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By Ukandi Christopher An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt Rivers State has dismissed a suit brought by Heineken Lokpobiri, a former minister of state for Agriculture, challenging the emergence of David Lyon as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Heineken Lokpobiri had approached a Federal High …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Following a tip off, operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command, in collaboration with the vigilante of Okutukutu community, Yenagoa, arrested four suspected cultists on January 10, 2020, at about 0530 hours, for allegedly initiating minors into cultism. The suspected cultists include; 29 year-old Godbless Jackson, …

… Appeals for State, Federal Presence  By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The UDU Primary School main-field, Uwheru venue of the grand reception in honour of five personalities was filled to rafter as sons and daughters of Uwheru Kingdom and their well-wishers converged to “give honour to who honour is due, as …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has challenged the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) to substantiate its claim that customers in Bayelsa owed N16.5 billion. The IYC had on December 23, besieged the offices of the PHEDC and forced the staff to ground operations and occupied …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Princess (Chief) Mrs Gladys Aghogho Puegeren (nee Egoh), who was appointed by Gov Ifeanyi Okowa as first female permanent secretary from Uwheru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area, was among personalities that were bestowed with honor at a reception organized by the Uwheru Development Union …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa A Yenagoa-based female lawyer, Edna Ndubuisi, has raised alarm over “persistent threats by armed men who claimed to be ex-militants.” The ex-militants, who are plaintiffs in a lawsuit on their stipends with commercial banks, reportedly on November 19, 2019, armed with pistols and other dangerous weapons, …

By Boma Susan Banjo(08032662889) “I met Mrs Christy Otu at the N.S.I.A LUTH Cancer Centre recently while we were both doing radiotherapy and we became a family. “She has triple positive breast cancer which means she needs an injection called Herceptin, which costs about N350, 000 each, every 3 weeks, and she needs …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Joint Task Force (JTF) protecting oil facilities in the Niger Delta has extended free medical services to its host community, Igbogene, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Flagging off the event, Rear Adm. Akinjide Akinrinade, commander of the joint military force, said the gesture …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa   The Bayelsa Health Insurance Scheme (BHIS) on Friday said it targets universal health coverage in the state by 2030 following the successes it recorded in the public sector in the past two years. Dr Zuoboemi Agadah, BHIS’ executive secretary, said the scheme covered more than …

The Rivers Ijaw Indigenous Forum (RIIF), a socio-cultural organization in the Niger Delta region, has lauded the “magnanimous policies of Belema Oil Company with regards to its employment and empowerment programmes in the region and beyond.” The group said it was satisfied with their implementation programmes, adding that the future …