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To amplify efforts towards the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the Ese Usamali Foundation For Rural Development (EUFORDe), has partnered with the Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation and UNICEF-UNFPA joint program on ending Female Genital Mutilation in communities in Rivers State. The aim of the exercise is to …

Youths of Ekeremor extraction, who have just turned eighteen years and yet to register as voters and those wishing to relocate to Ekeremor Local Government Area and its environs in Bayelsa State, subsequently, have been urged to participate in the ongoing continuous voters registration (CVR) exercise, carried out by the …

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has sworn- in Dr. Wisdom Sawyer as the state’s 12th Head of Service. Dr. Sawyer was appointed on Tuesday, September 2 following the retirement of his predecessor, Mrs Biobelemoye Charles-Onyema on August 31. Governor Diri also swore in two Special Advisers on Legal …

  The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bayelsa State Council has felicitated Dr Wisdom Ebiye Sawyer on his appointment as the new Head of Service of Bayelsa State. In a statement, NUJ State Council Chairman, Comrade Tonye Yemoleigha and the Secretary, Comrade Imgbi Stanley said, the appointment of …

…Fixes Ebeniken Election For October Bayelsa State Government has set up an expanded constitution review committee (CRC) and an electoral committee to assiduously work towards the enthronement of a substantive leadership in Ovom Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area by the end of October this year. This is just as …

…As Bayelsa First Lady, NAWOJ, Others Demand Arrest of Perpetrators Nineteen years old, Nancy Ifiedi, small business owner from Imo State and victim of assault in the viral video in Bayelsa State, has petitioned the State Police Command over her ordeal in hands of her friends last Sunday. In the …

The National Leadership of the Host Communities Producing Oil, Gas and Pipeline Impacted States Youth Council of Nigeria (HOSTCON YOUTH COUNCIL), together with its Board of Trustees (BoT), has commended Dr. Week Doodei for his display of professionalism, transparency and dedication as the Director of Procurement at the Niger Delta …

  By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa   Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the appointment of Dr. Wisdom Ebiye Sawyer as Head of the Civil Service of the state. ‎ ‎This was disclosed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, in a statement on Tuesday. ‎ ‎The …

The Bayelsa state Council  Nigeria Union of Journalists  has advocated for endowment funds to encourage and promote the entertainment sub-sector of the state’s economy. ‎ ‎The NUJ said such funds  could be leveraged upon by the abundant budding talents in the state, adding that   such funds could be used …

‎A Former Publicity Secetary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Barr. Osom Makbere has described as misleading and preposterous the claims that former President Goodluck Jonathan is not qualified to contest the 2027 Presidential Elections. ‎ ‎According to Makbere, Dr. Good luck Jonathan by virtue of the …