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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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NDE empowers over 450 Unemployed Youths in Bayelsa within 4 Months

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The National Directorate of Empowerment (NDE) says it empowered over 450 unemployed youths in Bayelsa between January and April as part of efforts to curb unemployment. Mr Aham Osuchukwu, Bayelsa coordinator of the directorate, told journalists that the beneficiaries cut across the eight local government areas …

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Rape Trial: Judge Disqualifies Self from Trial of Ex-Gov’s Aide

By Amos Okioma Justice Iniekadi Eradiri, of a Bayelsa State High Court has disqualified himself from the trial of Chief Richard Kpodo, a former aide to ex-Gov. Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa. Kpodo, standing trial for alleged rape of a 26-year female cashier, had appealed Justice Eradiri’s ruling, declining to disqualify himself …

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FG Assures on Completion of N120bn Bodo-Bonny Road

By Joel Anekwe The Federal Government has assured that it would complete the Bodo- Bonny road with the expectation to improve the economy of Nigeria. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, gave the assurance during the inspection of the Bodo-Bonny/Port Harcourt-Aba roads project in Rivers State. The minister …

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