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By Joel Anekwe Civil Society Organisations CSOs in Rivers State have condemned the acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on his charge to policemen in the South East and South South “to take the war against insurgency to the camps of bandits and deal with them ruthlessly,” noting …

The Twon Brass community in Bayelsa, hosts to Agip’s Crude Export Terminal has continued ongoing protests against lingering power outage in the settlement, while shunning entreaties from their monarch, King Alfred Diete-Spiff. Our correspondent gathered that the people alleged that the monarch was complicit in several efforts by Agip to …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The lawmaker representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency Hon. Fred Agbedi, has urged Bayelsans to embrace cooperative societies. Agbedi made the call at an event organized by the Alliance of South South States Cooperatives Financing Agencies of Nigeria (ASSSCOFAN) held in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. “This is a …

Pa Polo Ezekiel Emuoyibo for burial on May 21 By Amos Odhe, Warri The families of late pa  Ezekiel Robinson Emuoyibo, of Uruevwere-Ehere Quarters, and Ighovoyivwi, of Erovie Quarters, both of Uwheru in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have concluded arrangements to lay to rest late pa …

The national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has expressed deep worry over what it described as “the violent turn of NLC peaceful protests by the dictatorial and despotic regime of Governor Nasir El-Rufai in Kaduna State,” warning that it will not hesitate to call …

By Amos Odhe, Asaba  Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday said that the judiciary in the state had been accorded full autonomy in line with the law. Okowa made this known in Asaba on Tuesday when he received the chief judge of the state, Justice Marshal Umukoro, who …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said that the hitch-free conduct of the recent Ijaw National Congress (INC) election indicates that Nigeria can hold rancour-free national elections. Governor Diri made this known on Friday during the inauguration of the new INC leadership at the Ijaw …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Miland Dikio (rtd), has charged youths of the Niger Delta to deploy civilized approach in the course of their agitation for the development of the oil rich region. The Amnesty boss gave the advice while speaking tojournalists …

Bayelsa State Government has opened partnership discussions with its Akwa Ibom counterpart on the use of Ibom Air to start commercial flight operations at the Bayelsa International Airport. Leader of the Bayelsa delegation to Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, the state’s deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, noted that the …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The 14-inch crude trunkline operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in the Niger Delta spilled 276 barrels of Shell’s Bonny Light crude blend in three incidents in April 2021. The Okordia-Rumekpe crude pipeline is part of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) network crisscrossing SPDC’s onshore …