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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Ahead the 2023 general elections, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Chief Perekeme Kpodoh, has reiterated his call on Governor Douye Diri to “rescind his support” for Senator Seriake Dickson’s election to the Senate. He argued that the alleged support for Dickson is against an agreed …

By Tunde Uchegbuo A full-fledged Faculty of Agriculture has been established at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, and will commence the admission of pioneer students soon. Until now, Agriculture was a department in the faculty of Vocational and Technical Education at the institution. This was made known by the …

King Bubaraye Dakolo, of Ekpetiama Kingdom in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Tuesday began a mentorship programme to encourage youths to hard work and embrace environmental consciousness. The mentorship programme is in collaboration with Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an environmental-rights focused non-governmental organisation. The mentorship scheme involved …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri It was celebration galore for members of the Adjogbe family, friends, political and business associates as Hon. Fidelis Adjogbe and his wife, from Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, dedicated their newborn twin babies, Nelson Edafe and Nicholas Efe, with …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A political stakeholder in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Chief Perekeme Richard Kpodoh, says people in the area will continue to fight against what he asserts as “the greedy interest of some politicians to scuttle the brotherly rotational zoning of National Assembly positions between …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Chairman of the state advocacy group, Gender Response Initiative Team (GRIT), Barr Dise Ogbise, on Saturday led other women advocacy groups to felicitate with parents in Bayelsa State and urge them to watch over their children and pray against sexual abuse and violence. Barr Ogbise, who …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Indigenes and residents of Usiefrun community, in Ughievwen kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State received relief from various health challenges as a non-governmental organisation, the Prince Oghenerukevwe Okifo Foundation (POOF), organized a free medical outreach in the community recently. The medical outreach …

By Amaechi Okonkwo  A political group, Ogoni Democracy and Development Forum (ODDF), has joined the agitation for politicians in state to ensure that the next governor of Rivers State is of Ogoni extraction. This, they said, would be in synch with political and social justice in the nation, arguing that “Ogoni …

By Amaechi Okonkwo  “Rivers State needs an administrator because an administrator will hit the ground running and will come with a purpose; but not same for a politician. We need someone who is firm and at the same time flexible and has the fear of God to rule the state”.  …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Eni, the Italian parent company to Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says it has fixed the breached of the 24-inch gas line at Okaka in Yenagoa which crippled its gas export. The incident on the gas pipeline operated by its Nigerian unit, NAOC, cut gas export …