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… ‘Blasts’ Detractors A sociopolitical group, Niger Delta Action Network (NDAN), Andoni Chapter, has commended the senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District, Senator Barry Mpigi, for donating handsomely to the people of his constituency on the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Niger Delta Action Network in a joint statement …

The rising incidence of sea piracy along the Akassa-Brass-Yenagoa route in Bayelsa State is giving commuters cause for concern. The latest attack took place over the weekend with one health worker returning from a Coronavirus sensitization campaign in Brass Local Government Area injured. The Akassa-Brass-Nembe-Yenagoa sea routes are often hotbed …

Mr Iniruo Wills, ex-Environment commissioner in Bayelsa State on Thursday called on oil industry regulators to priorities investigation of increased toxicity of Atlantic coastline causing massive death of fishes. Wills made the call in an interview in Yenagoa in a reaction to dead fishes littering the coastline across Delta, Bayelsa …

The Bayelsa State Task Force on COVID-19 has said that 140 blood samples sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) approved laboratory in Edo State between March and April, 2020 have all tested negative.  The co-chairman of the State Task Force on Covid-19, Dr Inodu Apoku, who disclosed this …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has commiserated with the Okoko family of Obunagha community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area over the sudden demise of their son, Mr Keniebi Okoko. According to a press release by the senior special assistant on media to the deputy …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri An executive member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Evwreni Ward in Ughelli North LGA of Delta State and also the chairman of Unenurhie youths, Mr. Friday Diamond, aka ‘Ogbo’ said Evwreni Ward didn’t benefit from Senator Ovie Omo-Agege’s gifts to all the communities and …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Evwreni kingdom was recently relieved of hunger and hardship as the duo of Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, and Chief Engr. Samuel Adjogbe, two All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in Delta State again showed their benevolence and charity as they supported their communities with over ten million naira …

Two months after he took office, Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Tuesday, presented an appropriation bill of N242.283 billion for the 2020 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly. Presenting his maiden budget estimate christened, ‘Consolidation for Prosperity 2020,’ Senator Diri said the appropriation bill defines the structure …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri Urhobo, as one of the recognized ethnic nationalities in Delta State and Nigeria, even though it’s today grouped under minorities, at present, has 24 traditionally and politically recognized kingdoms or clans. Professor Onigu Otite, an Urhobo internationally acclaimed sociologist defined a kingdom in his book titled, …

By Tunde Uchegbuo Amidst the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund says global economic growth was negative for 2020. IMF’s managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, explained that the global economy was “sluggish and precarious”, adding that the body reviewed 2020 economic outlook down from 3.6% to 3.5%. On …