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… As Jonathan Seeks End Health Workers’ Strike Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, says harmonization of the salary structure of all classes of medical personnel in the country is a panacea to check the unending wage-related industrial crises in the health sector. This was as former Nigerian President, Dr …

By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt The Student Christian Movement (SCM), a non-denominational Christian body in Nigeria on Monday appealed to federal and state governments to make good policies that will help youths to be gainfully employed. SCM’s national president, Mrs Ebere Ubesie, made the appeal during the 19th Biennial Conference held …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described the late national president of the University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association, Chief Christopher Adokeme, as a man of many parts that impacted positively on various facets of life. Governor Diri stated this on Tuesday evening at the …

By Joel Anekwe The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it is making efforts to build fitness facilities in the nine states of the Niger Delta region to cater to the needs of its staff and other residents in the area. Interim Administrator of the commission, Mr. Efiong Akwa, announced the …

By Joel Anekwe In a bold move to end the adulteration and faking of bottle water, carbonated soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the demolition of shanties at  Nkpogu area of Port Harcourt metropolis. The demolition order is to clear the area of criminal elements who …

The governor of Akwa lbom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has signed the Bill to Prohibit Open Rearing and Grazing of Livestock and Provide for the Establishment of Ranches in Akwa Ibom State into law. The Speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Aniekan Bassey, and the attorney general …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri A fifteen year old girl (name withheld) who was abducted over two weeks ago by unknown abductors in Ehere community, Uwheru kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was recently released amidst joy and jubilation by her parents and neighbours.  Speaking to …

The Association of Medical Laboratories Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has ended its 57th Annual Conference and Workshop in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State. The event, which began Thursday, came to a close on Sunday. Our correspondent reports that the event which had in attendance Medical Lab scientists from the 36 …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to prevail on the international oil companies (IOCs) to relocate to the state without any further delay. Governor Douye Diri made the appeal on Thursday, at the 2nd Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Research and …

… Ossai Maintains Lead over Elumelu, Others Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) has sponsored the highest number of bills by senators from Delta State at midterm. According to a midterm analysis of bill sponsorship in the 9th National Assembly by legislature-focused media, OrderPaper, Omo-Agege sponsored 20 bills at …