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… ‘Adopts’ Wrestling Champion, Sprinter   Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, rewarded athletes that won medals for the state at the National Sports Festival held in April this year in Edo State. An elated Governor Diri announced a total package of N195 million for the gold, silver …

Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Eastern Zone, has constituted its Clan Electoral Committee (CECO) in a congress held at Okuru Ama, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Speaking at the well-attended event that witnessed a mammoth crowd, IYC’s Eastern zonal chairman, Hon. Comrade Tamunotonye Kpokpo, charged the new CECO to …

By Joel Anekwe Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Train 7 project is a big enabler of his administration’s plan to transform Nigeria into a major gas and industrialised nation. The President stated this at the ground breaking of the Train 7 LNG project …

In order to check deforestation and other environmental infractions, Bayelsa State government would soon set up a body to be known as Bayelsa State Environmental Vanguard. Governor Douye Diri, who disclosed this on Tuesday during the celebration of this year’s World Environmental Day in the state, lamented the degradation of …

General Manager of Yenagoa-based Peoples’ 93.1 FM, Mr Lawson Hayford, has commended the Bayelsa State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), for inaugurating the Travel Writers’ Corps to give special attention to the travel and tourism sector of the state’s economy.  Mr Hayford who made the remark when he …

… Accused of Ethnic Bias By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa A civil rights group, the Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Communities (NDOAPC), headed by Chief Preye Olomu, has called on the Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, to desist from fanning the embers of discord in the All …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has charged traditional rulers and other community leaders to imbibe and practice democratic principles to ensure smooth running of their communities. The state deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the advice on Tuesday while receiving an interim report from the Peretorugbene Community Constitution …

By Joel Anekwe Former chairman of the Penticostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) as well as of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Rivers State, Apostle Eugene Ogu, has condoled with Nigerian Christians over the death of two popular men of God. Nigerians were still morning the sudden demise of …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  ‘No Rift between Sylva, Akpabio over NDDC Board’  By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has denied the existence of a rift between him and the minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. This was contained in a …

By Joel Anekwe  As the world forges ahead with energy transition to reduced dependence on fossil fuel, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a cost reduction strategy to make the exploration and production of crude oil more competitive and attractive to investors. The President who was represented at the …