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Coordinator of Zone C Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, ACG Festus Okun, has commended the Comptroller General, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd), and his management team, for approving the promotion of officers and men of the service. ACG Okun, who was also …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has sworn in Justice Matilda Abrakasa Ayemieye as the acting chief judge of the state. Justice Ayemieye took the oath in acting capacity on Monday inside the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House, Yenagoa. Ayemieye steps in following …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has kicked off the state’s chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaigns for the 2023 elections in Bayelsa West Senatorial District. Speaking in Sagbama, Wednesday, when he presented flags to the PDP candidates, which included Senator Seriake Dickson, representing …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Following the seeming refusal of the Bayelsa State government to reinstate the disengaged staff of Isaac Boro College of Education, Sagbama, the group, who claim to have been wrongfully dismissed, have once again staged a peaceful protest to press home their demands.  Speaking on behalf of …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Deputy Senate President and All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate for Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has alleged his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, opponent, Sheriff Oborevwori, chased away companies and businesses that once boosted the economy of the state through “organized criminal extortion, known as ‘Deve.” According …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A Naval rating has been arrested over his alleged complicity in the death of a 16-year old girl, Miss Nengi Enenimiete, whose corpse was found in November 2022 in the wardrobe of a hotel located in Twon Brass, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. It …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  In his self-appointed role as the conscience and guardian of Nigeria, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has always inserted himself into the electoral process, in order to influence its outcome. But in doing so in the lead-up to the 2023 General Election, Obasanjo may’ve got more than he …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Bayelsa State chapter, have “disconsolately mourned the passage of the leader of Igbos, an illustrious son of Igboland and Nigeria, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Worldwide, Prof Amb. George Obiozor.” In a statement signed by the Bayelsa State chapter chairman, Mazi Johnson Onuma, described …

By Ehichioya Ezomon The Northern Leaders Consultative Forum’s endorsement of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for the February 25, 2023, presidential election comes as a shot in the arm for the Peoples Democratic Party. The PDP’s been divided since the Atiku-Okowa ticket emerged, with …

By Young Erhiurhoro The above topic is not only common or limited to the Urhobo people, but to other ethnic or tribal groups in Nigeria and across the African continent. To start with, ancestral spirits which is called ‘Erivwin’ in Urhobo parlance is a major item or area of worship …