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In a bid to promote sports development, the Bayelsa State Government has called for partnership and support from commercial banks, international oil companies (IOCs), construction firms and other corporate bodies doing business in the state. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the call on Tuesday at a meeting with …

By Damiete Orugbani Ogurama Community in Degema Local Government Area was agog with joy on October 21, 2021 as the chairman of the LGA, Hon. Michael John Williams, commissioned a foot bridge and concrete walk way to alleviate the plight of the people. The project was in fulfillment of the …

A workshop on ‘Responsible Procurement Policy’ in the private security industry was held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Thursday with private security users, made up mostly of corporate bodies in the extractive, real estate and hospitality industries, being participants at the one-day training. Tagged, ‘Training Workshop on Development …

By Young Erhiurhoro My heart was pricked with pain and tears and my entire body wrapped in fear and shock that fateful evening, Tuesday 9th March, 2021 after we had discharged you from the hospital and told you I was going home to have my bath and to eat. I …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The pan-Ijaw group, the Ijaw National Congress, INC, has frowned at the existence of a bill “purportedly sponsored by 59 members of the House of Representatives, who are of Northern extraction, with an intent to delete section 162 sub-section 2 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Wife of the Ondo State governor, Chief Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has urged women to conduct regular checks on their breasts to prevent the mortality rate associated with breast cancer in the country. Mrs Akeredolu, who is founder of Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN), stated this in …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The absence of a witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday stalled the trial of Mrs Beauty Apere for money laundering at the Federal High Court, Yenagoa. The accused is wife to Embelakpo Apere a former aide on Sustainable Development Goals to …

By Joel Anekwe Against all expectations that the Senator Magnus Abe faction of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has given up on the protracted imbroglio bedeviling the party, the faction Tuesday morning unveiled what it call the party’s state Working Committee, SWC, led by Golden …

… Okaba Urges Them to Promote Unity The crème de la crème of the society converged at Abuloma Town Hall in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area to witness the epoch inauguration of the executive council of the Ijaw National Congress, Eastern Zone recently. The hall was full to the …

… Infrastructure, Health, Education Top Allocation  By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, presented a 2022 Appropriation Bill of N310.7 billion to the state House of Assembly. Tagged, ‘Budget of Sustainable Growth,’ the budget gave the highest allocation of N51 billion to the Ministry of …