… My Administration Doesn’t Play Politics with Development ~ Gov Diri By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Thursday, inaugurated phase two of the newly-completed Glory Drive dual carriageway, a 10.2-kilometer road project constructed by the Governor Douye Diri administration. The road, which stretches …
Read More »Rotary Clubs, Partners Hold Seminar in Bayelsa to Mark International Peace Day
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Rotary Club of Oxbow Lake, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Yenagoa Sunshine, and with support from the Partners for Peace (P4P) and the West African Network for Peace (WANEP), held a ‘Peace Awareness Seminar’ on September 21, 2023 as part of activities to …
Read More »African Women Meet for Climate Justice, Development Alternatives
The second edition of the Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA), to be held in Lagos, Nigeria from September 24 to 28, 2023, will bring together women from fourteen countries across Central and West Africa, under the theme, ‘African Women Unite for Climate Justice, Reparations and Development Alternatives.’ This follows the success …
Read More »Alhaji Dokubo Asari, not Barred from Presidential Villa ~ SEFFND
… Insists on ‘Decentralized Award of Pipeline Surveillance Contract’ By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Ex-militants from the six states of the Niger Delta region, under the aegis of the Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters of Niger Delta (SEFFND), have dismmised as “false” and ” sponsored blackmail” the claim that the leader of …
Read More »Uphold Tenets of Journalism ~ NUJ Chairman
Members of the Gist Newspaper and Magazine Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Rivers State Council, have been charged to keep to the standard of journalism practice. State Chairman of the union, Mr. Stanley Job Stanley who was speaking at the inauguration of the chapel in Port Harcourt on Monday …
Read More »Ex-NDDC MD’s Aide Writes EFCC, Demands Apology over ‘Imprisonment Publications’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Former special assistant on Youths Matters to two ex-managing directors of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Hon (Chief) Barr. Alabh George Turnah, has described a publication “against his person,” allegedly syndicated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as defaming and malicious. Turnah, now …
Read More »Prof Jumbo Urges Judicious Use of NDDC Budget
By Ebube Egbufor Veteran Niger Delta development activist and elder statesman, Prof. Jasper Jumbo, has appealed to the Federal Government to give the newly constituted board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, “a little bit of free hand” to use the funds budgeted for them to work for the development …
Read More »Diri Gave INC, IYC Fresh Direction ~ Lokpobiri
… Bayelsa Governor Charges Youths to Prioritise Ijaw Interest By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The newly-elected president of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Comrade Jonathan Lokpobiri, has said the foremost Ijaw youth organisation is grateful to the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, for giving the Ijaw National Congress (INC) and …
Read More »I Won’t Sit in My Office Expecting Quality Projects ~ Momoh
… Expresses Satisfaction over Ministry, NDDC Projects in Calabar By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Minister of Niger Delta Development, Hon. Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has expressed his determination and insistence on demanding quality project delivery from the ministry and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), adding that he “won’t sit …
Read More »Company Director Calls for Industrialization
The managing director and chief executive officer of Izzy Global Resources, Hon. Mgbuelu Israel Lebura has advocated for an industrialized nation where the teeming Nigerian youths could be gainfully employed. Hon. Mgbuelu made the disclosure while receiving an award as a Distinguished company Director of Year, 2023 from the Niger …
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