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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission (BYSIEC) on Thursday applauded the ruling of a Bayelsa State High Court ordering the conduct of local government elections in the state. BYSIEC said that the judgment has vindicated the commission’s resolve to conduct local government elections in the eight …
Read More »Ministerial List: Lokpobiri Congratulates Sylva on Nomination
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, former Minister of State for Agriculture on Tuesday congratulated Chief Timipre Sylva on his ministerial nomination to represent Bayelsa State in the Federal Execution Council. The development is sequel to the transmission of the ministerial nomination list by President Muhammadu Buhari to the …
Read More »Bayelsa Employs Additional 904 Workers, Attributes Success to Reforms
The Bayelsa State Government has formalized the employment of 904 casual staff in the various ministries, departments and agencies in the state. This is in addition to the 1,000 workers, first class graduates from various disciplines, PhD and Master’s degrees holders from Ijaw-speaking communities across the country earlier injected into …
Read More »Ogonis Task Lawmakers on Stiffer Penalty for Rapists
Stakeholders from Ogoni Communities have tasked lawmakers at state and local government levels to make laws that will stipulate stiffer penalty for rapists. They make the remark at a one-day training program on Access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Right through direct-contact awareness organized by Pius Dukor Foundation for Community …
Read More »Don’t Confirm Acting NDDC Managing Director, Groups Warn
Worried by the intimidating number of abandoned Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) projects dotting every part of Niger Delta, with Bayelsa topping the chart, a group under the aegis of Ijaw Monitoring Group (IMG) and Niger Delta Peace Advocacy (NDPAG), have joined other voices to warn against “sponsored campaigns” for …
Read More »Chinasa Nwosu Celebrates At 60, Urges Members to ‘Focus on God’
The founder and general overseer of the Royal Church, Port Harcourt, (aka Chinasa Nwosu Ministries), Bishop Apostle Chinasa Nwosu, clocked 60 penultimate week and was celebrated at the church headquarters in Port Harcourt. Speaking to newsmen at the event, Apostle Nwosu admonished his members to always emulate his steps and …
Read More »Pillar of Freedom Ministry Holds 5th Anniversary
The Pillar of Freedom International Ministry over the weekend held her 5th anniversary in Port Harcourt, with the theme: ‘Uncommon Grace.’ General Overseer of the ministry, Prophet Chukwuemeka Okorie, a man of God under the discipleship of Apostle Johnson Suleiman, said uncommon grace is God’s unmerited favour and His goodness …
Read More »ERA, GLA Host Training for PH Journalists on Environment
Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and GLA have organized a one-day workshop to build the capacity of journalists practicing in Rivers State on effective reportage of the environment. The training, co-ordinated by The African Citizens’ Initiative for Rights and Development (ACIRD), and held on last week in …
Read More »Kidnapped 5-yr-old Girl Still Held after Paying N1m Ransom ~ Mother
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Mrs Williams Koroye mother of a five year old girl kidnapped by an acquaintance simply identified as Ahmed on Thursday said that her baby remained in captivity after a ransom demand for N1 million was met The toddler, Peace, was abducted at their residence in Akemfa …
Read More »Social Workers March against Violence on Women, Children in Bayelsa
Members of the Nigeria Association of Social Workers on Tuesday staged a sensitization march on the streets of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital to educate the masses on how to end violence against women and children in the state. Members of the group, who moved from Yenagoa-Mbiama road to the Government …
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