By Ebube Egbufor Rivers State coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Chief Chinwendu Chukwu, has called for aggressive youth empowerment using the NYSC skills acquisition model so as to help curb issues of separatist agitations and insecurity. Chukwu made the call Friday while presiding over the 2021 Batch …
Read More »Diri Appoints Asangba, Post Primary Board Chairman
The executive chairman of the Bayelsa State Post Primary School Board, Chief Millionaire Asangba, newly appointed by Governor Douye Diri (PPSB), has said that the reason why he redeployed the board members to various departments was to ensure a smooth running of the board under his administration. He stated this …
Read More »EndSARS: Bayelsa Inquiry Orders Police to Pay N100m Compensation to Victims
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The panel of inquiry sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has ordered the Nigerian Police to pay the family of late Victor Ezekwueme, whom the police ordered to jump into the river at gun point, the sum of one hundred million naira (N100,000,000) as compensation. Justice Young …
Read More »IGP’s Order on SE, SS as Capable of Harming Innocent Civilians ~ CSOs
By Joel Anekwe Civil Society Organisations CSOs in Rivers State have condemned the acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on his charge to policemen in the South East and South South “to take the war against insurgency to the camps of bandits and deal with them ruthlessly,” noting …
Read More »Okowa Announces Full Autonomy for Delta Judiciary
By Amos Odhe, Asaba Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday said that the judiciary in the state had been accorded full autonomy in line with the law. Okowa made this known in Asaba on Tuesday when he received the chief judge of the state, Justice Marshal Umukoro, who …
Read More »Electronic Voting’ll Ensure Rancour-Free Elections in Nigeria ~ Diri
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said that the hitch-free conduct of the recent Ijaw National Congress (INC) election indicates that Nigeria can hold rancour-free national elections. Governor Diri made this known on Friday during the inauguration of the new INC leadership at the Ijaw …
Read More »Adopt New Approach to Agitation, Amnesty Boss Charges N’Delta Youths
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Miland Dikio (rtd), has charged youths of the Niger Delta to deploy civilized approach in the course of their agitation for the development of the oil rich region. The Amnesty boss gave the advice while speaking tojournalists …
Read More »Family Relives Moments as Eminent Jurist Laid to Rest at Odawu
The remains of the late Justice Tayo Kilegbu Osu (rtd) was committed to Mother Earth last Saturday at his hometown, Joinkrama (3) in the Ahoada West council area of Rivers State. Speaking with journalists after the interment, the late jurist’s eldest son, Mr Ukari Osu, relived the bereaved family’s times …
Read More »Imudje Sues for Peace, Unity in Nigeria, Calls for Restructuring
By Young E. Freeborn, Warri A renowned Anglican cleric and a social commentator, Rev. Joseph Gentle Omohwo Imudje, the vicar of St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Ugbolokposo, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State has sued for peace and unity in Nigeria, noting that Nigeria needs restructuring. The man of God …
Read More »Ughelli North Chairman Seals Main Market to Resolve Crisis
By Young E. Freeborn, Warri In a bid to resolve the communal clash between Otor-Iwhreko and Ekiugbo communities in Ughelli kingdom over the ownership of the popular Ughelli main market, the chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Chief Godwin Adode, has decided to seal the market till further notice. …
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