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Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has sworn in two new cabinet commissioners, three non-executive commissioners of the state Local Government Service Commission and 25 special advisers. Also inaugurated were six technical advisers. At the ceremony, which took place in the Executive Chambers of the Government House in Yenagoa, Governor …

Authorities of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have shut down seven examination centers across Bayelsa State for violating its rules and regulations for examination conduct.  According to available data, the closure of the centres leaves Bayelsa State with only four centers to cater for about 24,000 candidates. The …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Muhammed Adamu, on Tuesday, 13 October, 2020, ordered all personnel of the defunct SARS to report at the Force Headquarters, Abuja for debriefing, psychological and medical examination. This, according to a press statement signed by DCP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, …

By Young Erhiurhoro Witchcraft is a common English parlance amongst Africans and some parts of the Asian continent. It’s very common to Africans because its usage is primarily synonymous with evil and mysterious activities. That is, power to kill, power to destroy, power to cause harm and power to do …

… Approves 2020-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework The Bayelsa State Government has described the proposed National Water Resources Bill 2020 as another draconian land use decree in disguise, saying it would join other progressive forces to resist it at all cost. This was one of the decisions reached by the …

By Joel Anekwe  The Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) has restated its commitment to ensure the safety of tank farms across Nigeria, adding that it would not allow its safety strategy to be compromised by operators of tank farms in the country. Mr Bassey Nkanga, zonal operations controller, Port Harcourt …

… Dedicates Award to MEMPON  A non-governmental organization, Relief International Africa, has honoured HRH King Ambassador Engineer Onyeche Promise Obinna, Eze-Ikemba 1 of Ulakwo/Umuselem Ancient Kingdom, in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, with an award of International Legacy of Excellence in Leadership. This followed “the peace recorded in …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri A restaurant owner, Finegirl, daughter of Chief Jonah Ovibi, was reportedly kidnapped at Uwheru community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State by unknown gunmen recently. The victim, whose restaurant is situated along the Uwheru community section of the East-West Road (a federal road). Narrating …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged youths in the Niger Delta to shun violence and embrace peace to support economic development, which cannot happen amidst crisis. Jonathan spoke when the executive of the Movement for Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) paid him a visit in Yenagoa to …

By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC led by Abbott Ogbobula, has described the widely celebrated defection of former state commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, and thousands of his supporters from the APC to PDP as a dummy to members of the public. …