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By: Amos Odhe. Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Thursday, urged media practitioners in Nigeria not to abandon their responsibilities as watchdogs, agenda setters and drivers of development in the society. Governor Diri made the call while declaring open the maiden media summit organized by the Bayelsa State Council …

  Today marks the 52nd birthday anniversary of Hon. (Dr.), Amb. Angela Anthony Oju-Kienmie, the former Vice-chairman of Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers State. Dr Oju-Kienmie who served as Vice Chairman of ONOLGA between June 2021 to June 2024 was also the Supervisor for Health in her council. Before …

  By Our Reporter   African environmental justice advocates have taken demands for climate change crisis a step further with the submission on May 2, 2025 of a demand by the lawyers to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Tanzania. The advocates are a coalition of African …

By Emma Sunday A prominent environmentalist and farmer, Dr Uchenna Rowland Onyeizu, has been crowned as the Ezeji Oha Ngwa by an elite group of yam farmers in Abia State, under the auspices of the Oha Ngwa Ezeji title holders’ Union. The coronation ceremony, which took place in Abayi Ohanze, …

By Emma Sunday   The Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, has congratulated the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abia State, Rev. Ojo Ojo Uduma, and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Uduma, on their thirty-year priesthood and twenty-fifth marriage anniversary. Speaking at the Evangelical Church …

  By Tamunosiki Akpuh (National Point Newspaper)   The Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, with support from Global Green Fund grants held a multi-stakeholders dialogue on localizing gender action plan on climate change in the Niger Delta on Monday 29, April 2025. Welcoming participants to the event which …

By Amos Odeh   Spokesperson to the Osun State governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, has condemned a statement credited to former the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, which described Senator Ademola Adeleke as a caretaker chairman. Responding to an interview granted by the former speaker in a …

  By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Nigerian Army on Monday opened its Second Quarter Pre-Retirement Training and Business Development Seminar for its personnel. The one week-long training, with the theme: “Leveraging Business Development Strategies for Effective Empowerment of Service Personnel and Veterans in Post-retirement Life”, was designed for both veterans and …

By: Amos Odhe. Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has called on African leaders to make concerted efforts aimed at building regional unity and integration among countries on the continent. Governor Diri made the call during a courtesy visit by a delegation led by the Minister of State for Education …

By : Odeh Okioma, Yenagoa. The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has arrested killers of 50-years-old, Hon. Odeinyefa Ogbolosingha, inlaw to the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri and two others including the Paramount Ruler of Kalaba Community and Chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC), HRH Kolibo Francis …