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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa Professional Forum (BPF) has described as unfortunate the “public display of ignorance of the roles of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) during elections by the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri.” The secretary, BPF, Philip Erepa, in a statement in Yenagoa on Wednesday, said …

… Chief Maol Describes Council Boss as Pacesetter The chairman of Tai Local Government Area, Hon. Mbakpone Okpe, on Friday 23, February 2024 commissioned an ultra-modern town hall for the Kira community. The project, our reporter gathered, was initiated and executed by the council chairman, Hon. Mbakpone Okpe. Special guest …

…Allegations are False, Baseless – Contractors By Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt  Host communities of Oil Mining Lease (OML 11) along the Imo River axis, cutting across Rivers and Abia states have accused Martinsevid Nigeria Limited, the contractor providing surveillance services for the crude oil pipeline of abetting illegal oil bunkering …

By Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt As the economic hardship in the country bits harder on the citizens, some Nigerian parents are now devising means, legal or illegal, to raise funds to feed their families. This is just as a young woman (name withheld) attempted selling her 5 year old son …

...Holds Maiden Educational Corps Conference By Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt The 6 Division Nigerian Army yesterday, held her first ever education corp conference, aimed at training soldiers and Staff of the Command’s school for improved service delivery. The maiden edition of the 6 Division Education Quarter Conference which was held …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide says “after a critical evaluation of the state of things bedeviling the Ijaw people and Nigerians in general,” it may “lead a massive protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the deteriorating state of things faced by the Ijaw people …

… Governor Diri Calls for Restoration of the Value of Naira By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Against the backdrop of excruciating pains Nigerians have been thrown into by the policies of the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government, a large gathering of members of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Labour …

… Provides Solutions to Nation’s Economic Crisis By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A Niger Delta group, the Movement for the Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND) has thrown its weight behind the positions put forward by the Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and some eminent ex-Niger Delta warlords over the percentages …

By Mandy Tina A sociopolitical group in Rivers State, known as the Rivers Women Unite for SIM, have called for peace and tranquility in the state. The group of women took to the streets of Port Harcourt in a peace walk to speak against the current political situation in the …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The national leadership of Phase 2 Ex-Agitators of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), has countered the call by ex-militant leaders, Abraham Vwaghie and Israel Akpodoro, for the sack of the interim administrator, Major General Tariye Barry Ndiomu, describing it as “a futile mission by a few …