News

… Presents Income, Expenditure Report By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State government says it has mobilized the contractor that would construct phase one of the Nembe-Brass senatorial road project. The commissioner for Information, Strategy and Orientation, Hon. Ayibaina Duba, disclosed this on Friday during the transparency briefing for the months …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa A non-governmental organization, Stakeholders Alliance for Corporate Accountability (SACA), has donated notebooks and t-shirts to the Bayelsa State Ministry of Education for distribution to students in both public and private schools in the state. Making the donation to the commissioner for Education, Dr Gentle Emelah, in …

Non-governmental organization, Social Action, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately inaugurate a substantive governing board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), as provided in the NDDC Act 2000 as amended. The call, contained in a release signed by Comfort Agbebaku, communications officer, Social Development Integrated Centre, comes …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Workers under the umbrella of the local government system in Bayelsa State would soon heave a sigh of relief as the eight councils in the state are to begin modalities to pay the new minimum wage and salary arrears owed council staff. The workers including primary …

… Leading Presidential Candidates to Speak on ‘Vision, Passion for Nigeria’ By Godwin Chukwumaechi  The Men’s League of Christ Church, Port Harcourt has concluded plans for a one day international colloquium to discuss the current state of the socio-political and economic situation in Nigeria. The overall aim of the colloquium …

… Urges Rivers Govt to assent to Soot Bill By Paul Williams As people in over 150 countries marked the World Environment Day on 5 June 2022, the Rivers Network of NGOs RINNGOS/CEDSI Nigeria has stressed that “collective action” is necessary to “create the transformative environmental change we need, so …

By Our Correspondent Six Judiciary correspondents were on Tuesday detained for over two hours on the order of Justice Chizoba Orji of the High Court, of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting at Maitama. Justice Orji insisted that journalists must get permission before they could cover her court. Consequently, she ordered …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has felicitated with his boss, Governor Douye Diri, as he turned 63 on Saturday. In a congratulatory message signed by his senior special assistant on Media, Mr. Doubara Atasi, the deputy governor, said Senator Diri’s 63rd birthday …

Renowned industrialist and philanthropist, Chief (Engr.) Grant Offor, has awarded scholarships to some indigent students of Ikwerre extraction, to assist them complete their academic session at the Nigerian Law School. This is as the industrialist, who had instituted an annual scholarship award to indigent students studying other courses, aside from …

A pro-democracy and environmental rights advocacy group, Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD), has joined people all over the world in celebrations marking the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2022. In a release made available to our reporter, FENRAD’s executive director, Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor, noted that …