… Urges Opolo, Okutukutu Communities to Sheath Swords By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government says its attention has been drawn to a recent attack on Opolo community, allegedly carried out by some individuals from neighbouring Okutukutu community, which had resulted in some casualties. The state’s deputy governor, Senator …
Read More »Succession Crisis hits NIS as CG Adepoju ‘Plots to Retire 27 Officers for Preferred Successor’
By Amos Odhe There is rising tension among officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) following the alleged plot by the outgoing Comptroller General Caroline Wuraola Adepoju to install her alleged preferred successor, an officer promoted to comptroller in 2022 and to ACG in 2023 “without interview,” while retiring seniors …
Read More »Call for Ndiomu’s Sack by Urhobo Youths is Distasteful, Shameful ~ IYC’s Ex-Spokesman
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Former spokesman of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Comrade Ebilade Ekerefe has described as distasteful and shameful calls by some Urhobo indigenes and ex-agitators for the sack of the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), retired Major General Barry Ndiomu. According to him, their …
Read More »Arrest will not Deter us from Exposing Fraud in Amnesty Office ~ Ex-Agitators
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Ex-Agitators under the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, phase 2 beneficiaries, have vowed not to be deterred by arrest of its members until the alleged “monumental fraud in the Amnesty office is exposed.” Our correspondent gathered that the newly elected leadership of the Phase 2 beneficiaries, inaugurated …
Read More »DPO’s Murder: Residents Question ‘Whereabouts of 2Baba, Others 5 Months After
By Mandy Tina Concerned residents of Rivers State have raised eyebrow over Police silence on arresting prime suspects in the gruesome murder of SP Bako Angbashim. February 8, 2024 made it five months after suspected Iceland cult members, led by one David Gift aka 2Baba, operating in Ahoada East Local …
Read More »Shippers Council Launches Online Portal for Port Service Providers in Delta
By Emma Sunday On Thursday, February 15, 2024, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) launched an online portal for registration of regulated port service providers at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) conference center in Effurun, Delta State. The event was attended by members of the organized private sector and other maritime …
Read More »Rivers Police close in on suspected killer of late Ahoada DPO
Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command says it is still trailing Mr. Gift David, aka 2Baba, a wanted leader of the Iceland cult group, who is the prime suspect in the killing of late Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Bako Angbashim back in September, 2023. The …
Read More »Group Petitions NSA, Seek Investigation into Vessel Seizures by Tantita Security
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A Niger Delta group, the Movement for the Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND) has called on the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu to launch an independent investigation into alleged cases of oil vessels entrapment along the waterways of the region, insisting that the …
Read More »RSBC Staff Picket Company over alledged Mismanagement
By Mandy Tina Some staffers of the Rivers State Broadcasting corporation have staged a protest shutting down operations on Monday 12 February, 2024, over alleged “management’s poor performance.” The staff who gathered at about 6:am locked the station entrance while accusing the management of neglect and corrupt system of leadership. …
Read More »Bayelsa to Immortalise Wigwe ~ Diri
… Niger Gov Inaugurates 22km Ring Road Project By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said his administration is considering immortalising the late group managing director and chief executive officer of Access Bank Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, for his contribution to development of the state. …
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