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By Emmanuel Ovundah, Port Harcourt Operatives of a local security outfit in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers in conjunction with men of the Neighbourhood Watch and Azikiwe Police Division in the state said they have arrested 12 internet fraudsters for allegedly burying a new born baby alive. …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Special Adviser to the Bayelsa governor on Labour, Employment and Productivity, Hon. Famous Daunemigha, has urged President Bola Tinubu to review the allocation of N5 billion palliatives to the six states of the Niger Delta region and deploy such funds to the rehabilitation and construction of …

By David Owei, Yenagoa A Magistrate Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Monday sentenced a notorious cultist, Blessing Agree, to five years in prison for stealing and attempt to escape from lawful custody. The accused, Blessing Agree, known on the streets as ‘Small Witch’ and an indigene of Ozobo …

  By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has congratulated Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri on “his well deserved appointment as Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Oil) Federal Republic of Nigeria.”  IYC president, Sir Jonathan Lokpobiri, and secretary, Amb Binebai Yerin Princewill, said “as critical stakeholders in the Niger Delta region …

The Delta State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has expressed “hearty congratulations” to the Delta North PDP chairman, Elder Moses Iduh, on his 61st birthday, describing him “as a good man and a great and visionary Deltan” whose presence has blessed the party greatly. The felicitations were contained in …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  If some Nigerians were sad about the kind of nominees President Bola Tinubu picked for his cabinet, many more were heavy-hearted over the portfolios assigned to the ministers. The composition of the cabinet was a mis-match in relation to some of the ministers’ educational and professional attainments and …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri A community leader in Uwheru kingdom, Mr. Paris Ukpemeku, has called on the Delta State government to reopen the Okugbe Secondary School, Ogode, in Uwheru kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state, which he said “was abandoned many years ago,” impacting negatively on …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Hon. Fidelis Adjogbe, a former SSA to the immediate past governor of Delta State and founder of the Fidelis Support Group (FSG), has called on well-meaning Nigerians, corporate organizations and other non-governmental organisations in the country to give full support and attention to orphans, children …

By Young E. Freeborn Delta State governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, has urged Nigerians to imbibe the virtues of faithfulness, honesty and contentment in their contributions to nation-building.  Oborevwori gave the charge on Friday at the funeral service for late businessman and renowned politician, Chief Charles Obule at St. Patrick’s …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Senator Representing Bayelsa East senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Benson Agadaga has sued for peace over the repeated armed and violent invasion of Opu Nembe (Bassambiri), in Nembe Local Government Area of the state. Senator Agadaga, who was a commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy and …