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NDLEA Arrests 105 Drug Dealers in Bayelsa in 6 Months

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Nigeria Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Bayelsa Command, has arrested 105 persons, while 27.35 kg of illicit drugs were seized in the area between January and June. Bayelsa NDLEA Commander, Mr Abdullahi Abdul, gave the figure at a news briefing to commemorate the International …

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ANA To Immortalize Gabriel Okara

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa National President of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Denja Abdullahi, has hinted of plans to name a complex in the association’s national secretariat at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, after the late Bayelsa-born poet laureate, Dr. Gabriel Okara. Mr. Abdullahi made this known on the …

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Pipeline Explosion Claims 12 Lives at Oyigbo

By Joel Anekwe About 12 persons have been reported dead following the pipeline fire that occurred in Kom Kom community, Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers on Saturday morning. The explosion reportedly happened at a pipeline site belonging to one of the multinational oil companies operating in the area. Speaking …

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Dickson Tops List of Eminent Members of Gabriel Okara Foundation

…Eulogises Literary Icon as ‘Best Gift to Nigeria’ By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Seriake Dickson and other eminent Nigerians were on Thursday named members of the Dr. Gabriel Okara Foundation. Some members of the Foundation include, Prof. John Pepper Clark, a great poet, renowned historian, Prof. …

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Ogoni Cleanup: Social Action Queries HYPREP on Framework

… Accuses Shell of Lack of Commitment to Exercise  By Joel Anekwe The Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action, Nigeria) has raised a three-point query to the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), demanding the Ogoni clean-up implementation framework or timetable, showing activities’ schedule, from inception to date and in-view. This …

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