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By Our Reporter Despite working at a pace which it says meets international best practice, the Engr. Marvin Dekil-led Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP) has come under a barrage of condemnations from a broad spectrum of Ogoni youths and environmental rights activists. Tuesday, the leadership of the Ogoni Youth Federation …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A former chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Mr Chubby Ben-Walson, has dragged the Bayelsa State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to a state High Court sitting in Yenagoa, for failure to pay its eight-year outstanding rent, totaling N85 million, for …

David Owei, Yenagoa In line with the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu, the Bayelsa State Police Command has officially launched the ‘Operation Puff Adder’ which was introduced by the IGP across the states of the federation. Launching the operation at the state police command headquarters in …

By David Owei, Yenagoa Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have proffered solutions for the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) set up by Governor Seriake Dickson on the ways to handle activities of oil companies and environmental challenges facing the state. Speaking at a one-day roundtable meeting in Yenagoa, the …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The National Directorate of Empowerment (NDE) says it empowered over 450 unemployed youths in Bayelsa between January and April as part of efforts to curb unemployment. Mr Aham Osuchukwu, Bayelsa coordinator of the directorate, told journalists that the beneficiaries cut across the eight local government areas …

By Joel Anekwe A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South region, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has declared that the minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi’s statement on Ndi-Igbo and 2023 Presidency was misunderstood and blown out of proportion. He described remarks made by some Igbos against the minister …

By Amos Okioma Justice Iniekadi Eradiri, of a Bayelsa State High Court has disqualified himself from the trial of Chief Richard Kpodo, a former aide to ex-Gov. Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa. Kpodo, standing trial for alleged rape of a 26-year female cashier, had appealed Justice Eradiri’s ruling, declining to disqualify himself …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa  Igbo traders at Swali market in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, under the aegis of Igbo Traders Union (ITU) on Monday close down shops in protest of “incessant burglary attacks” on their shops where goods and cash worth N10 million had been stolen in the past …

By Joel Anekwe The Federal Government has assured that it would complete the Bodo- Bonny road with the expectation to improve the economy of Nigeria. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, gave the assurance during the inspection of the Bodo-Bonny/Port Harcourt-Aba roads project in Rivers State. The minister …

By Joel Anekwe In a move to finally resolve the challenge of hazardous soot in the state, the Rivers State Government has set up a technical committee to implement the recommendations of the scientific committee established to investigate the prevalence of soot in parts of the state. Briefing journalists after …