As part of efforts aimed at fighting the war against illicit drugs in society, the NDLEA held a sensitization program on February 18, 2025 as the State Commander NDLEA Bayelsa State Command Commander Kanu Sunny Chukwuemeka, has flagged off a 5-Day WADA sensitization campaign with the Theme: ‘Safer Communities Without …
Read More »Rivers Govt partners EU in peacebuilding, as NGO Trains Stakeholders on Conflict Resolution
Emma Sunday In a significant move to ensure improved security of lives and properties and ensure peaceful coexistence among residents, the Rivers State Government has expressed its willingness to partner with an European Funded Organisation, SEARCH for Common Ground (SFCG), to promote peace and security in the state. The Rivers …
Read More »Jonathan Flags off Bayelsa’s 25,000-capacity Stadium, Diri Seeks Support
Nigeria’s former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, turned the sod of the new Olympic-standard 25,000-capacity Bayelsa stadium project at Igbogene, Yenagoa. The former Nigerian leader performed the groundbreaking ceremony on a day the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, restated his appeal to the federal government, the Niger …
Read More »Ijaw Youths Decry ‘Recurring Smear Campaign against PAP Boss’
The Ijaw Youths Network (IYN) has raised concerns over what it described as a coordinated smear campaign against the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro. The group accused unnamed mischief makers and their sponsors of spreading false allegations of financial misconduct against the PAP boss in …
Read More »Bayelsa Govt Issues Transport Reforms, Guidelines, Warns Defaulters
In a bid to sanitize and modernize its transport system, the Bayelsa State Government has announced some new measures including restriction of intra-/ city vehicles from parking at the state transport terminal. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the announcement at a meeting with leadership of various transport unions …
Read More »Reps Speaker, Plateau Gov Lauds Bayelsa’s ‘Impressive Growth’
… As Diri Promises to ‘Do More with Increased Derivation’ Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Friday, received commendations from both the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, and the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, as they inaugurated projects in continuation of his fifth anniversary …
Read More »PH Mundial Editor Joins ‘NLNG Change Your Story’ Training, Lauds Initiative
By Godwin Chukwumaechi Editor of Port Harcourt Mundial Newspaper, leading online medium in the South South, Mr Kelechi Nwaucha, has been selected as one of participants of the ‘NLNG Change Your Story’ 2025 Training. The 2025 edition of the training has been slated to begin on Monday February 17, 2025. …
Read More »30 Years after Beijing, Niger Delta Women Review Progress on Gender Equality, Women Rights
By Kelechi Nwaucha 30 years after the Beijing Declaration, women in the South South of Nigeria have gathered in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to review the progress so far made in achieving “true gender equality and women inclusion” in the region. The meeting, which kicked off on Monday, …
Read More »Diri Promises to Leave ‘A Better Bayelsa,’ Urges Peaceful Coexistence
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said his main preoccupation is to bequeath the legacy of a better Bayelsa and society at large than he met it. Governor Diri spoke on Wednesday during a memorial service in honour of his father, Pa Abraham Joseph Michael Diri, at the …
Read More »Nigeria will Overcome Challenges from Trump’s Health Policy Shifts ~ Ali Pate
… Commissions Bayelsa’s Haemodialysis Centre Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, has expressed assurance that Nigeria will overcome US President Donald Trump’s new policy changes stopping funding of healthcare interventions in developing countries. Prof Pate made this known in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Tuesday …
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