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MEND Vows To Protect Oil Installations In N’Delta

Emma Sunday Repentant militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) has pledged it’s readiness to support security operatives in safeguarding crude oil installations from attacks. MEND’s position to provide assistance in protecting oil facilities in the Niger Delta region from any attack was contained in a …

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Foundation Lauds Ernest Ikoli’s Fight for His People

… Urges politicians, media professionals to emulate him By Amos Odhe, Yenegoa A Nigerian politician, nationalist and pioneering journalist, Ernest Sesei Ikoli, was Friday praised for devoting his entire life to working for the true development of Nigeria ‘’With ink on his fingers, he penned profound truths, Defending the voiceless, …

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Funding Critical For Amnesty Programme Success – Gov Diri

By Amos Odhe Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has called for adequate funding of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for it to function effectively. Senator Diri made the call on Friday when he received the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro and his delegation in Government House, Yenagoa. The …

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‘Assured Prosperity’: Diri Presents N689.44bn Budget to Assembly

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Thursday, presented the 2025 fiscal year budget proposal of N689.440 billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration and passage. While presenting the appropriation bill christened, “Budget of Assured Prosperity,” Governor Diri stressed that implementing the 2025 budget would require some …

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Court Stops Bayelsa NUJ’s Delegate Conference

A Bayelsa State High Court has issued an interim injunction, stopping the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) from conducting its state council election scheduled for October 31, 2024. The conference was intended to elect new leadership for the state chapter of the union. The injunction was granted in Suit No: …

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Bayelsa: Ofoni Community Agog as Late Ewhrudjakpo Given ‘State Funeral’

By Young E. Freeborn The Ofoni Federated Communities’ pavilion in Bayelsa State was jam-packed with government dignitaries, community leaders, family members and other notable guests across the country as late Dr. Nathaniel Tuesday Goodluck Ewhrudjakpo, elder brother to the deputy governor of the state, Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, was given what …

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Ewhrudjakpo Urges Couples to Build Marital Union on Love, Trust

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Newly married couples have again been advised to build their marriages on faithfulness, love as well as mutual trust and respect for each other. The deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the advice in Yenagoa at the weekend during the traditional marriage ceremony …

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