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Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has sworn in two new cabinet commissioners, three non-executive commissioners of the state Local Government Service Commission and 25 special advisers. Also inaugurated were six technical advisers. At the ceremony, which took place in the Executive Chambers of the Government House in Yenagoa, Governor …

Authorities of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have shut down seven examination centers across Bayelsa State for violating its rules and regulations for examination conduct.  According to available data, the closure of the centres leaves Bayelsa State with only four centers to cater for about 24,000 candidates. The …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Muhammed Adamu, on Tuesday, 13 October, 2020, ordered all personnel of the defunct SARS to report at the Force Headquarters, Abuja for debriefing, psychological and medical examination. This, according to a press statement signed by DCP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, …

… Approves 2020-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework The Bayelsa State Government has described the proposed National Water Resources Bill 2020 as another draconian land use decree in disguise, saying it would join other progressive forces to resist it at all cost. This was one of the decisions reached by the …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri A restaurant owner, Finegirl, daughter of Chief Jonah Ovibi, was reportedly kidnapped at Uwheru community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State by unknown gunmen recently. The victim, whose restaurant is situated along the Uwheru community section of the East-West Road (a federal road). Narrating …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged youths in the Niger Delta to shun violence and embrace peace to support economic development, which cannot happen amidst crisis. Jonathan spoke when the executive of the Movement for Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) paid him a visit in Yenagoa to …

By Joel Anekwe The national body of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has appealed to the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, to wade into the abduction of a female lawyer in Port Harcourt and ensure her safe release. Olumide Akpata, president of the NBA in a statement said: “I received …

Chairmen of the Bayelsa State chapters of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), comrades John Tonpre Kala-Ama and John Ndiomu respectively, have charged teachers and sister public servants to have mutual trust for their leaders. The duo gave the charge Monday in Yenagoa, the …

In line with the vision and philosophy of Africa’s first modern poet and literary icon, late Dr. Gabriel Imomotimi Gbaingbain Okara, his foundation, Gabriel Okara Foundation, recently donated new teaching aids, including white marker boards and accessories with some of his books to Community Secondary School Bumoundi in Yenagoa Local …

By Joel Anekwe The board of trustees of the Environmental Rights Development Foundation (ERDF) has announced the appointment of Chima Williams as acting executive director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) following the disengagement of Godwin Ojo, who was in that position until 3rd October 2020. The …