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By our Reporter The government of Bayelsa State has issued a warning to individuals and groups allegedly involved in illegal collection of levies and taxes, “under the guise of non-existent revenue contracts in the state to either desist from the criminal act forthwith or be sanctioned.” The government has similarly …

By Memoye Oghu Stakeholders for Democracy and Good Governance (SHDG), a Gov Siminalayi Fubara support group in Rivers State, has felicitated with the state governor on his “laudable achievements within one year in office.” The governor’s support group, which joined other “well-meaning individuals and groups within and outside the state …

By our Reporter About seven persons lost their lives after inhaling the fumes from generator inside a Recording studio along Transformer Road, in Amarata axis of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The deceased persons were said to be to working in the recording studio, owned by one them, identified as Akpos Barakubo, …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  As the Rivers political crisis reaches – or being pushed by the feuding parties to – its crescendo, Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s adopted a strategy of one-day, one-taunt, one-threat, one-allegation to deal with his opponents, or enemies of Rivers State, as decreed by the governor.  Hence such headlines …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has indicted the Department of State Security, DSS, and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NOAC, over the illegal arrest and detention of a Youth activist, Comrade Collins Trueman Opumie, for over two years. The presiding judge, Justice Ebiyon …

By our Reporter The Niger Delta Justice Forum (NDJF) says it has uncovered a plot to sponsor protest against a former executive secretary of the Nigeria Content Development and Management Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote, and a former Bayelsa State governor, Chief Timipre Sylva. The group said the protest was …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Board of the Education Champions League (ECL) has set aside a total prize money of N17.5 million in the maiden edition of its quiz competition among secondary schools in Rivers State. The competition, christened the Education Champions League, ECL, which mainly targets encouraging reading …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has faulted what it described as the misrepresentation of the ongoing process for the return oil exploration in Ogoni to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing persons with selfish motives of falsely presenting themselves as the drivers of …

By our Reporter Nigerians at home and in Diaspora have been advised to ensure that their business transactions are always properly documented, so as to avoid “presenting opportunity to fraudsters.” This advice came from Mr. Henry I. Okeugo, a US-based Nigerian, who allegedly fell victim to alleged “fraudsters” while trying …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Chief Dennis Otuaro, has paid glowing tribute to the memory of Ijaw hero and icon of the Ijaw struggle, Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, on the occasion his 56th anniversary celebration. In a statement issued to mark this …