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By Amos Odhe In preparation for the Ondo State off-cycle governorship election, the International Press Centre (IPC) and the Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO) will from Tuesday September 10, 2024, host a series of dialogue and stakeholders’ engagement, with the objective of ensuring “fair, ethical, and inclusive coverage of …

Organizers of the prestigious Bayelsa Media Network Awards (BMNA) have nominated Ruby Benjamin Memorial School for an award of Excellence, “in recognition of the school’s sterling qualities and antecedents in the educational sector in Bayelsa State. In a statement issued to newsmen in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, the Project …

By Kelechi Nwaucha In the wake of economic headwinds buffeting the country, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has urged Nigerians to take advantage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA), particularly Section 51, which empowers them to hold governments at the three tiers accountable. This was the message Executive Chairman of …

… Highlights Concerns over ‘Legislative Copy-Pasting, Merchandising of Bills’ The first year of the 10th National Assembly, led by Senator Godswill Akpabio and Hon Tajudeen Abbas, has witnessed a surge but slow pace of progression of sponsored bills, a significant number of which were proposals recycled from the preceding 9th …

The National Chairman, ex-Agitators of the Third Phase of the Presidential Amnesty Program, PAP, Elaye Slaboh, has felicitated with the managing director and chief executive officer of Tantita Security Services Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, who was recently bestowed with the Life-time award of ‘Izon-Ebidou Keme,’ meaning a …

Organizers of the prestigious Bayelsa Media Network Awards (BMNA) have nominated Springbloom International School for an award of Excellence, in recognition of the school’s sterling qualities and antecedents in the educational sector in Bayelsa State. A statement issued to newsmen in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State by the Project Manager, …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ijaw Patriotic Movement (IPM), a socio-cultural group that cuts across the Niger Delta states, has expressed the need for the Ijaw nation to harness every available means to ensure that it has a “common socio-ultra identity,” as well as establish its role as “a concrete …

… Describe Him as Treasure to Ijaw Nation By Amos Odhe The Ijaw People’s Association (IPA) of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, has described the chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo as “a treasure to the Ijaw nation.” The group noted that …

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has advised the Minister of Petroleum, Oil, Heineken Lokpobiri to shelve his governorship ambition and concentrate on discharging his ministerial responsibilities to actualise the benefits of the Renewed Hopeu Agenda in the sub-sector. The IYC said it discovered that “Minister Lokpobiri was more interested …

The saying that says a golden fish has no hiding place played out recently when the chairman, Caretaker Committee of Ikwerre Local Government Area, Chief Dr Darlington Orji, was bestowed with an award as a Distinguished Political Icon by the Niger Delta Media Forum. The award, the group said, was …