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  By Jacinta Hycenth, Abuja    The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in collaboration with security operatives and community vigilantes, have successfully foiled an attempt by vandals to dismember towers T297, T298, and T299 along the Mando–Jos 330kV Double Circuit transmission line. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Ndidi …

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has given a one-month ultimatum to AITEO Exploration and Production Company Limited operating in Nembe Local Government Area of the state to remit funds due Bassambiri community to enhance the peace efforts in the area. ‎ ‎Governor Diri gave the directive when the …

The installation of the 60 megawatts gas Turbines  in Bayelsa state has not only reached 85 percent , but when completed will revamp the state economy, as many investors that have left the state will come back , as it will attract investors from neighbouring states. ‎ ‎This was disclosed …

By: Mandy Willy   ‎A stakeholder in the education sector and retired Director of Education in the Rivers State Ministry of Education, Reginald Osigbo, has called on the federal and state governments to urgently improve welfare packages for teachers across the country. ‎ ‎Speaking in an interview with our correspondent, …

Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Monday, resumed academic activities after over two months of impasse between the Management and the institution’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institution …

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Comrade Chris Piwuna has insisted that there is no going back on its planned two weeks nationwide warning strike over some lingering issues, if the federal government fails to respond on or before October 13 expiry date. ‎ ‎The planned …

…As Diri Receives Africa In Diaspora Leader On Maiden Nigeria Visit ‎ ‎ ‎Bayelsa State has procured two aircraft to commence commercial flight operations at the state’s airport. ‎ ‎Governor Douye Diri, who stated this during the courtesy visit of the Prime Minister of the State of Africa In Diaspora, …

By: Amos Odhe, Yenagoa       In the pursuit for improved corporate governance, enhanced performance and effective service delivery to the nation and citizens, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Tuesday held a knowledge exchange session, leading to a …

  By Paul Williams   Nigeria’s gas company, NLNG, says that with 6 percent of the global reserves, Africa, especially Nigeria, has a duty to move beyond the role of raw material suppliers and take their place as key players in the global LNG market. Delivering a keynote address, titled …

  By Ehichioya Ezomon   Like the fabled tortoise that’s never absent in stories, former President Goodluck Jonathan’s lately the talk-of-the-town – and the “beautiful bride” courted for drafting into the presidential contest in the 2027 General Election. The one-term (or “two-term”) president (2010-2015) – relishing another four-year stay at …