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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has justified his administration’s continued investment in sports, saying it is being used as an economic and crime control tool in the state. He stated this at the formal opening ceremony of the 3rd Douye Diri and 13th National Wrestling Classics holding at the …

Amos Odhe Delta Youths living in all the eight local government areas of Bayelsa state have been admonished to shun crime and Criminality, contribute their own quota towards the socio – political development of Bayelsa ,their host state and ensure peacefully co – existence with other communities. The advise was …

The saying that a golden fish has no hiding place played out recently when Hon Aye Pepple was bestowed with an award of Excellence by the Niger Delta Media Forum for distinguishing himself in carrying out his responsibilities to the state and humanity. Pepple, who is the managing director of …

By Amos Odhe The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has taken significant steps to activate the Brass Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority with a meeting with Alhaji Bamanga Jada Usman, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority. Governor Diri, at …

Emma Sunday Nigeria’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has been confirmed dead. A statement released on Wednesday by the Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced that Lagbaja died on Tuesday night in Lagos at age 56, after a protracted …

Emma Sunday  Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that the Julius Berger Nigeria PLC has a matching order to complete the 9.7km Ogbakiri Town (Clan) road project within the stipulated time of eight months because of its socio-economic importance to the people. The road dualisation project begins from …

Amos Odhe The Nigeria Wrestling Federation has reiterated its commitment to identify and nurture the generation of wrestling champions The President Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Honourable Daniel Igali, made the assertion during the Wrestling Federation Annual General Meeting in Yenagoa on Tuesday. Igali hinged the move on the urgent need to …

•Laments Pollution, Non-completion Of East-West Road By Amos Odhe Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Tuesday, bemoaned the level of environmental pollution of the state occasioned by the activities of oil companies during a visit to President Bola Tinubu in the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Senator Diri, who …

By Ehichioya Ezomon Nigerians have lost count of the number of times that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has increased the price of petrol (premium motor spirit, PMS) since on May 29, 2023, when President Bola Tinubu, during his inauguration, took the nation by surprise and declared that, …

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commenced the channelisation of Kolo Creek, traversing 17 communities from Okarki-Otuogidi to Ogbia communities of Rivers and Bayelsa states. Speaking during the ground-breaking ceremony at Okarki in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, said …