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By Joel Anekwe Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike has stated that Nigeria would have made greater progress if the Federal Government had been implementing the reports of the participants of the National Institute, Kuru. He stated that the implementation of study reports of the National Institute would help …
Read More »Rivers Governorship Election: SDP Expresses Lack of Confidence in Tribunal
… Opts to ‘Join Hands with Wike’ By Joel Anekwe The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Precious Elekima has expressed lack of confidence in the Rivers State Election Tribunal, choosing rather to work with Governor Nyesom Wike on the development of the state. This is as …
Read More »Uwheru Community in Bayelsa Welcome CSP Gometi, Urges Unity
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Uwheru Community in Bayelsa State, under the aegis of Uwheru Development Union (UDU) Bayelsa State chapter, recently organized a reception in honour of CSP Benjamin Gometi who was recently transferred to the state’s police command. It was a gathering of who is who from Uwheru of Ughelli …
Read More »Urhobo Union Inaugurates Youth Wing in Bayelsa
The non-indigenes, including Urhobos, living in Bayelsa State have been advised to live in peace and harmony with its host state and other ethnic nationalities in the state in order for them to earn their livelihood, and to abhor anything that would be inimical to development and peaceful co-existence. The president …
Read More »MOSOP ‘Uncovers Plot to Resume Oil Operations in Ogoni’
… Vows to Resist with ‘Last Drop of Blood’ The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) says it has uncovered a plot to “forcefully resume oil operations in Ogoni land, with military cover.” In a release by its acting publicity secretary, Sunny Zorvah, the umbrella body for …
Read More »Bayelsa: We’ll Revisit Life Pension Bill ~ Speaker
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Friday Kombowei Benson on Wednesday said the legislators were going to revisit the life pension bill at the appropriate time. The legislators had on April 24, 2019 hurriedly passed a bill sponsored by the leader of the House, Hon …
Read More »Council, Guber Polls: Bayelsa PDP Sues for Unity among Members
… Says It Has Capacity, Spread to Win By David Owei, Yenagoa The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has called on its members to remain united ahead of the July 27 and November 2, 2019 local council and governorship elections. Chairman of the party in the state, Hon. …
Read More »Ignatius Ajuru: ‘Fastest Growing Varsity’ Admits 5,185, Partners Overseas Institutions
Nigeria’s ‘fastest growing university south of the Niger,’ Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, has offered admission to five thousand, one hundred and eight five (5,185) students into various programmes of study for the 2018/2019 academic session. This number forms part of the fourteen thousand, two hundred and two (14,202) candidates …
Read More »NIMASA Donates Relief Materials to 2018 Flood Victims in Bayelsa
By David Owei, Yenagoa The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Thursday donated relief materials to victims of the 2018 flood disaster that submerged parts of the state and displaced about 150,000 residents. Dr Dakuku Peterside, director-general of NIMASA said the agency made the intervention to assist the …
Read More »Dep Gov Decries Misleading Reports on Bayelsa, S’ South Region
By David Owei, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Deputy governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John-Jonah (rtd), on Wednesday decried the unwarranted and misleading reports about the South-South geo-political zone and Bayelsa State in particular, saying it is a deliberate distortion of facts. Rear Admiral John-Jonah stated this when he played host to the …
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