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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A para-powerlifting coach, Mr. Fatabiri Gbassa, has made a passionate appeal to government, sports authorities and Nigerians to save him from a yet to be diagnosed ailment. Mr. Gbassa who is a coach with the Bayelsa State Council has been bedridden for over two years now …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The Igbe Orhe Ofuafo Oghene Healing Home in Unenurhie town, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, founded by His Grace, late Uku Sunday Efedudu, in 1976 and presently headed by his heir apparent, His Highness, Uku Simon Efedudu, aka Ugo 1 …

A pressure group, under the aegis of Save our Unity and Nauseant Democracy (SOUND), has said it is time for the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, to make available the financial and audited report of the financial situation of the state, over a month he took over the helm of …

Residents along Foropa, Sangana axis of the Atlantic coastline in Bayelsa have reported sighting dead fishes littering the shoreline. Some of the residents who spoke on the development said the occurrence had been noticed since March 15 and was yet to abate, fueling fears of pollution of the country’s territorial …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri The raging and deadly global pandemic, corona virus that is at present spreading like wildfire in a harmattan season in almost every part of the world today, including Nigeria, is nothing but a fiercely economic and political war between China and America on who is to …

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has directed officials of the state emergency management agency (SEMA) to commence the immediate distribution of foodstuff in its warehouse. Speaking with newsmen after inspecting the SEMA warehouse at Igbogene on Monday, Governor Diri said the distribution is to mitigate the effects of measures …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa  A late night storm has destroyed property and buildings worth millions of Naira in Bayelsa, including the state Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Bayelsa. The rainstorm brought down the mast of the station which also hosts the transmitters of Radio Nigeria’s Creek FM and the Nigeria Television Authority. …

Covid 19: Bayelsa Entrepreneurs Groan Over Loses, As Govt Plans Market Shutdown By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa  Due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease, codenamed Covid 19, businesses in Bayelsa State like their contemporaries in other climes have started recounting loses owing to restrictions placed by the government as part of its …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri A thirteen year-old boy, Young Oghenemine Divine, who is in JSS 1 at Unenurhie Secondary School, Unenurhie, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has recently produced a modern torch light with local materials. Speaking to our correspondent on the scientific and technological feat at …

By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has tested negative for the coronavirus, COVID-19, putting to rest the speculations and anxiety over his health status. The governor’s acting chief press secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said in a press release that the test result was obtained on Thursday from …