By Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has advised secondary school students in the state against engaging in cultism and other social vices capable of destroying their future. Governor Fubara gave the warning on Tuesday during the commissioning of the remodeled Government Comprehensive School, GCSS, Borikiri, Port …
Read More »Amnesty Program: Ex-Agitator Leaders Sue for Calm, Assure on ‘Prompt Payment’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Leadership of the Phase 2 Ex-Agitators Leaders Forum have urged members to be patient and support the interim administrator to perfect his good plans for them. According to a press statement jointly signed by Gen Wanemi Olotu and Elaye Slaboh, the leadership of the Niger Delta Ex-agitators have passionately …
Read More »Bayelsa Women Assured of ‘More Empowerment’
…As Ewhrudjakpo Lauds Ekeremor Women on Devt Initiative By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has assured women of the state that it would sustain and expand the scope of its subsisting economic empowerment programmes to enhance their general well-being. The state’s deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, stated this on …
Read More »UAT: Nyamapfene Bows Out, Ayakoroma Steps in as Acting Vice Chancellor
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State-owned University of Africa, Toru-Orua (UAT) now has a new acting vice chancellor. He is Professor Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma. Until his appointment by the university’s governing council, which took effect from Friday, September 1, 2023, Professor Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma was the deputy vice chancellor …
Read More »Rename East-West Road, Diri tells FG
… Says Niger Delta Ministry Lacks Inclusiveness By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the Federal Government to consider renaming the East-West Road in the South-South region to reflect its real location and status. Governor Diri also called on the Federal Government to ensure more …
Read More »Group Tasks Delta Election Petition Tribunals on ‘Fair Judgements’
By Amos Odhe, Warri A social political group, Delta Integrity and Transparency Group (DITG) has charged the Delta State Election Petition Tribunals sitting in Asaba, to deliver fair judgements in all the petitions before them. The group in a statement on Friday in Warri, Delta State, said the alleged plot …
Read More »IYC Blasts Northern Youths over Protest against ‘Pipeline Surveillance Contract’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has reacted to what it described as “very provocative utterances made by the Northern Youth Advocacy for Good Governance Initiative and Arewa Youth Forum against the Niger Delta people over the issue of award of surveillance contract and the shared ignorance …
Read More »MCIU Graduates 46, Others at 5th Convocation Ceremony
By Young E. Freeborn, Yenagoa The university community at the Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, Agbarha-Otor, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was recently a beehive of academic activities as over forty students graduated from the school during her 5th convocation ceremony with various grades of degrees, and …
Read More »Obtain Permit before Project Construction, Buildings, Bayelsa Govt Warns
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has advised residents of the state capital, Yenagoa, and its environs, state ministries and agencies to obtain planning permits before embarking on physical development and construction activities. The executive chairman, Bayelsa State Physical Planning and Development Board, Hon Kuroakegha Dorgu, also warned …
Read More »Delta PDP Congratulates Gov Oborevwori on ‘100 Days in Office’
The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has congratulated the state governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, on his first 100 days in office, describing him as “the best man to take over and steer the wheels of leadership and administrative control of the state a time like …
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