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  By David Owei, Yenagoa     Academics from the Niger Delta region on Wednesday challenged leaders from the area to look inwards in tackling the developmental challenges facing the area. The dons spoke as discussants at a colloquium to kick off burial rites for Pastor P.Z. Aginighan, former Managing …

Gubernatorial candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in Imo State, Mr. Ejike Chukwu says they are set to take over the state in the next political dispensation. Speaking to news men at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa recently, Chukwu noted that Imo State is in dire need of …

As the preparations for the forthcoming general elections gather momentum, politicians and individual leaders have been urged to be mindful of how they talk and conduct themselves to ensure violence-free elections. According to an All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, who spoke recently with journalists …

  By David Owei, Yenagoa   The people of Koluama 1 in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa have launched a manhunt for those behind the false report that an oil facility in the area was attacked on Friday. A group ‘Koluama Seven Brothers’ had on Sunday claimed that it …

  By David Owei, Yenagoa   The efforts of the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson to stem the tide of insecurity in Bayelsa state has started receiving boost as the general elections draw nearer. The support, our correspondent gathered, is coming from the non – indigenes resident in the state …

  … As Ajienka heads 11-man INC steering committee   By David Owei, Yenagoa   Ahead the 2019 general elections, the Ijaw ethnic nationality has been charged to queue behind candidate that is poised for restructuring that would promote peaceful, egalitarian, fair, equity and justice in the country. The Bayelsa …

  By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa    Oil and Gas Producing Areas Enlightenment and Empowerment Initiative (OGPAEEI) has petitioned the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) over a 2016 spill in Bayelsa. It would be recalled that an oil leak from an oilfield operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa    Zonal leaders of Ohanaeze in South South, South West and Northern states on Sunday said that those who visited President Buhari on Friday under the auspices of Ohanaeze youths were imposters They also frowned at their exclusion from the New Year visit to President Muhammadu …

  By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa   The Police in Bayelsa State have arrested a 43-year old man, Mr. Sunday Otasi for killing his two sons, by giving them sniper to drink, for allegedly being wizards. Police source said the incident occurred along GloryLand Drive, Igbogene a suburb of Yenagoa, the …

  By Joel Anekwe   Value Chain Traders Organisation of Nigeria (VACTON), an umbrella body for manufacturers, importers, exporters, traders and other related organisations, has been inaugurated with the aim of trade facilitation and elimination of business malpractices. Speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt, on the emergence of the organisation, …