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… Demand Review of Devt Fund to $10m By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  Communities hosting Shell’s Estuaries Area (EA) oilfields in Bayelsa on Wednesday urged the oil firm to review its annual development funding from $1 million to $10 million including other social obligations to them. The communities which make up …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has given kudos to the state Assembly over the “expeditious passage of the revised 2020 appropriation bill.” The initial budget bill of N242.1 billion, which was signed into law in April this year, was on Monday reviewed downward to N183.1 …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri In a bid to cushion the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in rural communities, a social group of Unenurhie indigenes, both at home and in abroad, known as ‘Unenurhians In Diaspora,’ has supported Unenurhie community, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State …

… As State Revises 2020 Budget to N183bn from N242bn By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, allayed fears of an impending salary cut for civil servants in the state due to the drop in monthly revenue occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor gave …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has pleaded with oil producing communities in Delta State to accept the Federal Government dialogue window over their demands for marginal fields in their domains amongst other concerns. Otuaro spoke to newsmen in Asaba, against backdrop of …

By Amos Odeh,Yenagoa Bayelsa State Police command Friday received its newly redeployed commissioner, CP Mike Okoli. Speaking to newsmen after addressing men and officers of the command, the Police commissioner assured their readiness to fight crime and criminality in the state. He stressed that the command under him would partner …

By Gogo Ada Rufus Mbere The Eagle is known to most parts of the Niger Delta and is commonly acknowledged by virtually all our cultures as epitomizing greatness, excellence and leadership among birds. It exudes strength, disciplined freedom, dignity and the innate ability, capacity as well as willingness to renew …

By Joel Anekwe A coalition of women leaders across the country under the auspices of the Just Energy Transition Coalition has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to personally oversee the process of Nigeria’s transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy. In a communique issued in Port Harcourt, at a joint meeting …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The federal commissioner in charge of Bayelsa, at the National Population Commission (NPC), Mrs Gloria Izonfuo, has advocated the preservation of reproductive rights of the female gender. Izonfuo said the World Population Day (WPD) is part of international awareness campaign that is celebrated annually on 11th of …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says it has not abandoned construction of the 200 bed capacity Emergency/Infectious Diseases hospital aimed at strengthening the fight against COVID-19. The NNPC-Agip Joint Venture, on May 2, 2020 initiated the construction of a 200-bed capacity infectious diseases hospital for the …