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28 professionals in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, were last Friday inducted as members of the Chartered Institute of Loan & Risk Management of Nigeria (CILRM). The membership categories ranged from Honorary Fellows, Distinguished Fellows, Fellow Members, Senior Members, Full Members, Associate Members and Graduate Members. President/Chairman of the …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The local government election is expected to hold today, Saturday, in the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State. The Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission (BYSIEC), led by its chairman, Chief Remember Ogbe, announced that about 44 political parties would be participating in the election, including …

Against the backdrop of lack of infrastructure, “poverty, environmental degradation and myriads of problems militating against oil producing communities in Bayelsa State, despite their economic importance,” a gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 6 election said he is disposed to establish a …

… Bayelsa Land Is For Development, Not RUGA ~ Dickson By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Former Nigerian head of state, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, has expressed surprise at the fast rate of development of Bayelsa and its capital, Yenagoa, under the leadership of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. Abdusalami, according to a statement …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to the fight against cancer and other killer diseases in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this in a message at the groundbreaking ceremony and fund raising for the Goldcoast Memorial Center and launch of the Henry Seriake Dickson …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson on Monday called on chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who are engaged in anti-party activities, to retrace their steps for the continued peace and stability of the state. Governor Dickson made the call during the presentation of the party’s …

There was great excitement over the weekend in Ijaw-Kiri, a fishing community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The reason being that residents found a dead whale washed ashore. They immediately rushed home to bring axes, knives and cutlasses, butchering the huge fish, which experts say is an …

… As Bello Plans Truck Transit Park in Rivers The chief executive officers of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority of Nigeria (OGFZAN), Onne have agreed to work together to up-scale activities in the maritime and the oil & gas sectors as a …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa As the Bayelsa State Guber election draws near, a group, known as the Bayelsa Grassroot Development Initiative (BGDI), has called upon “a very important personality in the state,” Dr Frankland Oyeins Briyai, to join the race. According to the coordinator of the body, Prof Emiomukumor Augustine, BGDI …

… Says PDP has Failed, Goofed As the process towards electing the next governor for Bayelsa State by November 2019 gathers steam, a man of God, Prophet Udeme John Bassey (aka Otimkpu I), has said that the immediate past minister of state for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, would emerge victorious …