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By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Oil and Gas Producing Areas Enlightenment and Empowerment Initiative (OGPAEEI) has petitioned the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) over a 2016 spill in Bayelsa. It would be recalled that an oil leak from an oilfield operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company …
Read More »Ohanaeze Youths who visited Buhari in Aso Rock were imposters ~ Zonal Leaders
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Zonal leaders of Ohanaeze in South South, South West and Northern states on Sunday said that those who visited President Buhari on Friday under the auspices of Ohanaeze youths were imposters They also frowned at their exclusion from the New Year visit to President Muhammadu …
Read More »Man Kills Sons with Sniper over Alleged Witchcraft
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Police in Bayelsa State have arrested a 43-year old man, Mr. Sunday Otasi for killing his two sons, by giving them sniper to drink, for allegedly being wizards. Police source said the incident occurred along GloryLand Drive, Igbogene a suburb of Yenagoa, the …
Read More »Ekeremor Community Goes Agog, Eulogies Dickson on Road Project
By David Owei, Yenagoa The people of Ekeremor Local Government Area has given Rt. Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson’s government kudos for living up to his electioneering promises, by constructing a motorable road to Ekeremor town, headquarters of the LGA. Before now, to access Ekeremor LGA the people had …
Read More »Edo High Chief Tasks FG on More Funds for Education
A business mogul and high chief from Edo State, Chief Ogbebor (aka Edo I) has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to allocate more funds to education in the country especially in the 2019 budget. Ogbebor, popularly known as Edo I by his friends and associates made the …
Read More »Rivers APC: No Person Can Determine Our Fate ~ Abe
…Urges Those Who Created Crisis to Apologize The senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe has said that neither the future of the All Progressive Congress (APC) nor the fate of its members can be determined by one person. He added that …
Read More »Police Arrest Burglary Suspects, Recover Stolen Items
By David Owei (Yenagoa) Following reports of burglary and stealing in the Yenagoa metropolis, the commissioner of Police Bayelsa State Command, CP Aminu Pai Saleh has charged tactical commanders and divisional police officers to intensify their operations to curb the menace. On Friday, December 21, 2018, at about 0445hrs, …
Read More »CSOs Sensitize Communities on EIA Act, Seek Review
By David Owei (Yenagoa) Civil society activists in Bayelsa State are advocating a review of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Act, 2004, in line with present day realities. To this end, a community-based eight-member committee has been set up to sensitize communities in the state on the EIA …
Read More »Ex-Gov’s Aide: Bayelsa Chief Judge Declines Request To Transfer Rape Trial
By David Owei, Yenagoa Justice Kate Abiri, chief judge of Bayelsa has declined an application to have the rape trial of Chief Richard Kpodo, a former security adviser to ex-governor Timipre Sylva to another judge. It would be recalled that the ongoing trial of Kpodo, charged for rape …
Read More »Disaster Averted As Petrol Tanker Collides With Tricycle In Yenagoa
By David Owei, Yenagoa Four persons have been critically injured in a ghastly motor accident involving a tanker laden with petrol and two commercial tricycles, known in local parlance as Keke. The incident happened along Akenpai, a suburb in Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital. The accident, according to resident who witnessed …
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