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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Delta State deputy governor, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has embarked on courtesy visits to the traditional rulers of Ughievwen and Ogulagha Kingdoms in Ughelli South and Burutu Local Government Areas respectively, in apparent peace shuttles. Leaving for Ogulagha Kingdom after a closed door discussion with the …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  First Lady of Bayelsa State, Mrs Gloria Diri, has called on well meaning Individuals and organizations in the state and in the Diaspora to regularly extend their benevolence to the down trodden in society. Mrs Diri said the cycle of lack and want will be broken …

… Inaugurates Project Committees By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa   Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has on Tuesday inaugurated two committees and five project teams for the Oloibiri Museum and Research centre which will be situated in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State. The virtual ceremony was anchored by Engr Simbi Wabote, …

President of Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, Dcn. Peter Timothy Igbifa, has called on the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to immediately resolve all pending issues related to the Foreign and Local Scholarship programme under their watch. He said “it is totally unacceptable to see the deplorable conditions …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The synergy between the Police and vigilante groups in Bayelsa State has paid off with the arrest of suspected armed robbers and recovery of firearm.  On 2 August, 2020, at about 0100hours, Police operatives in collaboration with the Vigilante members of Ogbia Town, Ogbia Local Government …

… Tasks Oil Coys to Support Peace Talks By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Deputy Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says the Federal Government has perfected arrangements to commence discussions with oil communities in the state who had threatened shutdown of oil operations to press home demands for marginal …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government has promised to curb all forms of social violence against women and the maltreatment of children in the state. Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Women, Children and Social Development, Mrs Ayi Ujile, stated this during an interview with journalists in …

… Demand Review of Devt Fund to $10m By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  Communities hosting Shell’s Estuaries Area (EA) oilfields in Bayelsa on Wednesday urged the oil firm to review its annual development funding from $1 million to $10 million including other social obligations to them. The communities which make up …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has given kudos to the state Assembly over the “expeditious passage of the revised 2020 appropriation bill.” The initial budget bill of N242.1 billion, which was signed into law in April this year, was on Monday reviewed downward to N183.1 …

By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri In a bid to cushion the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in rural communities, a social group of Unenurhie indigenes, both at home and in abroad, known as ‘Unenurhians In Diaspora,’ has supported Unenurhie community, Evwreni kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State …