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… Seeks Control over LGAs, Elections and Judiciary By Joel Anekwe Governors and people of the South-South geopolitical zone have reinforced their demand for restructuring in line with the principle of true federalism, to guarantee peace, security and stability of Nigeria. The people demanded the restructuring of Nigeria in a …
Read More »Yenagoa Shooting: CP Calls for Calm as Patrol Team ‘Taken Into Custody’
Following the recent shooting of three women in Bayelsa State, the state Police Command has identified and taken into custody the patrol team allegedly responsible for the unprovoked attack on innocent women at the Tombia-Etegwe roundabout, Yenagoa. According to the PPRO of Bayelsa State Police command, SP Asinim Butswat, the unfortunate …
Read More »Bayelsa Canvases S’South, S’West Regional Cooperation on Tourism
Bayelsa State government has proposed a South South, South West regional cooperation for the development and promotion of tourism, with the hope that the initiative will receive more political and economic attention from key stakeholders in both geopolitical regions, especially in the context of globalization and regionalization. This position was …
Read More »Jonathan, Ogbia Monarchs Excited over Appointment of Bayelsa-born VC at Otuoke Varsity
Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has congratulated the newly appointed vice chancellor of the Federal University of Otuoke (FUO) in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Prof Teddy Charles Adias. In a congratulatory letter dated 11 November, 2020, Jonathan described the new vice chancellor as a true …
Read More »Diri Directs Payment of Outstanding Cash Reward to Bayelsa Athletes, Administrators
Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has directed the immediate release of outstanding cash reward to the state athletes and sports administrators that participated in the last National Sports Festival in Abuja. The immediate past administration, led by Chief Seriake Dickson, had made the pledge as a reward to the …
Read More »MOSIEND Worried over ‘Unaccounted’ Amnesty Expenditures
… Plans Youth Leadership Training By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa On the heels of a stakeholders summit held in Yenagoa Tuesday by the interim coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Col. Miland Dixon Dikio, the leadership of the Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality of the Niger Delta, …
Read More »Ijaw Youths Council Condemns Attack on Dickson’s Home
… Calls on Security Agencies to ‘Fish out Perpetrators’ By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youths Council Worldwide has condemned the attack on the country home of the former governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, at Toru Orua, and the killing of an inspector of Police by suspected …
Read More »S’South Leaders Demand Apology from FG over Botched Meeting
By Joel Anekwe South South leaders, comprising top political leaders, traditional rulers, religious, women and youth leaders have demanded a public apology from the Federal Government over the failed meeting with stakeholders in the region scheduled for Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The leaders expressed anger and disappointment over the Federal Government …
Read More »PIB: OrderPaper, FOSTER Host N’Delta Publishers on Engaging Oil Communities
By Ukandi Christopher Publishers and journalists in the Niger Delta region have been called upon to bring to the fore development issue confronting the region in their reportage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Dr. Monday Ashibogwu, speaking on ‘Media Intervention and Engagement and Strategies,’ during a parley held for …
Read More »Supreme Court Ruling: Litigants Not My Enemies ~ Diri
Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has again extended a hand of fellowship to those that filed petitions in court against his election. Governor Diri in his reaction to Wednesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court, which dismissed the last batch of cases against him and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, …
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