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… Sampou Community Honours Bayelsa Governor Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has expressed support for electronic voting as a solution to Nigeria’s electoral challenges.  Speaking at a grand reception in his honour in Sampou Community, in Kolokuma Local Government Area, Governor Diri noted that although electronic voting might not …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Alleged Fulani herdsmen, presently ravaging farmers and communities in Nigeria, have reportedly resumed their attacks on the farmers and people of Agadama and Ohoror communities in Uwheru kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The attacks on the people of these communities by the …

The Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abraham Ingobere, has assured Bayelsans of the readiness of the House to churn out quality legislations, with high community value, in the new legislative year.         Rt. Hon. Ingobere gave the assurance while giving his closing …

The leadership of the African Union Students Parliament has extolled the leadership qualities of the Bayelsa State commissioner for Education, Hon. Gentle E. Emelah, by awarding him the Pan African Leadership Merit Award. The delegation led by its speaker, Rt. Hon. Kewul Mensah Abel, of the Institute of Professional Studies …

Women from the Epie/Atissa communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against the alleged menace of herdsmen. The women waving leaves at the Tombia Roundabout, Etegwe axis of Yenagoa, also barricaded the ever busy Mbiama – Yenagoa road, which is the major …

Following alleged return of a whooping N26 billion unspent fund meant to offset backlog of monies owed Amnesty Programme’s contractors, from 2014 to date, by the Interim coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio (rtd), ex-militants in the Niger Delta region have called for his immediate sack, as …

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has donated 2,170 bags of rice as palliatives to women organisations, youth groups and physically challenged persons in Bayelsa State. A director at the NDDC, Mr. Nwelue Kelechi, who represented the commission’s interim administrator, Effiong Akwa at the flag off of the distribution of …

… Buhari will do more ~ Sylva … We Deserve Full Cabinet Position ~ Diri Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, joined other key stakeholders to demand better federal government presence in the bid to fast-track overall development of the state. The stakeholders made the call during a …

Following the plethora of acidic comments and reactions that have continued to trail the N37 billion refunds by the Federal Government to Bayelsa State, a Bayelsa-based social commentator, Miriki Ebikibina, has called on the federal and state governments to “come clean on the controversial forfeiture of a whopping N11 billion, being …

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has applauded the decision of a Dutch Court of Appeal in favour of four Bayelsa farmers impacted by oil spill. Dutch court on Friday ordered the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell to pay compensation over oil spills in Bayelsa. The Court of Appeal …