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By David Oguzierem I know one animal called Usu in my native Etche language. The English call it bat. Please, I didn’t insinuate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT), before una come for my head. One funny adage says the bat has no concrete adaptation. The bat is not a bird …

By Amos Odhe A Niger Delta advocacy group, the Movement for the Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND) has raised alarm over an alleged plot “to blackmail and accuse prominent personalities and former militant leaders from the region of an unfounded plan to disrupt the existing peace and attack …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The new acting State Executive Council (SEC) of the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has explained that the presence of security personnel at the party headquarters along Aba Express Road is to ensure security at the secretariat. At a press conference …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Republic of South Korea has handed over mechanised farming equipment worth over $500,000 to the Bayelsa State government. The items include four tractors, two rice transplanting machines, one rice seeding machine, 10,000 rice seed beds, and four 10-tonne per day rice mills. The equipment were …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Property developers in Ughelli, particularly Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, have spoken against the daily rise in cost of the so-called ‘white sand’ used in home construction. According to the developers in Ughelli main town, “a trip (truck-load) of sand is now …

Leaders of the Ijaw Youth Network (IYN) have lauded President Bola Tinubu and the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Administrator, Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro, for their commitment to developing the Niger Delta region. The prominent youths group particularly cited the recent award of scholarships to over 1,700 students from the region. …

The management of a new Yenagoa-based broadcast station, Golden 97.5FM, has said a robust partnership with the Bayelsa State government would be a major contribution to development of the state. Managing Director of the station, Chinenye Okafor, stated this on Monday during a courtesy visit to the Chief Press Secretary …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Executive Director of Corporate Services in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde, has appealed to organisations and well-meaning individuals to extend a hand of fellowship the underprivileged in the society. Abegunde said this when NDDC top officials, including the Executive Director of …

Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa State, Francis Idu has decorated the command’s Public Relations Officer, Musa Mohammed and 68 others personnel newly promoted to various ranks. Musa Mohammed was promoted from the rank of Assistant Supretendent of Police (ASP) to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP). Others include …

By Young E. Freeborn, Asaba Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has charged Nigerians to shun inflammatory remarks and divisive tendencies for the sustainable peace, unity and development of the nation in line with the heroic sacrifices of the country’s fallen heroes and legionnaires. He gave the charge at …