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Bayelsa Guber: Group Drums Support for Okoya

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa As the Bayelsa State governorship elections draw nearer, more groups, this time under the aegis of Bayelsa Consolidation Movement, have intensified support with other well-meaning patriotic groups to urge Arc Reuben Okoya to declare his interest to contest the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state. They …

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Stakeholders Decry Lack of Awareness on EIA

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation, has held a one-day training workshop on Environmental, Social And Human Rights Impact Assessment (ESHRIA) in Bayelsa State for community members, ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and civil society organisations. The training, which took place in Yenagoa, …

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Advertising: We’ve Zero Tolerance for Quacks ~ Aribodor

… Port Harcourt Practitioners visit RISAA Acting MD The Advertising Practitioners Association Port Harcourt Chapter (APAPHC) has paid a visit to the acting managing director of Rivers State Signage and Advertisement Agency (RISAA), Chief Hon Anthony Okeah, in Port Harcourt. Speaking during the occasion, the chairman, APAPHC, Frank Eze Aribodor, …

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HYPREP, A Failed Project ~ Ogoni Activists

By Our Reporter Despite working at a pace which it says meets international best practice, the Engr. Marvin Dekil-led Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP) has come under a barrage of condemnations from a broad spectrum of Ogoni youths and environmental rights activists. Tuesday, the leadership of the Ogoni Youth Federation …

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Landlord Drags Bayelsa PDP to Court Over Unpaid Rent

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A former chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Mr Chubby Ben-Walson, has dragged the Bayelsa State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to a state High Court sitting in Yenagoa, for failure to pay its eight-year outstanding rent, totaling N85 million, for …

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Respite as Bayelsa Police Launch ‘Operation Puff Adder’

David Owei, Yenagoa In line with the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu, the Bayelsa State Police Command has officially launched the ‘Operation Puff Adder’ which was introduced by the IGP across the states of the federation. Launching the operation at the state police command headquarters in …

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Aiteo Donates N.5bn to Bayelsa’s Education Trust Fund

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa As part of its corporate social responsibilities to its communities, the Aiteo Group, indigenous oil and gas company operating in Bayelsa State, has donated the sum of five hundred million Naira to boost the state’s Education Trust Fund. Speaking at the fund’s launch in Yenagoa, Mr Benedict …

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CSOs Proffer Solutions to Bayelsa Oil Commission

By David Owei, Yenagoa Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have proffered solutions for the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) set up by Governor Seriake Dickson on the ways to handle activities of oil companies and environmental challenges facing the state. Speaking at a one-day roundtable meeting in Yenagoa, the …

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