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By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Unenurhie community, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was in a festive mood recently as their president-general, Mr Peter Maison, was among those conferred with the title of ‘Justice of the Peace’ by the state ministry of Justice and Chieftaincy …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Kolo Creek Cluster Development Board, KCDB, an SPDC funded cluster in the Ogbia council area of Bayelsa State, have lauded the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, SPDC, on its execution of projects and implementation of terms entered in its GMoU with community members of …

Environment Advocate and director of Health of Mother Earth (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey, who was in Bayelsa State penultimate week end said he was in the oil rich and “ecologically devastated” state to drum up support and awareness for the sustenance, especially of the Niger Delta region. At an event, held …

Niger Delta youths, under the ageis of ‘36 Youths Coalition for Yahaya Bello 2023 Presidency,’ have said that “the evil elements waiting for the breakup of Nigeria will certainly be disappointed,” adding that the country will remain strong and more united. Head of the youths’ coalition, Ambassador Timiseleipre Job Desmond, …

The immediate past youth chairman of Unenurhie community, in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Friday Diamond aka ‘Ogbo,’ has called on the Federal Government to create more enrollment centres in the country, especially in local communities, in order to make the on-going national identity number registration easy …

… Advises Akpabio on ‘NDDC Board Delay’ By Amos Odhe, Asaba Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Otuaro, has again challenged Niger Delta militants to a paradigm shift from the trending use of threats and violence in agitations for a better Niger Delta and Nigeria. Otuaro, who chairs the …

By Joel Anekwe With the flag off of the construction of the Trans-Kalabari road project on Thursday, the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, began the move to connect some six Riverine communities in Degema Local Government Area of the state. The first phase of the road project will see the …

Chapol Commandant of the Society for Chaplains in Nigeria (SCN), in charge of Rivers and Bayelsa states, Brigadier Doris Oweiagba, has said that a special training command of the paramilitary organisation has been approved for Bayelsa State with the mandate to commence recruitment.  Chapol Oweiagba, who disclosed this in Yenagoa on …

Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has appealed to the Federal Government to implement Monday’s Abuja Federal High Court judgement ordering the payment of $951 million as shortfall in oil derivation revenue due to the state. Governor Diri made the appeal in his first public reaction to the judgement on …

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly Thursday rendered a fresh account of its stewardship. Speaking during the press briefing organized to commemorate the third session of the 6th state Assembly, the member representing Ekeremor constituency one and chairman, House committee on Information and Orientation, Hon Tare Porri, said that a …