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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said political opponents, talking about industrialisation of the state, have no idea what it takes to achieve it. Diri said rather than politicise it, his administration was laying a solid foundation to position the state for industrialisation …

By Amos Odhe The national chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme (Phase 3), general Elaye Slaboh, and his national/state excutives have paid a courtesy visit to the member representing Ahoada West in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Sokari Goodboy Sokari, in his office in Port Harcourt.  The purpose of the meeting, our …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa As part of the timetable for the Bayelsa State off-circle governorship election slated for November 11, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a comprehensive voters’ register to all the political parties that will feature candidates at the poll, recording a total of 1,056,862 …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, and his Osun State counterpart, Senator Ademola Adeleke, have commended the passion of the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha for the development of the Niger Delta state and the Ijaw nation as a whole. Both governors, who eulogised the …

By Ebube Egbufor Amadabo of Finima in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Dagogo Lambert Brown, has expressed happiness over the recent High Court judgement in favour of Finima, the host community to the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) over the accruable benefits and entitlements owed them by the …

  By Young E. Freeborn, Asaba Delta State governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori recently directed that workers be promoted as and when due, with payment of necessary financial obligations, to avoid piling up of promotion arrears.  Oborevwori gave the directive when he received the judges of the state judiciary, led …

  By Ebube Egbufor Christians all over the world have been charged to pray that God should raise men and women of God that would preach the truth and do His work the right way. Senior Pastor of the Healing Word International Christian Centre and president, International Council of Archbishops …

… Health Commissioner Promises Govt Intervention in PHCs By Paul Williams “Oil-producing communities are key to Nigeria’s economic development. By bearing thebrunt of oil extraction – loss of diversity and other natural productive assets, they should benefit from strategic infrastructural developments to compensate for manifest and latent consequences of oil …

A non-governmental organization, the Niger Delta Media Practitioners of Nigeria (NDMPN), has ended a two-day awareness campaign on the dangers associated with flood. National coordinator of the Niger Delta Media Practitioners of Nigeria (NDMPN), Dr. Gilbert Amadi, explained that the event was to drew the attention of flood-prone communities on …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi  Two pregnant women and 13 other persons were among victims confirmed burnt to death in a fire disaster at an illegal oil refinery fire at Rumucholu community in Ibaa, Emoha Local Government Area.  The fire which occurred early morning of Monday was said to have been caused …