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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 …

University don, Dr. Thankgod Obutor Imo, has reacted to the call for the scrapping of the Department of Accounting in tertiary institutions in Nigeria due to the influences of Artificial Intelligent (AI). Dr. Imo who is the Head of Department of Accounting at the Rivers State University (RSU), in an …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), Bayelsa Chapter has inaugurated its new chairperson, Engr. Mrs. Amalate Ann Jonathan Obuebite. APWEN also bestowed on the Bayelsa First Lady, Dr. Mrs. Gloria Diri an award of honour “to acknowledge her significant contributions to advancing Science, …

By Eze Princewill The President, Nigereria Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, has emphasized that a sustainable environment and protection should be a collective concern for all. Osigwe dropped the emphasis when the Association of Environmental Lawyers of Nigeria (AELAN) led by its President, Prof Samuel Chisa Dike paid a …

Following the “occupation of local government secretariats” in Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke has accused the Inspector of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun of executing and imposing illegality on local councils in the state. This was as he received a delegation of top British diplomats in the state on Saturday “It …

By Eze Princewill The coordinator, Grant Offor Scholarship Progamme, Mr Promise Wele, has reassured the 105 undergraduates who sat for its scholarship examination of determination to use merit as the only yardstick as mode of selection. Wele made this known shortly after the selection exercise at Omagwa in Ikwerre Local …

… Inaugurate ‘Labour House’ in Yenagoa By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that foremost Ijaw leader, Pa Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, who just passed, would be remembered for his uncommon courage, truthfulness and doggedness in fighting for the common good of the Niger Delta. Gov. …