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General Manager of Yenagoa-based Peoples’ 93.1 FM, Mr Lawson Hayford, has commended the Bayelsa State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), for inaugurating the Travel Writers’ Corps to give special attention to the travel and tourism sector of the state’s economy.  Mr Hayford who made the remark when he …

… Accused of Ethnic Bias By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa A civil rights group, the Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Communities (NDOAPC), headed by Chief Preye Olomu, has called on the Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, to desist from fanning the embers of discord in the All …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has charged traditional rulers and other community leaders to imbibe and practice democratic principles to ensure smooth running of their communities. The state deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the advice on Tuesday while receiving an interim report from the Peretorugbene Community Constitution …

By Joel Anekwe Former chairman of the Penticostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) as well as of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Rivers State, Apostle Eugene Ogu, has condoled with Nigerian Christians over the death of two popular men of God. Nigerians were still morning the sudden demise of …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  ‘No Rift between Sylva, Akpabio over NDDC Board’  By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has denied the existence of a rift between him and the minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. This was contained in a …

The councillor representing Ward 13 of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Hon Kogiaman Ibhe, has lauded the state governor, Senator Douye Diri, his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, for their commitment to the infrastructural development of the state. Ibhe, who also thanked the chairman of Ogbia council area, Hon …

By Ebube Egbufor The Amanyanabo of Nembe Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, King Edmund Daukoru, has called on Nigerians to see security of lives and properties as a shared responsibility instead of blaming any single institution for not tackling the insecurity in the country. Speaking recently to newsmen at the Port …

By Ebube Egbufor A former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, says the proposed recruitment of ten thousand police officers by the Federal Government of Nigeria should be done every six months and not yearly as the Nigerian Police Force “is grossly understaffed.” Okiro who spoke recently to news …

The executive chairman Bayelsa State Post-Primary Schools Board, High Chief Millionaire Asangba, has assured that staff of the board would be fully integrated into the Bayelsa State Automated Payroll System, popularly called ORACLE, by the end of May, 2021. High Chief Asangba disclosed this when executive members of the Academic …

As countries across the globe commemorate this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity, being celebrated every May 22, the governors of the South South states of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers have been called upon to take advantage of the rich biodiversity potentials in their states …