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By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The 2021 edition of the Urhobo Language Competition ended recently with a call for unity among the Urhobo people. The annual event which is organized by the Urhobo Progress Union, America (UPUA) for secondary school students across the entire Urhobo nation took place at the …

… Diri Names Him Youth Ambassador Winner of the Season Six, Nigerian Idol, Kingdom Kroseide, has been granted scholarship by the Bayelsa State Government. Governor Douye Diri made the pronouncement on Friday when he received Kingdom and his team at the Government House, Yenagoa.  He said the government would henceforth …

Mass Movement for Better Electoral Process (BEP) has called on the citizens of Anambra State to “massively support and vote for the young vibrant and dynamic flag bearer of the All Progressive Congress in the forthcoming governorship election, Senator Andy Ubah.” The group made the call at an enlarged executive …

No fewer than 105 coastal communities in Bayelsa State face extinction in the next 30 years if nothing is done to halt the rampaging effects of ocean encouragement, termed ‘Oceanification.’ A lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Amassoma, in Bayelsa State, Professor Ambily Etekpe, …

… Says Mai Buni-led Exco on Course Former chairman of Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area, Rivers State, Hon. Mina Claver Tende, has lauded the “brilliant qualities” found in the person of Nigeria’s Transport Minister, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and his ability to hold the All Progressive Congress, APC, and its faithful together despite …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Chief Clement Ishokri, a prominent chief and leader of Unenurhie community, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has urged the Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa-led state administration to attend to the needs of Unenurhie people by establishing a skill acqusition centre …

The Bayelsa State Government has inaugurated a five-man committee to draft a blue-print for the Bayelsa Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. The commissioner for Environment, Mr. lselema Gbaranbiri, inaugurated the committee on Thursday, July 8, 2021 in his office at the New Secretariat Complex, Ovom, in Yenagoa, the state capital. Gbaranbiri …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government has expressed commitment towards stronger partnership with the Stakeholders Alliance for Corporate Accountability (SACA). The government stated this Thursday at the inauguration of a project tagged: ‘The Child-Driven Safeguarding Project at School Level,’ organized by SACA, in conjunction with the state ministries …

The mediatory meeting at the instance of the Bayelsa State Government, between the governing council of the Niger Delta University, NDU, and students’ representatives on Wednesday has restored normalcy to the state owned university. It will be recalled that until Wednesday, students of the university had been protesting against the …

The Bayelsa State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and other Related Offences has submitted its final report, awarding a total of N21 billion to victims of extra-judicial killings perpetrated by the police and other security operatives. Chairman of the panel, Justice Young Ogola (retd), disclosed this while submitting …