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… As HoS Walson-Jack Hails Initiative By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dame Didi Walson-Jack, on Saturday, expressed delight over the construction of a new nine- storey civil servants secretariat by the Bayelsa State government. Mrs. Walson-Jack said when completed, the iconic structure would …

The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has said that his reforms at the PAP are aimed at giving the programme a human face and to help develop the people of the Niger Delta for a better future. He explained that this formed part of his resolve …

The Supreme Court, on Friday, reinstated the judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Accountant General of the Federation from releasing statutory monthly allocations to Rivers State. The apex court further ordered the Hon. Martins Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly and other …

… Place Edwin Clark alongside Zik on N500 Note ~ James The National Vice President 2 of Ijaw National Congress (INC), High Chief Alabo Nengi James, has urged the Federal Government to immortalize late Chief Edwin Clark, by placing his image alongside that of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe on the five …

… State Honours Jonathan, Dickson, Alaibe, Others As Education Ambassadors The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said his administration continued some policies of his predecessor in order to enhance development of the state. Governor Diri said a policy like the Education Development Trust Fund (EDTF) was visionary …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A 30-year-old man, Darlington Watson, was brutally killed on Wednesday evening in Agudama-Epie community, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, amid escalating conflict between two rival cult groups, the Greenlanders and the Bobous. Reports indicate that Watson, a member of the Greenlanders, was forcibly removed from a moving …

Former governor of Bayelsa State and immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has led a delegation of the Bayelsa All Progressives Congress (APC) on a condolence visit to the family of the late Pa Edwin Clark in Abuja. The former governor also led the South South …

… Insist on Mii-dee-kor, Inclusion By Kelechi Nwaucha Women from the four local government areas of Rivers State that make up Ogoni ethnic nation have demanded that the Federal Government address issues of rape, repression, military killings and environmental degradation suffered by the Ogonis before attempting “any talk” of possible …

Paramount Ruler of lkarama Federated Communities in Yenagoa local Government Area of Bayelsa State, HRH Wariebi Berebozigha, the 13th Ama-Miepinamo Owei of Ikarama Federated Communities, has decried government and oil companies’ “insensitivity” towards Infrastructural development in their domain despite being host to major oil companies, SPDC and NAOC that have …

 •Urges Tinubu to ignore calls for his removal as NDDC MD  Emma Sunday  Hundreds of women from the Niger Delta region on Monday gathered in Port Harcourt, capital city of Rivers State to pray for the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku. The women …