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Lecturers in the Bayelsa State owned Niger Delta Universities, Ammassoma have joined in the nationwide strike action called by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ‎ ‎A drive by our correspondent through some parts of the Institutions showed total compliance with lecture halls deserted and few students seen around …

Nigerian vehicle manufacturers, Innoson Vehicles Manufcturing (IVM) Limited, has disclosed plans to establish a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) assembly plant in Bayelsa State. ‎ ‎The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, stated this when he visited Governor Douye Diri in Government House, Yenagoa. ‎ ‎The Innoson CEO …

Corps Members deployed for the one year mandatory national service to Bayelsa state have been urged to report to their places of primary assignments, settle down and make positive marks in the state.   They have also been enjoined to shine as lights in their host communities to champion rural …

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and other federal agencies to recalibrate their recruitment policies to promote fairness, justice and equity in line with the principles of federalism.   Governor Diri stated this when the Assistant Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, …

At a stakeholders meeting held over the weekend a unanimous vote of confidence was passed on the Acting Chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area, All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Samuel Evwighono. The party equally applauded him for holding unified meeting barely two weeks in office, describing him as a …

By Emma Sunday The 6 Division, Nigerian Army has arrested a 36-year-old gunrunner, Peter Onyeali Chibueze,  with 15 Italian-made sophisticated rifles in Rivers State. Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, Acting Deputy Director of the 6 Division’s Public Relations, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday. According to …

Emma Sunday Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn-in Hon Benibo Anabraba as the New Secretary to the State Government (SSG), with a charge to guard the office with honour and protect interest of the State. Governor Fubara gave the charge during a brief swearing in ceremony at the …

  … New Prize on Creative Arts introduced   The novel, ‘Sanya,’ written by Oyin Olugbile, has emerged winner of the 2025 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature, clinching one of Africa’s most prestigious literary honour valued at $100,000. The announcement was made on Friday, October 10, 2025 at …

  A Port Harcourt socialite, Chief-Elect Tamunobelema Dandison George, has described Ambassador Joseph Cole, Deputy Director of Planning, Research and Management Information System (MIS) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as a thorough-bred professional whose knack for the development of the Niger Delta is “unprecedented and unparalleled in the …

By: Mandy Willy Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called for renewed accountability, equity, and environmental justice in the Niger Delta, declaring that the people of the region “have no business with poverty.”   Falana made the call in Port Harcourt on Friday while …