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Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has condemned the raid by security operatives on the Abuja residence of Supreme Court jurist, Justice Mary Odili. Describing it as an ill-advised sting operation, Governor Diri said it was an attempt to intimidate the judiciary, which is an independent arm of government. He …

Nigerian-based non-governmental organization, AfriLaw, in conjunction with Geneva-based DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance and the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA), on Friday continued its two-day engagement with stakeholders in the private security sector in Port Harcourt. A day earlier, Thursday October 21, 2021, the NGO had …

The Central zone of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has expressed its discontentment over the non-inclusion of Bayelsa State in the recent approved construction and rehabilitation of 21 roads by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the six geopolitical zones in the county. Recall that the Federal Executive Council …

By Joel Anekwe The Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt division, on Friday dismissed the suit filed by the embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche  Secondus. While dismissing the application by Secondus to stop the scheduled national convention of the party, the appellate court granted PDP leave …

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has expressed optimism that the state economy will enjoy a boost because of the establishment of the Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt. He said the establishment of the school would stand out as an eloquent contribution of …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The chairman Bayelsa State House of Assembly committee on Works and Infrastructure, Colonel Barnard Kenebai (rtd), has advocated for the christening of the state’s ultra modern Media complex at Ekeki after the state governor, Senator Douye Diri.  Kenebai made this suggestion during an oversight visit to …

By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt Chief Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, has charged the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA to transform to what he termed judicial activism to save the nation. Speaking as a guest at the 61st Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Port Harcourt …

… Osinbanjo, Mamood to Deliver Address By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa All is now set for the annual Democratic Leadership conference, organised by the Polling Units Ambassadors of Nigerian (PUAN), to be held ahead of the Anambra governorship election. In a chat with newsmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, the …

A workshop on ‘Responsible Procurement Policy’ in the private security industry was held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Thursday with private security users, made up mostly of corporate bodies in the extractive, real estate and hospitality industries, being participants at the one-day training. Tagged, ‘Training Workshop on Development …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The pan-Ijaw group, the Ijaw National Congress, INC, has frowned at the existence of a bill “purportedly sponsored by 59 members of the House of Representatives, who are of Northern extraction, with an intent to delete section 162 sub-section 2 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal …