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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Police Command have declared readiness to “sustain the peace and zero crime level” in Yenagoa, the state capital and its environs, particularly by adopting technology and rejigging security strategy in the state. Spokesman of the Bayelsa Police Command, ASP Musa Mohammed, who made …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has waded into the lingering boundary dispute involving Otuegwe II community in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state, and the neighbouring Okarki community in Ahoada West LGA of Rivers State.The government on Friday called on the two communities to avoid provocative …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Youth Wing worldwide has condemned a statement, allegedly made by the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), against the rumoured appointment of a retired Urhobo military officer as the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to replace …

… Back Tinubu on Joint Security Task Force By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Nigerians based in the United States of America and United Kingdom, under the aegis of the United Nigerians for True Federalism (UNTF), North America Chapter, have attributed the worrisome rate of crime and criminality in the Federal Capital …

. … Accuses Tinubu of Playing Politics with Health of Ijaw People By Odie Ramon, Yenagoa A group, the Good Life For Ijaw People (GLFIP), has slammed the Federal Government over the delay in the appointment of a substantive medical director for the Federal Medical Center,Yenagoa in Bayelsa State. According …

By Mandy Tina United States of America-based Ogoni advocacy groups, Centre for Democracy, Human Rights, and Anti-Corruption (CDHRAC) and the National Union of Ogoni Students (NUOS) International USA, have called for a referendum among Ogoni people, home and abroad, to determine whether oil production can resume in Ogoniland. The groups …

By Mandy Tina Former commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning Rivers State, Dr. Reason Onya, has expressed optimism that after distraction arising from the legal battle and political crisis being faced by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers people will experience dividends of democracy. Onya, who reacted to the political situation in …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Loyalists of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and youths from the Niger Delta region have raised an alarm over “plans by some politicians and presidential aides to embarrass and mock the duo of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), His Excellency, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike CON, …

By Amos Odhe IPC’s Centre for Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ) has said that it is “extremely dismayed and frowns at the reported police invasion of ABN TV and forced arrest of a guest during a live programme in Umuahia on Tuesday, 16th January, 2024.” In a release made …

By Mandy Tina A leading humanitarian and Human Rights organization in Nigeria, Relief International Africa, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the decision to revisit the perpetual injunction obtained by the former Governor Peter Odili-led administration in Rivers State. The humanitarian organisation described the decision as …