By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Resident Electoral Commissioner of Bayelsa State, REC, Dr. Emmanuel Hart, said the commission will begin the distribution of PVCs to registrants from December 12, 2022 to January 22, 2023. Dr. Hart who made this known during a stakeholders meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State said the distribution …
Read More »Diri, Chief Judge Urge Female Lawyers to ‘Balance Work, Family’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri and the chief judge of the state have urged female lawyers in Nigeria to redouble their efforts towards building a balanced line between family and professional practice, in order to contribute effectively to legal practice, build institutions and put …
Read More »My Administration, Prudent With 13% Derivation Funds, FG Refunds ~ Diri
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the focus of his administration is to open up the riverine state through linking rural communities by roads. Speaking through his chief press secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, on a Yenagoa-based radio station on Saturday, Governor Diri said Bayelsa …
Read More »HOMEF Warns of Danger as COP27 Shifts Emission Cut Discretion to Countries
By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Environmental rights group, Home of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has warned of grave dangers arising from global warming as efforts aimed at reducing emission are not making any appreciable progress. HOMEF’s concern arose from the fact that the outcome of the just concluded 27th Conference …
Read More »CEOs Groom Young Entrepreneurs at AsabaKP Summit
By Paul Williams The governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) in Rivers State, Amb Sobomabo Jackrich, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Comr Beatrice Itubo, on Saturday took turns to groom young and budding entrepreneurs at a summit aimed at tackling the soaring unemployment rate in the country. …
Read More »Impact, Mitigation Initiatives Top Agenda at N’Delta Climate Meeting
By Paul Williams A town hall meeting on climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, tagged ‘Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation,’ organized by Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre, ended Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, with a focus on the recent flooding that ravaged …
Read More »Suspected Kidnap Kingpin, Others Arraign in Court
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Suspected kidnap kingpins, John Lyon and Emmanuel Angase, have been arraigned before a Bayelsa State High Court on 14 count charge of conspiracy to commit felony, kidnapping and armed robbery. The two suspects while taking their plea before Justice Eradiri, pleaded not guilty to all the …
Read More »Nobody has Monopoly of Violence, Ex-Militants Warn ‘Mischief Makers’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Against the backdrop of the recent verification and audit embarked upon by the Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP), Niger Deltans and other stakeholders have been advised to applaud the agency’s interim administrator, Maj-Gen B.T Ndiomu (retd), rather than “casting aspersion and maligning his reputation.” The national acting …
Read More »Wike Donates Intelligence, Surveillance Centre to Police
By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday handed over to the Nigeria Police, Intelligence and Surveillance Centre capable of monitoring the entire state capital from the control room. The centre was built by his government with the sole aim of boosting efforts of security agencies …
Read More »Wike Presents N550.7bn Budget for 2023
By Godwin Chukwumaechi Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike, has approached the state House of Assembly seeking approval of a N550, 666,987,238.00 Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year 2023. The appropriation bill which was presented on Tuesday is christened ‘Budget of Consolidation and Continuity,’ comprises of ₦350,977,495,537.00 as capital expenditure and N175, 249,692,497 as recurrent. While …
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