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… To Complete Payment of N120bn Sylva Bond in June By David Owei, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has said that the state is the least indebted among the states of the South South geopolitical zone. He said that the state’s debt profile as released …

Bayelsa State chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Moses Cleopas, has called on the state government to ensure the conduct of the local government elections despite threats by elements of the opposition in the state. Cleopas said in a statement that no amount of threats should be allowed …

The Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce (PHCCIMA), as leader of the organized private sector in Rivers State, and the state government, have forged a shared interest in building confidence for investors visiting the state. This was the position of a delegation of United States of America and Republic of Korea …

By Joel Anekwe The Rivers Unity House (RUH), an advocacy group within the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lent its voice to calls for the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Kingsley Wali, convener of the RUH, addressing journalists in …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has declared a N1.88 billion deficit as balance for April 2018, saying its earnings from the Federation Account Allocation Committee have been suffering a setback in the past four months. The state deputy governor, Rear Admiral Gboribigha John Jonah (retd) disclosed this on …

… Devastation Like Dropped Bomb ~ Archbishop Sentamu By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa No fewer than 60 communities and groups have presented evidence of oil-related devastation to the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) chaired by the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu. The 10-man panel inaugurated by Governor Henry …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Hon Seriake Dickson, has urged the religious team and the body of clergy in the state to organize special prayers for the emergence of his successor. The governor said while speaking during a live media chat on Tuesday that the issue of the …

By Our Reporter Despite working at a pace which it says meets international best practice, the Engr. Marvin Dekil-led Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP) has come under a barrage of condemnations from a broad spectrum of Ogoni youths and environmental rights activists. Tuesday, the leadership of the Ogoni Youth Federation …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A former chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Mr Chubby Ben-Walson, has dragged the Bayelsa State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to a state High Court sitting in Yenagoa, for failure to pay its eight-year outstanding rent, totaling N85 million, for …

David Owei, Yenagoa In line with the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu, the Bayelsa State Police Command has officially launched the ‘Operation Puff Adder’ which was introduced by the IGP across the states of the federation. Launching the operation at the state police command headquarters in …