By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government has called on the Federal Government to work closely with flood prone states in the planning and implementation of feasible measures to check the menace of flooding in the country. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the call while visiting flood …
Read More »Climate Change: African Women Demand End to Gas Flaring, Other ‘Harmful Activities’
By Paul Williams The week-long African Women’s Climate Assembly has ended in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with a call for an end to gas flare and other extractive industry activities that impact negatively on the climate. For four days, October 17 to 20, 2022, over 150 women activists from 14 countries …
Read More »Ekowe Poly Rector, Monarch Build IDP Camp, Supply Palliatives
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Worried by the un-abating flood that has destroyed properties worth several millions of naira and rendered hundreds of people homeless, rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Engr. Agbabiaka L. Adegoke, in collaboration with the paramount ruler of …
Read More »2023: I’ll never Support Muslim-Muslim Ticket ~ Pastor Izunwa
By Ebube Egbufor Lead Pastor of Gateway International Church, Pastor George Izunwa says he would never support a Muslim/Muslim ticket as adopted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidential election. Pastor Izunwa who stated that he has no ill feelings against …
Read More »Court Sacks Rivers APC Candidates as Party Kicks
By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, and presided over by Justice E.A. Obile, Tuesday nullified all the primary elections conducted by the All Progressives Congress in the state over unlawful exclusion of some members of the party as delegates …
Read More »Atiku Donates N55m to Bayelsa Flood Victims
… Awards Scholarship to Late Footballer’s Children By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has donated the sum of N55 million to flood victims in Bayelsa State. Speaking at the Government House, Yenagoa, during a visit on Tuesday, Alhaji Abubakar said the …
Read More »Ndiomu to Partner with Niger Delta Ministry to fulfill PAP Mandate
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Maj. Gen. Barry Tariye Ndiomu, the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has reiterated his intention to “engage in a mutually beneficial relationship with the Ministry of Niger Delta.” Gen. Ndiomu, who disclosed this during a visit to the minister of Niger Delta, Chief …
Read More »Diri Approves Additional N450m for Relief Materials
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has approved additional sum of four hundred and fifty million Naira (N450,000,000.00) to the state’s Flood Mitigation and Management Taskforce as part of efforts to provide more relief materials such as food items and medical supplies to the …
Read More »Infrastructure Award: Rivers APC Queries ‘Authenticity of Wike’s Projects’
By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt As the Rivers State administration and its supporters within and outside the state roll out the drums to celebrate the Presidential Award on Infrastructure Delivery bestowed on Governor Nyesom Wike, the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has questioned the authenticity of the …
Read More »N’Delta Stakeholders Commend Buhari over Audu-Ohwavborua’s Appointment as NDDC Boss
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Traditional rulers, elders, women and youth groups, under the banner of a peace advocacy group in the South-South region known as the Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND), have commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the appointment of Engr. Dr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua as the …
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