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By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry into alleged acts of police brutality held its inaugural sitting on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, with the chairman of the commission, Justice C. Uriri, saying that the commission has received 171 petitions. The petitions are estimated to about the highest …

The Bayelsa State government on Monday lamented the decline in revenues accruing from the federation account while announcing its income and expenditure profile for the months of August, September and October 2020. Presenting a breakdown of the figures in Yenagoa, the commissioner for Finance, Mr. Maxwell Ebibai, disclosed that the …

Unidentified persons on Monday attacked oil facilities operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) at Ikarama community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Mr Ben Warder, a youth leader in Ikarama near the incident site, said on Tuesday that residents heard several sounds from …

Bayelsa State Government has cautioned the Federal Government and other critical stakeholders in the oil and gas industry against repeating the mistakes that are depriving host communities of their benefits. The state deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, stated this on Monday while declaring open the technical session of the 5th …

… Seeks Control over LGAs, Elections and Judiciary By Joel Anekwe Governors and people of the South-South geopolitical zone have reinforced their demand for restructuring in line with the principle of true federalism, to guarantee peace, security and stability of Nigeria. The people demanded the restructuring of Nigeria in a …

Following the recent shooting of three women in Bayelsa State, the state Police Command has identified and taken into custody the patrol team allegedly responsible for the unprovoked attack on innocent women at the Tombia-Etegwe roundabout, Yenagoa.  According to the PPRO of Bayelsa State Police command, SP Asinim Butswat, the unfortunate …

By Isidoros Karderinis The November 3, 2020, presidential election was arguably the most important election in the postwar history of the United States of America (USA). In the elections, therefore, the participation of American voters was the largest since 1900, demonstrating the resurgence of their political interest and the strongly …

By Young Erhiurhoro Our personality of study in this literary piece, late HRM, Uqdufovwe Ogbi, Oyise 1 was the first Odion’Rode of Uwheru kingdom to gain recognition from the British colonial government, under Urhobo Western Division, in the late 1800. (Read the book, ‘The Urhobo People’ by Prof. Obaro Ikimi). …

Bayelsa State government has proposed a South South, South West regional cooperation for the development and promotion of tourism, with the hope that the initiative will receive more political and economic attention from key stakeholders in both geopolitical regions, especially in the context of globalization and regionalization.  This position was …

Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has congratulated the newly appointed vice chancellor of the Federal University of Otuoke (FUO) in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Prof Teddy Charles Adias. In a congratulatory letter dated 11 November, 2020, Jonathan described the new vice chancellor as a true …