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By Joel Anekwe As part of activities marking this year’s World Environment Day, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria ERA/FoEN has charged the Federal Government to establish a $100 billion clean-up and remediation fund for the cleanup of the entire Niger Delta to restore the environment and sustain …
Read More »Guber Polls: I’ll Hand over to another PDP Governor ~ Dickson
… Decries Dwindling Revenues from FAAC to States By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson, has said he would lead the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with the support of leaders of the state towards ensuring that the baton of leadership is handed over to another PDP governor. …
Read More »Environmentalists Berate N’Delta Govs on Oil Proceeds
… Allege Diversion of Funds By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Renowned environmentalists, Rev Nnimmo Bassey and Mr Alagoa Morris, on Wednesday frowned at the neglect of oil communities and their environment by Niger Delta governors. The duo in separate interviews on the 2019 World Environmental Day (WED) noted that 13 per …
Read More »‘Bayelsa Remains Least Indebted State in South-South’
… To Complete Payment of N120bn Sylva Bond in June By David Owei, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has said that the state is the least indebted among the states of the South South geopolitical zone. He said that the state’s debt profile as released …
Read More »N’Delta Group Commends FG, NOSDRA on Spill Impact Assessment in Bayelsa
By David Owei, Yenagoa A non-governmental organisation focused on peace building in oil producing communities, the Oil and Gas Producing Areas Enlightenment and Empowerment Initiative (OGPAEEI), has commended the Federal Government and its agencies for intervening in oil spill impacted areas in Bayelsa State. Mr Collins Igbabiri, President of OGPAEEI, …
Read More »APC Group Backs Call For Oshiomhole’s Resignation
By Joel Anekwe The Rivers Unity House (RUH), an advocacy group within the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lent its voice to calls for the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Kingsley Wali, convener of the RUH, addressing journalists in …
Read More »Bayelsa Monthly Revenue Nosedives as Dep Gov Declares N1.88bn Deficit for April
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has declared a N1.88 billion deficit as balance for April 2018, saying its earnings from the Federation Account Allocation Committee have been suffering a setback in the past four months. The state deputy governor, Rear Admiral Gboribigha John Jonah (retd) disclosed this on …
Read More »Oil Spillage: 60 Bayelsa Communities Present Evidence to Environmental Panel
… Devastation Like Dropped Bomb ~ Archbishop Sentamu By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa No fewer than 60 communities and groups have presented evidence of oil-related devastation to the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) chaired by the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu. The 10-man panel inaugurated by Governor Henry …
Read More »Stakeholders Decry Lack of Awareness on EIA
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation, has held a one-day training workshop on Environmental, Social And Human Rights Impact Assessment (ESHRIA) in Bayelsa State for community members, ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and civil society organisations. The training, which took place in Yenagoa, …
Read More »Dickson Urges Clergy to Pray for Emergence of Bayelsa’s Next Gov
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Hon Seriake Dickson, has urged the religious team and the body of clergy in the state to organize special prayers for the emergence of his successor. The governor said while speaking during a live media chat on Tuesday that the issue of the …
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