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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has declared a N1.88 billion deficit as balance for April 2018, saying its earnings from the Federation Account Allocation Committee have been suffering a setback in the past four months. The state deputy governor, Rear Admiral Gboribigha John Jonah (retd) disclosed this on …

… Devastation Like Dropped Bomb ~ Archbishop Sentamu By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa No fewer than 60 communities and groups have presented evidence of oil-related devastation to the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) chaired by the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu. The 10-man panel inaugurated by Governor Henry …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation, has held a one-day training workshop on Environmental, Social And Human Rights Impact Assessment (ESHRIA) in Bayelsa State for community members, ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and civil society organisations. The training, which took place in Yenagoa, …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Hon Seriake Dickson, has urged the religious team and the body of clergy in the state to organize special prayers for the emergence of his successor. The governor said while speaking during a live media chat on Tuesday that the issue of the …

Two university dons, Prof Ambily Etekpe and Dr Tare Dadiowei say unless technocrats were appointed to head the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) the much expected infrastructure development will remain a mirage, and blamed the oil producing companies for not only neglecting their host communities, but also for being responsible …

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 …