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… Condemns Orji Kalu’s Call for Scrapping of Niger Delta Ministry By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A coalition of youth groups in Bayelsa State have called for the nomination of a female engineer and professor, Engineer Ongoebi Maureen Orubide Etebu, as minister in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s yet to be constituted …

By Amos Okioma and Young E. Freeborn, Warri As the 8th Delta State House of Assembly was inaugurated on June 13, 2023 at Asaba, the state capital, the member representing Ughelli North Constituency 2, Hon. Bar. Spencer Ohwofa, has promised his people “greater changes.”  Speaking with newsmen during the reception …

  By Ehichioya Ezomon  Ethnic, sectional, religious, political and economic interests aren’t strange to the Nigerian society. They’re the banes that defined past governments – and they’re likely to define President Bola Tinubu’s administration if it accentuates rather than de-emphasizes the primeval vices. Yet, a critical issue for the two-week-old government …

Issues of independence and self-determination among ethnic groups and communities in Nigeria have since amalgamation been on the front burner across the country. For Unenurhie community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, it has become an issue that must be addressed. In this interview with our correspondent, …

The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has described the state-owned Ibom Air as the dominant and most preferred airline in the nation. This was as the airline marked the fourth anniversary of its commencement of commercial operations. In a released by his chief press secretary, Ekerete Udoh, …

… As Environmental Management, Protection, Forestry Bills Underway  By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has said it is committed to mitigating plastic caused environmental pollution and others so as to secure, safe and protect the state’s environment. Governor Douye Diri made this commitment on Thursday during the 2023 …

As controversy continues to rage in the Niger Delta over the appointment of a new administrator for the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), groups in the region have called on President Bola Tinubu to consult “critical stakeholers” before making the appointment. In a release made available to our correspondent on Thursday, …

By Ifeanyi Osuoza On December 8, 2014, Senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, emerged victorious in the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP primary election, when he was elected to fly the party’s flag, by a resounding majority of the delegates that participated in the primaries, which was held at the …

By Young Erhiurhoro Being part of the memorial lecture delivered during the 8th years anniversary of the Late HRH, Dr. Charles D. Ogodo, JP, past Odion’Rode of Unenurhie Community and the Osu’Urhobo III of Lagos State. Preamble:  This short piece is written to honour posthumously a departed hero and a …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The people of Ogbia Constituency 3, in Bayelsa State, rolled out the drums to celebrate with one of their own, Hon. Gabriel Michael Ogbara, over his inauguration and declaration as member and chief whip of the 7th Bayelsa State House of Assembly.  Giving goodwill messages during the reception ceremony at …