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Diri Presents 2023 Budget Proposal of N385.2bn

… Sets up Directorate of Flood, Erosion Control By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, presented a N385,211,578,924 Appropriation Bill for the 2023 fiscal year to the House of Assembly for consideration. Presenting the proposal tagged: ‘Budget of Sustainable Growth and Reconstruction,’ at the Assembly, …

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Bayelsa Flood, a Major Crisis ~ UN

… State Most Impacted in Nigeria, Diri Insists The United Nations has described the flood disaster in Bayelsa State as a crisis of major proportion that deserves attention. The UN Resident and Humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria and representative of the secretary general, Mr. Matthias Schmale, stated this on Saturday when …

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Vote Best Leaders in 2023, Kumuyi Charges Nigerians

… Calls for Peaceful Polls  By Emmanuel Ovundah The general overseer of Deeper life Bible Church worldwide Pastor (Dr.) William Folorunso Kumuyi has advised Nigerians to embrace peace before, during and after the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Briefing journalists in Bori, headquarters of Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State on …

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Rivers Govt Charged on Infrastructural Development in Rural Communities

By Ovundah Emmanuel Connected Development (CODE), one of the leading civil society organizations in Africa, has urged the Rivers State government to address infrastructural decay and deficit impeding development in the state, especially in the rural and oil producing communities. Rivers State lead for CODE, Evelyn Williams, gave the charge …

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