BLOG

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A joint operation by troops of the joint military force deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta has led to the seizure of a thug boat, ‘Aya Oba Olori II,’ and a barge, christened ‘Rampage 13,’ which was laden with over 200,000 litres of …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Presidential Amnesty Programme says it has trained and empowered over 1,165 Niger Delta ex-militants who had enrolled in the programme from March 2018 till date, even as it has also enrolled 11,297 beneficiaries who were engaged in vocational training. Special Assistant on media to Prof …

By David Owei, Yenagoa The Church in Bayelsa State has declared that whoever wants to become governor of the state should be ready to be screened to ascertain that he or she does not belong to secret cult, is a not drug addict or a drunkard, adding that once found …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Maritime Union Workers of Nigeria in Bayelsa State has decried the incessant attacks by sea pirates along the Bayelsa water ways especially the Southern Ijaw axis, and have appealed to the government for adequate security to enable boat operators do their business effectively. The chairman …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The need for Bayelsa youths to be disciplined and play politics with a high sense of decency were the highpoints raised by a former commissioner for Special Duties in Bayelsa State, Rueben Okoya at the first Orange Movement Youth Convocation in Yenagoa. The convocation was organized …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Some oil rich communities in Bayaelsa have applauded the state government for setting up a commission of inquiry on environmental degradation to investigate the years of negative impact of oil exploration. Governor Seriake Dickson had recently inaugurated the commission to find evidence of oil spills and …

By Joel Anekwe As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) began collating results for the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Rivers State on Tuesday, the results so far declared show the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and incumbent governor, Nyesom Wike, gaining a strong lead over his …

Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt First City Monument Bank (FCMB), one of Nigeria’s new generation banks has charged journalists in the country to rise up to the important role they have in achieving national cohesion. Towards this end the bank Wednesday organised a one day media parley for journalists in the …

By Joel Anekwe The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the results of the 17 local government areas in its custody are real and not tampered with. This is as the commission continues the process of concluding the suspended Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Rivers, and …

By Joel Anekwe Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has charge youths in Nigeria, especially the Niger Delta region to resist energy colonialism by embracing renewable energy technologies. This, the environmental campaign organisation said, the youths could do through conscious effort and actions to provide solutions and partner …