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The Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has been commended for his forthrightness, outspokenness and passion for promoting the common good. Class 98 Old students of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nkpolu, Port Harcourt, resident in Bayelsa gave the commendation during a solidarity visit to the …
Read More »Bayelsa Govt, Security Operatives Intercept Two Bus-Loads of Almajiris
The Bayelsa State Government and security operatives on Sunday intercepted and sent back two more buses carrying no fewer than seventeen Quoranic education pupils known as ‘Almajiri’ at the Glory Land, entry point into Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Chief Freston Akpor, permanent secretary of the State Ministry of Information …
Read More »COVID-19: Diri, Sylva Lay Foundation for NAOC’s 200-Bed Hospital in Bayelsa
Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Saturday, commended the Federal Government and the drive by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and its joint venture partners to combat COVID-19, through the consolidation and improvement of medical facilities. Diri gave the commendation at the groundbreaking ceremony of a 200-bed medical …
Read More »Those Calling for Merger of Universities are Enemies of Bayelsa ~ Perm Secretary
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The permanent secretary, Ministry of Education in Bayelsa State, Comrade Walton Liverpool, said those clamoring for the merger of existing state-owned tertiary institutions are enemies of the state. The permanent secretary made the assertion while speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of clamours in some quarters for …
Read More »Diri appoints Oredipe, Aide on Social Media
Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has appointed Mr. Kola Oredipe, manager, News and Current Affairs, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), as his coordinator, Social Media. His appointment is in the rank of a special adviser. Mr. Oredipe, a versatile reporter, has traversed the length and breadth of the …
Read More »COVID-19: Group Hails Mpigi’s Magnanimity
… ‘Blasts’ Detractors A sociopolitical group, Niger Delta Action Network (NDAN), Andoni Chapter, has commended the senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District, Senator Barry Mpigi, for donating handsomely to the people of his constituency on the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Niger Delta Action Network in a joint statement …
Read More »Sea Pirates Attack Covid-19 Sensitization Officer in Bayelsa
The rising incidence of sea piracy along the Akassa-Brass-Yenagoa route in Bayelsa State is giving commuters cause for concern. The latest attack took place over the weekend with one health worker returning from a Coronavirus sensitization campaign in Brass Local Government Area injured. The Akassa-Brass-Nembe-Yenagoa sea routes are often hotbed …
Read More »Ex-Bayelsa Commissioner Urges NOSDRA to Probe Pollution of Coastline
Mr Iniruo Wills, ex-Environment commissioner in Bayelsa State on Thursday called on oil industry regulators to priorities investigation of increased toxicity of Atlantic coastline causing massive death of fishes. Wills made the call in an interview in Yenagoa in a reaction to dead fishes littering the coastline across Delta, Bayelsa …
Read More »140 Samples Sent to NCDC Lab Tested Negative for COVID-19 ~ Bayelsa Task Force
The Bayelsa State Task Force on COVID-19 has said that 140 blood samples sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) approved laboratory in Edo State between March and April, 2020 have all tested negative. The co-chairman of the State Task Force on Covid-19, Dr Inodu Apoku, who disclosed this …
Read More »Bayelsa Deputy Governor, Ewhrudjakpo, Mourns Okoko
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has commiserated with the Okoko family of Obunagha community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area over the sudden demise of their son, Mr Keniebi Okoko. According to a press release by the senior special assistant on media to the deputy …
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