The Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to Chief Timipre Sylva, Hon. Julius Bokoru, has expressed concern over what he described as the multiple local and foreign trips embarked on by the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri. Bokoru, who spoke in Yenagoa at the weekend described Diri as a …
Read More »Rivers Children, Quest for Growth March for ‘End to Fossil Fuel’
By Kelechi Nwaucha As the campaign for an end to fossil fuel gains traction across the globe, primary and secondary school children in the city of Port Harcourt, South South Nigeria, have staged a walk in support of a greener earth. Part of their demands, which they made during the …
Read More »Timipre Sylva, A Man of Remarkable Leadership, Vision ~ Maciver
The deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State in last year’s election, Great Joshua MacIver, has felicitated with the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, at 60 years, describing him as a man of remarkable leadership and vision for Bayelsa State and the …
Read More »Ben Bruce Lauds Gov Eno’s Ravine Reclamation Project
… Foresees A’Ibom Hosting World’s 1% Nigeria’s entertainment and tourism industry bigwig, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, has applauded Gov Umo Eno’s initiative of turning the long dreaded ravine in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital into a multi-facetted tourists attraction. The sentiment was expressed, Wednesday, as the governor took him and …
Read More »IPC, CEMESO Host Stakeholders’ Roundtable on Coverage of Electoral Process
The International Press Centre (IPC) and the Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO), both implementing partners of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EUSDGNII) project within Component 4: Support to Media, are set to hold two virtual events. The first is a ‘Roundtable on Issues, Trends and …
Read More »Charles Amanze Joins League of ‘Distinguished Company Directors’
The Managing Director and Chief Executive officer of Mion Data Technology Ltd, Dr Charles Amanze, has been honoured as a ‘Distinguished Company Director of the year 2024’ by the Niger Delta Media Practitioners of Nigeria (NDMPN). Speaking during a brief ceremony at the company’s corporate office at Onne, Rivers State, …
Read More »Oil Theft: Group writes Tinubu over NNPCL’s ‘False Cry’ in Niger Delta
… Says Kyari’s Claim, from an ‘Old Play Book of Deceit’ By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A group, the Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND), has written to President Bola Tinubu over a “recent statement by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and the Group Managing Director, …
Read More »Court Sentences Dead Man, Another to Five Years in Jail for Armed Robbery
A Brass High Court sitting in the Bayelsa State capital, Yenagoa has sentenced two persons to five years imprisonment for conspiracy, armed robbery and unlawful possession of fire arms. The convicted persons, Believe Leisure (36yrs) and Jacob Doukumo (42 years), in suit number BYHC/BHC/CR/1/2023, were arrested by the men of …
Read More »Melford Okilo: Bayelsa to Renovate Ex-Rivers Governor’s Residence
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government on Thursday pledged to renovate the personal residence of the first civilian Governor of Rivers State, the late Senator Melford Obiene Okilo, at his home town Emakalakala in the Ogbia area of the state. Governor Douye Diri made the pledge while making …
Read More »Court Jails Four Kidnappers 160 Years for Abducting Bayelsa Ex-Commissioner
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A Bayelsan State High Court sitting in Ogbia Local Government Area has sentenced each of the four men who kidnapped the former Commissioner for Trade and Investment in the state, Hon. Federal Otokito in 2022 to 40 years in prison. The Court, presided over by Justice …
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