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… Seeks Cooperation on Arrests in Bayelsa Communities By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the Nigerian Army to ensure that the Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Agge in Ekeremor local government area becomes operational to beef up security in the area and in the …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  More than 75 environmental civil society organisations from Nigeria, Africa and other countries have condemned moves to open way for the release of genetically modified mosquitoes, aimed at controlling malaria infection. At a virtual meeting of the West African Integrated Vector Management Programme, on June 6, …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The Niger Delta University, located in Bayelsa State, in Nigeria’s South-South region, was honoured at the 4th Africa Summit 2020, which held virtually on Thursday 25 June 2020. The institution was praised for its proven record of preparing students for life beyond paid employment, which has …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, the capital of  Bayelsa State has ordered the reinstatement of four lecturers demoted by the Federal University of Otuoke, located in Otuoke, Ogbia local council area. Recall in 2018 the institution downgraded Professor Steve Nwabuzor from the rank of professor to …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested 169 drug suspects in Bayelsa, from 2019 to 2020. The NDLEA commander in the state, Mr Kopi Maulsei, disclosed this in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital, to mark the 2020 United Nations International Day against Drug …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa As parts of its humanitarian efforts, the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) has presented items to 20 states in its ongoing distribution of palliatives since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that efforts are on the way to ensure that items get to other states of the country.  The …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has urged the people of the state and the Ijaw nation to support the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, and the executive secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Wabote. Diri called …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The president general of Unenurhie community, in Evwreni kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Peter Maison, has said that the e-learning programme designed by the state ministry of Basic and Secondary Education to engage school children during the period of lockdown, occasioned …

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of the reconciliation efforts of the Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The governor Tuesday told newsmen in Port Harcourt that some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP are sycophants and tax collectors who …

… Suspends Mid-Week, Home Cell Activities By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has asked the state taskforce on COVID-19 to unseal worship centres that run foul of measures imposed by the state government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the state. He, however, urged …