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By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has urged the people of the state and the Ijaw nation to support the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, and the executive secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Wabote. Diri called …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The president general of Unenurhie community, in Evwreni kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Peter Maison, has said that the e-learning programme designed by the state ministry of Basic and Secondary Education to engage school children during the period of lockdown, occasioned …

By Joel Anekwe Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for supporting Hon Victor Giadom’s bid, as the controversial acting national chairman of the party, to convene the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party in Abuja tomorrow. The leaders, …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The people of Unenurhie community, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have taken to streets over what they described as “pains to their hearts.” Speaking to our correspondent on condition of anonymity during the peaceful protests staged in the community, which …

… Amaechi, Abe in ‘Sidon Look’ By Joel Anekwe The crisis rocking the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), like the chameleon, keeps taking on new colours on daily basis and deepening further the situation that has become an albatross round the party’s neck. A new wave …

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of the reconciliation efforts of the Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The governor Tuesday told newsmen in Port Harcourt that some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP are sycophants and tax collectors who …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The death of Pa. Joseph O. Obiriene, a retired health practitioner, a devout, dedicated and diligent member of the God’s Kingdom Society (GKS) and a committed community leader and developer was announced in the early hours of Wednesday June 10, 2020 by his children at his …

The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) on Wednesday explained that it responded within 24 hours after a pipeline blast by vandals at its Taylor Creek oilfields in August 2019 and shut the facility to curtail further degradation of the environment. The explanation is coming on the heels of outcry that …

… Suspends Mid-Week, Home Cell Activities By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has asked the state taskforce on COVID-19 to unseal worship centres that run foul of measures imposed by the state government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the state. He, however, urged …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The management of the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has denied reports alleging that the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, had demanded the sum of $20 million from its executive secretary, Engr. Simbi Wabote, “to fund re-run elections in Bayelsa State. …