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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa   Following Governor Seriake Dickson’s recent onslaught against international oil companies that have been operating in the Niger Delta region for over 60 years, and the attendant environmental degradation and other effects on the host communities, the All Progressive Congress (APC) has described the governor’s recent …

By Joel Anekwe The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt has dismissed as baseless the accusation by the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike that the general officer commanding (GOC) the division, Major General Jamil Sarham was running an illegal oil bunkering squad for the purpose of financing his …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A philanthropist and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Arch. Reuben Okoya has called for a new approach in addressing Niger Delta issues. Okoya made the call in Yenagoa on Thursday while fielding questions from journalists at the Ijaw House during the …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government has said that it will next week begin series of engagement with critical stakeholders on the forthcoming local government and governorship elections.  The state commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson who disclosed this on Tuesday said the meeting will provide an …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa A  Niger Delta group, the Ifalibobou Revolutionary Movement (IRM) has expressed safety concerns over the state of an oil rig deployed to oilfields at Koluama coastal communities in Bayelsa. The group issued an ultimatum to First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company (First E&P) to clarify the …

… Civil Society Coalition wants IGP fired By Joel Anekwe                                                                            As insecurity continues to escalate in Rivers State, 46 persons have reportedly died across the state in extra judicial killings and gang murders. This was contained in a report produced and made public by a non-governmental organisation, ‘We The People,’ …

By Joel Anekwe Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike has stated that Nigeria would have made greater progress if the Federal Government had been implementing the reports of the participants of the National Institute, Kuru. He stated that the implementation of study reports of the National Institute would help …

… Opts to ‘Join Hands with Wike’ By Joel Anekwe The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Precious Elekima has expressed lack of confidence in the Rivers State Election Tribunal, choosing rather to work with Governor Nyesom Wike on the development of the state. This is as …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Uwheru Community in Bayelsa State, under the aegis of Uwheru Development Union (UDU) Bayelsa State chapter, recently organized a reception in honour of CSP Benjamin Gometi who was recently transferred to the state’s police command. It was a gathering of who is who from Uwheru of Ughelli …

The non-indigenes, including Urhobos, living in Bayelsa State have been advised to live in peace and harmony with its host state and other ethnic nationalities in the state in order for them to earn their livelihood, and to abhor anything that would be inimical to development and peaceful co-existence. The president …