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… ‘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 …
Read More »Gov Diri Presents N242.3bn 2020 Appropriation Bill
Two months after he took office, Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Tuesday, presented an appropriation bill of N242.283 billion for the 2020 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly. Presenting his maiden budget estimate christened, ‘Consolidation for Prosperity 2020,’ Senator Diri said the appropriation bill defines the structure …
Read More »‘There will be Revolution if Covid-19 Lockdown Bites Harder’
By Tunde Uchegbuo Nigerians who depend on daily activities for livelihood could rebel if the lock down bites harder. The executive director of Social Action, Ken Henshew, gave this indication recently on a radio programme in Port Harcourt, while appraising efforts by the federal and state governments to fight the …
Read More »Ex-Gov Dickson Condoles with Diri, Family over Keniebi Okoko’s Death
Immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Henry Seriake Dickson, has commiserated with the state governor, Senator Douye Diri, former president of the Ijaw National Congress, Prof Kimse Okoko, father of the late businessman and politician, Keniebi Okoko over his untimely death. Governor Dickson also condoled with the wife of …
Read More »Bayelsa Govt Laments Decline in Oil Revenue, Inherited Deficits
Bayelsa State Government has expressed concern over the decline in revenue from the Federation Account arising from the global COVID-19 crisis, saying the economy of states in the country would soon be grounded. The technical adviser on Finance to the governor, Mr. Maxwell Ebibai, a former commissioner of Finance, raised …
Read More »Covid-19: We Won’t Relent in Fighting Crime as We Fight Coronavirus ~ Wike
By Joel Anekwe Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that while his administration goes ahead to do everything in its power to prevent the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic in the state, it will not also relent in the fight against crime and criminality. The governor made the …
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