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By Joel Anekwe The board of trustees of the Environmental Rights Development Foundation (ERDF) has announced the appointment of Chima Williams as acting executive director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) following the disengagement of Godwin Ojo, who was in that position until 3rd October 2020. The …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri His Highness, Moses Inore, the Odion’Rode of Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has sent a ‘thank you’ message to two of his “illustrious sons, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, and Chief (Engr.) Samuel Adjogbe, both of Evwreni kingdom for supporting Unenurhie community …

Former lawmaker representing Ogbia constituency 3 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, and onetime regent of Imiringi community of Ogbia council area, Augustus Osomu, has tasked the state government on achieving development. The erstwhile legislator said it is one thing to have a state, while it is another to …

… Zilly Aggrey, Willy Bunting, Adukeh, Seiyefa Make Advisers’ List   Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, at the weekend approved the appointments of honorary special advisers, technical advisers and special advisers, respectively. A statement from the his chief press secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, has it that the governor has …

The chairman, Bayelsa State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade John Ndiomu, says the 24th anniversary of the creation of the state and Nigeria’s 60th Independence are worthy of celebrating. This, Ndiomu stated, stems from the fact that but for the independence of the country in 1960 the …

By Joel Anekwe  As Nigeria grapples with the challenge of corruption and financial indiscipline at all levels, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Wednesday, urged all state governments in the country to implement the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007.  Acting Chairman of the commission, Mr. Victor Muruako, made the call at a workshop organized …

By Joel Anekwe The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) has written a passionate letter to the governor of Kano State, Abdulahi Umar Ganduje, pleading for mercy on behalf of 13-year old boy, Omar Farouq, jailed 10 years for blasphemy. Farouq was reportedly tried as an adult based on the appearance …

… As FTAN Says Bayelsa Has Capacity to Become Tourism Destination The Bayelsa State government has expressed its preparedness to partner with the state chapter of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) to develop its rich tourism potentials. This is as the coordinator of the newly inaugurated state FTAN executive, …

… Sixty Years in Search of A Better Country By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Without compromising the facts, the title of this short discourse is quite synonymous with the title of a book authored by an erudite and a prolific writer, Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi, an acclaimed public administrator in the Nigerian …

One-time Niger Delta regional liaison officer and media consultant in the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr Piriye Kiyaramo, has applauded the Nigerian Armed Forces for producing some of the best leaders who are selfless, intelligent, decisive and dedicated.  Speaking with newsmen in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Wednesday, Mr Kiyaramo, a …