By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Wife of Bayelsa State governor, Mrs. Gloria Ebibomo Diri, has asked Bayelsa women to engage themselves meaningfully in order to realise their gender equality goal as enshrined in Beijing Conference. According to Mrs Diri, to have equal level playing ground with men in all spheres of …
Read More »Ohoror Boy Stabbed To Death over Sticker at Ughelli
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri A young boy (name withheld) who was a motorcycle rider, popularly known as ‘Okada,’ from Ohoror community, Uwheru kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was recently stabbed to death by yet to be identified member of a ‘Sticker’ group in Ughelli. According …
Read More »Bayelsa’s Unified Ticket Chairman Debunks Allegation of Multiple Taxation
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Against the backdrop of the recent protest embarked on by commercial vehicle drivers in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, and its environs, over the high ticket rates put in place by the state government, chairman of the Bayelsa State Unified Ticket, Comrade Doubara Komukou, has denied …
Read More »Foundation Recruits 104 Teachers, Health Workers for 8 Rural Communities in Bayelsa
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa KEFFES Rural Development Foundation (KRDF) has employed 104 teachers, health workers to address shortages in eight coastal communities in Southern Ijaw and Brass local government areas of Bayelsa State. The Bayelsa ministries of Education and Health are collaborating with KRDF in the intervention aimed at addressing acute …
Read More »Okada Union in Bori Reaches Truce with Police
… As Council Boss Wades In Commercial motorcycle operators, popularly called ‘Okada,’ have resolved to continue to work in peace and harmony with men of the Nigeria Police force operating within Khana Local Government Area and its environs. This followed the intervention of the council chairman, Barr Lateh Loloo, over …
Read More »Attacks: Taiga Visits Uwheru Communities, Asks Herdsmen to Quit Urhobo Land
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri In continuation of “the struggle to redeem Uwheru lands” from the hands of suspected Fulani herdsmen and to restore peace to the entire kingdom, national executive committee of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), led by its president general (worldwide), Olorogun Dr. Moses Oghenerume Taiga, on Thursday …
Read More »Bayelsa Landlords Protest ‘Planned Demolition of Houses by Navy’
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Landlords and house owners in Okoria community, Agudama-Epie, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have taken to the streets to protest against alleged forceful demolition of their property by the Central Naval Command. The aggrieved protesters marched through the Melford Okilo Road terminating at …
Read More »More Reactions as Uwheru Communities Ban Sale of Cow Meat
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri More reactions continue to trail the ban on the sale of cow meat in Uwheru communities in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The ban comes on the heels of recent horrors and killings in Agadama, Avwon and Ohoror communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen. …
Read More »Parents Levied To Mend Broken Fence at Girls’ School, Evwreni
By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri As part of efforts to provide security for students and staff of Girls Model Secondary School, Evwreni in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, parents and guardians of students in the school levied themselves to mend part of the school fence that was broken …
Read More »Gov Diri Suspends Board Chairman
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Bayelsa state governor, Senator Douye Diri, has suspended the chairman of an unnamed government agency or board (name withheld) whose statutory tenure would end in 2021. According to a source, the board chairman, though a People Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, was allegedly involved in anti-party politics and …
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