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Group visits, Congratulates Marlon over Success at Polls

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology Port Harcourt (RSCOHSTECH) Alumni, Bayelsa State Chapter, has paid a courtesy visit to the member Representing SILGA Constituency 111 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Deacon Marlon Moses (aka Our Moses). Chairman of the group, …

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HYPREP, CSOs Disagree over Level of Work on Ogoni Cleanup

By Joel Anekwe The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) and some civil society organizations (CSOs) in Rivers State have disagreed sharply on the level of work done so far on the clean-up of oil polluted sites in Ogoniland. While HYPREP says that the clean-up has fully commenced, civil society organizations …

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Crisis Imminent over Pere of Kou in Bayelsa

The Bayelsa State government has been called upon to wade into the crisis rocking the Kou clan in Ekeremor Local Government Area, so as to avoid it snowballing into a serious conflict in the community. In a petition to the governor, Ekemesowde Taroladei Peters, claimed that with the death of …

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Civil Defence Officer Kill 100 Level Bayelsa Varsity Student

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa A personnel of the Nigerian Civil Defence and Security Corps on Saturday allegedly shot and killed a 100 level student of the state owned Niger Delta University, Ammassoma in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa State. It was  gathered that the NCDSC personnel, according to …

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Rivers, Almost Polio-Free ~ Agiriye Harry

Permanent secretary in charge of the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board, Dr. Agiriye Monima Harry, has expressed the hope that the state will be out of polio by the end of this year. This, he said, follows the concerted efforts of the state primary health care board to …

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