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Dickson’s Fight against Cancer gets Federal Boost

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to the fight against cancer and other killer diseases in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this in a message at the groundbreaking ceremony and fund raising for the Goldcoast Memorial Center and launch of the Henry Seriake Dickson …

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Bayelsa Guber: Group Urges Briyai to Declare

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa As the Bayelsa State Guber election draws near, a group, known as the Bayelsa Grassroot Development Initiative (BGDI), has called upon “a very important personality in the state,” Dr Frankland Oyeins Briyai, to join the race. According to the coordinator of the body, Prof Emiomukumor Augustine, BGDI …

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Group Canvasses for Peace in Niger Delta

Ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Bayelsa State, a non-governmental organization, South South Peace Mission, has embarked on sensitization against pipeline vandalism, cultism, electoral violence and other social ills that are prevalent in the South South of Nigeria. Speaking to journalists before a rally in Yenagoa, national president/Founder of …

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PHCCIMA, PIND Synergize on N’Delta Youth Employment

Leader of the organized private sector in Rivers State, Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce (PHCCIMA) has thrown its weight behind the Niger Delta Youth Employment Pathways (NDYEP) project, initiated by the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND). PHCCIMA President, Chief Nabil Saleh made this known when PIND’s …

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Alaibe Congratulates Sylva on Ministerial Nomination

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Former special adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Chief Timi Alaibe, has congratulated the former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, on his nomination for ministerial appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. Alaibe described Sylva’s nomination as …

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