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The management of a new Yenagoa-based broadcast station, Golden 97.5FM, has said a robust partnership with the Bayelsa State government would be a major contribution to development of the state. Managing Director of the station, Chinenye Okafor, stated this on Monday during a courtesy visit to the Chief Press Secretary …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Executive Director of Corporate Services in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde, has appealed to organisations and well-meaning individuals to extend a hand of fellowship the underprivileged in the society. Abegunde said this when NDDC top officials, including the Executive Director of …

Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa State, Francis Idu has decorated the command’s Public Relations Officer, Musa Mohammed and 68 others personnel newly promoted to various ranks. Musa Mohammed was promoted from the rank of Assistant Supretendent of Police (ASP) to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP). Others include …

By Young E. Freeborn, Asaba Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has charged Nigerians to shun inflammatory remarks and divisive tendencies for the sustainable peace, unity and development of the nation in line with the heroic sacrifices of the country’s fallen heroes and legionnaires. He gave the charge at …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that it is more rewarding to celebrate the military and members of the security agencies for their contributions and sacrifices while they are alive, and not just when they are dead. He spoke at the …

Head of the Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine (TCAM) unit in the Bayelsa State Ministry of Health, Dr. Tarelah Idowu Prefa has praised the wife of Bayelsa State governor, Dr. Mrs. Gloria Diri, for her tireless advocacy efforts in promoting TCAM practices. She said that the First Lady’s efforts have …

By Young E. Freeborn, Asaba Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Friday, decorated his Chief Security Officer, (CSO) Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Omoarebun Iluobe,; his Aide-De-Camp, (ADC), Superintendent of Police (SP) Oreoluwa Ogunwumiju, and five others who were newly promoted by the Police authority at the Government House, …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has hailed the emergence of a former lawmaker representing Rivers East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator John Azuta Mbata, as the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. Governor Fubara in a statement signed by his media aide, Nelson Chukwudi, said that the frontline …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has assured the people of Okrika in Rivers State that the Okrika-Borokiri bridge project, which has been abandoned for upwards of 12 years, would soon completed by the commission. The NDDC gave the assurance on Tuesday through the Executive …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said his administration’s urban renewal programme will transform Yenagoa, the state capital, into a modern city. Senator Diri stated this against the backdrop of the recent relocation of inter-state commercial transporters to the new state-owned transport terminal at …