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… As State Revises 2020 Budget to N183bn from N242bn By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, allayed fears of an impending salary cut for civil servants in the state due to the drop in monthly revenue occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor gave …
Read More »Shutdown Threat: Accept FG’s Dialogue Offer, Otuaro Urges Aggrieved Oil Communities
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has pleaded with oil producing communities in Delta State to accept the Federal Government dialogue window over their demands for marginal fields in their domains amongst other concerns. Otuaro spoke to newsmen in Asaba, against backdrop of …
Read More »Bayelsa Gets 32nd Police Commissioner
By Amos Odeh,Yenagoa Bayelsa State Police command Friday received its newly redeployed commissioner, CP Mike Okoli. Speaking to newsmen after addressing men and officers of the command, the Police commissioner assured their readiness to fight crime and criminality in the state. He stressed that the command under him would partner …
Read More »Coalition of Women Leaders urges Buhari to drive Nigeria’s Transition to ‘Just Energy Era’
By Joel Anekwe A coalition of women leaders across the country under the auspices of the Just Energy Transition Coalition has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to personally oversee the process of Nigeria’s transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy. In a communique issued in Port Harcourt, at a joint meeting …
Read More »National Population Commission Advocates Safeguard of Female Reproductive Rights
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The federal commissioner in charge of Bayelsa, at the National Population Commission (NPC), Mrs Gloria Izonfuo, has advocated the preservation of reproductive rights of the female gender. Izonfuo said the World Population Day (WPD) is part of international awareness campaign that is celebrated annually on 11th of …
Read More »Supreme Court Ruling: Diri, Wife, Deputy Dedicate Victory to God
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The chapel at the Bayelsa State Government House, King of Glory, was agog as songs of praise to God rent the air over the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the case filed by Chief Timi Alaibe challenging the candidacy of Governor Douye Diri in the November, 2019 Bayelsa …
Read More »LG Minimum Wage: Bayelsa Govt Sets Up 18-Man Committee
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has set up an 18-member committee to look into the issues of promotion and minimum wage raised by labour unions in the interest of industrial harmony in the state. The state governor, Senator Douye Diri, inaugurated the committee headed by the secretary to …
Read More »COVID-19: Bayelsa Adopts Stiffer Measures to Curtail Spike As Fatalities Hit 16
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government says effective from Monday 13 July, 2020, it will commence the enforcement of wearing of face masks in all public places as part of precautionary measures to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Governor Douye Diri stated this during an interactive meeting with …
Read More »School Resumption: Consult Us Now, Bayelsa Teachers Urge Govt
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Bayelsa State wing, has advised the state government not to undermine the role of their union in ensuring better and qualitative education in the state. The union through its secretary, Comrade Johnson Hector, made their position known to journalists in …
Read More »774k LG Jobs: Foundation Berates NASS for Suspending Implementation
By Joel Anekwe Unity House Foundation, a social and political body based in Rivers State has berated members of the National Assembly for suspending the implementation of the 774,000 jobs planned by the federal Ministry of Labour, Employment and Productivity. The National Assembly on Wednesday announced the suspension of the …
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