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The leader and chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Program, ex-agitators (Third phase), Tonye Bobo, said the group convened a meeting last week in Yenagoa to brainstorm on thorny issues on Niger Delta, and also to sensitize Third phase members on the need to key into the proposed cooperatives the Interim administrator …

…Tasks LG Chairmen to Comply with Payment Directives  The Bayelsa State Government has approved the payment of the backlog of allowances owed former councilors, popularly known as ‘Restoration Councillors,’ who served at the various local councils from 2013 to 2016. To this end, government has directed the chairmen of the …

Chairman, Bayelsa State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Samuel Numonengi, has called for synergy between performing artistes and tourism professionals as a way of exploring the value of music tourism in the state, describing music as a primary driver of tourism. Mr Numonengi who stated this when …

The Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Adamu, has commended the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, for embarking on projects that are changing the face of his state and positively impacting on the people. The royal father, who gave the commendation on Sunday in his palace in Bauchi when Governor …

A beneficiary of the Federal Government’s Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for repentant militants in the Niger Delta region, Hon Justice Chisom Nwogu, aka Gen King Jay has launched a foundation to take care of, not only orphans, less privileged and the needy in society but also prison inmates and flood …

A beneficiary of the Federal Government’s Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) forrepentant militants in the Niger Delta region, Hon Justice Chisom Nwogu, aka Gen KingJay has launched a foundation to take care of, not only orphans, less privileged and theneedy in society but also prison inmates and flood victims.Inaugurating the headquarters …

The people of Ogbia kingdom in Bayelsa State have called on the trio of the federal, state governments and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to continue as well as re-award and complete all roads projects abandoned in the kingdom. Speaking with journalists during a courtesy visit, the Obanobhan (monarch) …

South Korean Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Kim Young-Chae, on Thursday, said Bayelsa State has the potential to be as developed as his country.  Speaking at the Government House, Yenagoa, as guest of the state government, Ambassador Young-Chae said his visit was a follow-up to his recent meeting with Governor Douye Diri …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Following the rising cases of oil spills and its effects on the lives of the people of the Niger Delta region and their environment, a non-governmental organisation, the Stakeholders Alliance for Corporate Accountability (SACA), has promised that it would facilitate the sending of petitions by children …

No fewer than 105 coastal communities in Bayelsa State face extinction in the next 30 years if nothing is done to halt the rampaging effects of ocean encouragement, termed ‘Oceanification.’ A lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Amassoma, in Bayelsa State, Professor Ambily Etekpe, …