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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Most Reverend Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York has launched a blistering indictment of oil companies operating in the Niger Delta, calling their actions “nothing less than environmental genocide.” The archbishop chairs the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission, working alongside industry and environmental experts …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa  Bayelsa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Pastor Monday Udom, has refuted allegations of double standards leveled against him by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) guber campaign organisation in the state. Udom said while the PDP campaign team accused him of having contracted the recruitment of ad-hoc staff for the November …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Senior Staff of the Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas, Ekowe in Bayelsa State have taken to the streets to protest non-payment of salary. The protesters, who converged under the auspices of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, lamented that they were being paid only …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State’s director of Sports, Chief Patimidi Turuku, has lauded the state governor, Seriake Dickson, for the grooming and development of sports talents, through the establishment of Asoama Sports Academy in Kolokuma/Opokuma local government area of the state. Turuku, a renowned referee and sports enthusiast, gave …

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has appointed Mr Bright Ebere as its director of Programmes, Information and Communications for the South South region. The appointment was made by Comrade Omoruyi Iyamu who is the national vice president of the youth body for the South South. In the copy …

By Paul Williams, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has sought Senate’s confirmation of the appointment of Dr. Pius Odubu as the chairman for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The President also sought the confirmation of Bernard Okumagba (Delta) as managing director, Engr. Otobong Ndem (Akwa-Ibom) as executive director, Projects, Maxwell …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Communities of constituencies 2, 3 and 4 of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the largest LGA in Nigeria, Saturday were agog as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took its governorship campaign to their domain. The carnival-like campaign which started in Korokosei Community, Constituency …

Civil Society organizations and some selected communities in Rivers State have cried out over the current devastation of communities in the state by flood, occasioned by climate change. Addressing community and civil society organization representatives recently in Port Harcourt, executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, Emen Okon, …

For Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, all the talk about disinheriting his late father’s wife and her children are utter balderdash and the hullabaloo over his father’s estate should at best take a secondary seat. What is uppermost in his mind is to quickly establish the true cause of his father’s death …

By Joel Anekwe  Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG), operator of the NNPC/TEPNG Joint Venture, early in the week empowered members of the Egi community in Ogba-Egbama-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, host to the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 58, with the provision of 16 mini-buses and 40 …