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By Mandy Willy ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Obeaku-Ndoki, a coastal community in Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State, has been described as a largely ignored maritime asset despite its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and potential to open new economic opportunities for the South-East region. ‎ ‎Located along the …

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has welcomed 2025 Batch C Orientation Course of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to the state, declaring that their deployment was divinely providential. ‎ ‎Gov. Diri, represented by the Executive Assistant to the Governor on NYSC Matters, Hon. Dr. Wisdom Poyeri, …

By: David Owei, Yenagoa. ‎ ‎The President of the Independent Grassroots Sports Development Association, IGSDA, Chief Miebi Ogunu says he has identified over one hundred athletes in his fifty years of impactful grassroots development in the country. ‎ ‎Chief Ogunu made the declaration at a press briefing   held at the …

The Human Rights Committee of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly has marked the World Human Rights Day in partnership with the Association of Women Against Gender Based Violence(AWAGBV) with a call for the review of existing laws against gender abuse and human Rights violations. ‎ ‎The gathering of State …

By: Efemena Uwheru, Yenagoa. ‎ ‎Coaches and Technical Officials of the Niger Delta Games would benefit from a training programme planned to improve their efficiency ahead of the 2026 Games. ‎ ‎Sir Itiako Ikpokpo (KSM) Managing Director of Dunamis Icon Limited, the Managing Consultant for the Niger Delta Games, announced …

The Bayelsa State Government has placed an outright ban on all unauthorized and illegal mining of mineral resources in communities across the state. ‎ ‎The State Government has equally issued a stern warning to community leaders who had been reportedly signing memoranda of understanding with illegal miners in their domains …

  Niger Delta Progressive Alliance (NDPA) has felicitated with Chief Ikenna Nicholas Ukwa on the occasion of the Ikenna Ukwa Progressive Group Summit and Empowerement of Youths, Women and the Disabled in Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency on Sunday December 7, 2025.   The occasion, which took place at Ohafia Central School …

    By Paul Williams    Nigeria’s international gas company, NLNG, has called for stronger global collaboration towards improved LNG supply and affordability for emerging markets, and safeguarding energy expansion in a world increasingly shaped by geopolitical fragmentation and trade uncertainty. NLNG’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Philip Mshelbila, …

  By Paul Williams   Non-governmental organization, Spaces for Change has held the 2025 Digital Security Clinic for journalists and civil society organizations in the South South of Nigeria. The two-day training, organized under the auspices of the Civic Space Resource (CSR) Hub, with support from Ford Foundation, held in …

  By Paul Williams   It was a celebration of life well-spent last Saturday December 6, 2025 in the ancient city of Buguma in Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State as First Lady, Lady Valerie Fubara, and who-is-who in the state and the Kalabari ethnic nation trooped out to …