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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has endorsed the second term bid of Governor Douye Diri in the November 11 governorship election in the state. CAN made its stand known at a one-day interactive session with the governor at the St. Patrick’s Catholic …

By Young E. Freeborn, Asaba Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, has urged Muslims in Nigeria to pray for the country’s peace, unity, and growth as Muslims celebrate Eid-El-Maulud, the birth of Prophet Muhammad.  In a statement signed by his chief press secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, Oborevwori urged Muslim adherents …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State table tennis team on Sunday won bronze in the men’s doubles in the ongoing National Youth Games in Asaba Delta, tagged Asaba 2023. Fineboy Samuel and Victor Udoh both secured bronze for team Bayelsa in men’s doubles having earlier beaten Kogi State 2-1 in …

…. Urges ‘Body of Christ’ to Focus on Salvation Gospel  By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, says the Church is fast losing its true value in society due to excessive focus on material prosperity at the expense of the gospel of salvation. Senator …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  The faceoff between Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu recalls to mind a popular meme – “If Men Were God” – adopted by a transport company plying many routes across Nigeria.  The phrase was left hanging without supplying what would happen were men to be …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A civil society group, Coalition for Social Justice and Equity Initiative, has raised alarm over an alleged plot by the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Maj Gen Barry Tariye Ndiomu (rtd.) and the governorship flagbeater of APC, Timipre Sylva, “to insert the name of …

  … My Administration Doesn’t Play Politics with Development ~ Gov Diri By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Thursday, inaugurated phase two of the newly-completed Glory Drive dual carriageway, a 10.2-kilometer road project constructed by the Governor Douye Diri administration. The road, which stretches …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Rotary Club of Oxbow Lake, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Yenagoa Sunshine, and with support from the Partners for Peace (P4P) and the West African Network for Peace (WANEP), held a ‘Peace Awareness Seminar’ on September 21, 2023 as part of activities to …

By Amos Odhe President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, NWF, Daniel Igali has heaped praises on Odunayo Adekuoroye following her automatic qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics in France. Hon. Igali in a statement through the NWF media assistant, Promise Okotoko, on Friday, lauded the performance of Adekuoroye at the …

The second edition of the Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA), to be held in Lagos, Nigeria from September 24 to 28, 2023, will bring together women from fourteen countries across Central and West Africa, under the theme, ‘African Women Unite for Climate Justice, Reparations and Development Alternatives.’ This follows the success …