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… Calls for Synergy among Stakeholders Chairman, Bayelsa State House of Assembly Committee on Culture and Tourism, Hon. Moses Marlon, has stressed the need to transform the rich Ijaw cultural resources in the state into marketable cultural tourism products as part of efforts towards driving domestic tourism, adding that culture …

The Bayelsa State Vigilante Force Friday arrested two suspected kidnappers, who held one Mrs. Judith Adoga at gunpoint and forced her to different ATM points within Yenagoa metropolis where they withdrew an undisclosed amount of money from her account. According to Mrs. Adoga, a staff of the Ministry for Budget …

… Lauds Diri’s First Year Performance Former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has described education as the key to nation building and manpower development. Dr. Jonathan also said that to liberate people from mental slavery, education must be the top priority of every government. The former president stated this on …

By Young Freeborn, Warri The president-general of Unenurhie community, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Peter Maison, has called for what he tagged, ‘Unenurhie Prayer Day/Thanksgiving’. In a recent media chat with our correspondent at his residence in Unenurhie town, the retired security consultant …

By Young Freeborn, Warri The annual Igbe holy festival by the Igbe Orhe Ofuafo Oghene Healing Home Inc, situated along Ughelli/Patani road, Unenurhie town in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, holds from March 23rd this year at the religious home’s premises. Giving the breakdown of different religious …

Following the successes allegedly recorded in the ongoing membership re-validation exercise of the All Progressives Congress, APC, one of its chieftains in Ahoada West council area of Rivers State and entrepreneur, Mr Inime Karibo, says he was hopeful that the exercise would continue to attract more bigwig defectors to the …

As the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) marks this year’s International Tourist Guide Day, being a professional holiday celebrated every February 21, an expert in international tourism and current senior special assistant to Bayelsa State governor on Tourism Development, Mr. Tamaramiebi Abiri, has called for a broader environmentally …

Former acting paramount ruler of Mbiama community of Ahoada West council area of Rivers State and presently supervisory councillor for Education, Hon Emmanuel Dikio, has said the best thing that has happened to the LGA in the recent years was the choice of Hon. Hope Ikiriko as council chairman. Dikio …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Agudama-Epie Community within the Bayelsa State capital, Yenagoa, has elected a new paramount ruler after a keenly contested election for the exalted royal position. The new Obenaken Agudama-Epie Community is High Royal Highness Titus Gospel Akputakpu. Speaking to journalists after the election, the Electoral Committee …

Scores of Ijaw leaders under the aegis of the Ijaw Forward Movement (IFM) have opened up on reasons why major contractors “are after the jugular” of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Col Milland Dixon Dikio rtd. In an online statement, the group’s coordinator, Anthony Oki, posited that Dikio’s offence may …