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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa In continuation of the voter education in Bayelsa State ahead of the governorship election, the Eunice Nnachi Women Advocacy Foundation has urged market women, men and youths in Sabagreia community market to ensure that they come out to cast their votes on election day.  Chief Executive …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Stakeholders and ex-militant leaders, under the aegis of the Movement for the Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND), have written to President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to rejig the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and officially remove the interim administrator, Maj. …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa There is rising panic in Okpoama kingdom of Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State following a deadly gas leak from the oil well belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), a subsidiary of the NNPC. The gas leakage, which occured along the Bendick+Kiri axis …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa In a show of unity and determination, the Bayelsa Women Arise organization conducted a Peace walk Tuesday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, condemning election violence and urging President Bola Tinubu and the security agencies, to ensure a peaceful governorship election in the state on November …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri October 3, 2023 marked four years since the Urhobo Renaissance Society (URS) was established to champion the course of promoting the Urhobo culture, and to raise the economic status of the Urhobo people, as the fifth largest ethnic group in Nigeria.  To mark the event, one …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The newly elected national chairman of the Third phase batch of ex-Agitators in the Niger Delta, general Elaye Slaboh, said his leadership will ensure that beneficiaries do not resort to protest, that usually leads to the blockage of the East-West road (especially at Mbiama), but will …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has begin tracking of 46 constituency and executive projects in Bayelsa State worth billions of Naira. This was made known by ICPC’s Assistant Chief Supretendent Afolabi Kolawole on Monday June 17, during a visit to the …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi  The Niger Delta Rights Advocates (NDRA) has commended the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal for affirming the election of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu,  The ruling which was delivered on Friday by the Appellate Court, which is the final …

… Applauds PFN’s Peace Drive By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Founder and general overseer of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, has expressed deep concern for the cause of the Ijaw Nation, adding that Bayelsa State and the entire Ijaw ethnic nationality have been a huge burden to him spiritually and physically. …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa As voter education intensifies in Bayelsa State ahead of the governorship election, the Eunice Nnachi Women Advocacy Foundation, ENWAF, has called on the people of Sabageria community and its environs to avoid all forms of violence before, during and after the election. Chief Executive Officer of …