plots …