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By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Central Naval Command, Yenagoa Rear Adm. Obinwanne Egbuchulam, said efforts of the Nigerian Navy, has reduced criminality in the maritime domain. He stated this on Thursday, during the 7th annual public lecture of the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel, (FCC) Nigeria Union of …

By Aherhoke Okioma, Yenagoa  The pan Ijaw National Congress (INC), Central Zone, on Saturday elected new executive council (EXCO) members to run its affairs, after the zone suffered lack of leadership for many years. The INC Central Zone is comprised of the entire Bayelsa State and some of the Ijaw …

       By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, has expressed readiness to partner with the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) to train ex-agitators in different skills and vocations.  The institution said it presented the offer in recognition of the new focus of PAP …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Teachers in Bayelsa State have applauded the state government for its efforts at revamping the state’s educational standard, as well as complained of how teachers have been neglected despite the pivotal role they play. Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Bayelsa State council, Comrade …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The women folk of Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have sent a strong verbal message to the governor of the state, Sen. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, urging him to complete without further delay the abandoned cottage hospital in their community …

All is now set for the annual lecture series organized by the Federated Correspondents Chapel, Bayelsa State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. A statement by the chairman of the Annual Lecture committee, Samuel Ese, said the event has as its theme: ‘Maritime Security: Implications for the Oil Industry,’ adding …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa A non-governmental organization, Stakeholder Alliance for Corporate Accountability, SACA, has stressed the need for members of cluster development boards to exhibit openness while executing projects and programmes contained in the Global Memorandum of Understanding, GMoU. Executive Director of SACA, Mr. Kingsley Ozegbe, stated this at a …

By Joel Anekwe The Federal Government says it has set an annual recruitment target for the Nigeria Police, aimed at increasing the force both numerically and in terms of equipment. This is part of a recently initiated reform programme for the Nigeria Police Force to boost its services to Nigerians, …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Chairman of the Directorate for Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Engr. Ebiye Tarabina, has tasked contractors handling government projects in the state to intensify efforts to meet projects’ completion deadline. Engr. Tarabina gave the directive during an inspection and evaluation tour of ongoing projects in the state recently. …

Performances by Onofiok Luke and Bassey Akpan at the House of Representatives and Senate respectively gave a lift to bills sponsored by the Akwa Ibom State contingent at the 9th National Assembly. This is according to a midterm analysis, by legislature-focused media, OrderPaper, of the nature and quality of bills sponsored …