Bayelsa State government has proposed a South South, South West regional cooperation for the development and promotion of tourism, with the hope that the initiative will receive more political and economic attention from key stakeholders in both geopolitical regions, especially in the context of globalization and regionalization. This position was …
Read More »Jonathan, Ogbia Monarchs Excited over Appointment of Bayelsa-born VC at Otuoke Varsity
Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has congratulated the newly appointed vice chancellor of the Federal University of Otuoke (FUO) in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Prof Teddy Charles Adias. In a congratulatory letter dated 11 November, 2020, Jonathan described the new vice chancellor as a true …
Read More »Diri Directs Payment of Outstanding Cash Reward to Bayelsa Athletes, Administrators
Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has directed the immediate release of outstanding cash reward to the state athletes and sports administrators that participated in the last National Sports Festival in Abuja. The immediate past administration, led by Chief Seriake Dickson, had made the pledge as a reward to the …
Read More »MOSIEND Worried over ‘Unaccounted’ Amnesty Expenditures
… Plans Youth Leadership Training By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa On the heels of a stakeholders summit held in Yenagoa Tuesday by the interim coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Col. Miland Dixon Dikio, the leadership of the Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality of the Niger Delta, …
Read More »Ijaw Youths Council Condemns Attack on Dickson’s Home
… Calls on Security Agencies to ‘Fish out Perpetrators’ By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youths Council Worldwide has condemned the attack on the country home of the former governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, at Toru Orua, and the killing of an inspector of Police by suspected …
Read More »S’South Leaders Demand Apology from FG over Botched Meeting
By Joel Anekwe South South leaders, comprising top political leaders, traditional rulers, religious, women and youth leaders have demanded a public apology from the Federal Government over the failed meeting with stakeholders in the region scheduled for Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The leaders expressed anger and disappointment over the Federal Government …
Read More »PIB: OrderPaper, FOSTER Host N’Delta Publishers on Engaging Oil Communities
By Ukandi Christopher Publishers and journalists in the Niger Delta region have been called upon to bring to the fore development issue confronting the region in their reportage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Dr. Monday Ashibogwu, speaking on ‘Media Intervention and Engagement and Strategies,’ during a parley held for …
Read More »Supreme Court Ruling: Litigants Not My Enemies ~ Diri
Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has again extended a hand of fellowship to those that filed petitions in court against his election. Governor Diri in his reaction to Wednesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court, which dismissed the last batch of cases against him and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, …
Read More »Runsewe Commends Ogun Gov, Dapo Abiodun, on ‘Adire Economy’
The director general of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe, says he has found a soul mate in Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on the strategic campaign to promote indigenous fabrics as national dress code, thus showcasing Nigeria’s iconic cultural heritage. Otunba Runsewe who is …
Read More »Nembe Killings: Diri Directs Immediate Employment for Relations of Victims, Injured
Victims of the November 13, 2019 dastardly attack on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members and supporters in Ogbolomabiri-Nembe had cause to smile on Thursday night as the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, announced immediate employment for the survivors and relations of those that lost their lives. The governor also …
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