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By our Reporter The commissioner of Sports Development, Bayelsa State, Dr. Daniel Igali has assured sports lovers that Bayelsa United will survive relegation battle when the current NPFL season ends. Igali gave the assurance on Wednesday at his office when the board of Bayelsa United paid him a courtesy visit …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Delta State governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, has assured the Nigerian Army that the quota or slots allocated to the state for recruitment into the army will be fully taken by qualified Deltans. The governor gave the assurance on Tuesday when the representative of the …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The president-general of Unenurhie community in Ughelli North LGA of Delta state, Mr. Peter Maison, has described community leadership as more challenging than corporate governance in the Niger Delta region. Unenurhie’s PG made this known recently during a chat with our correspondent at his residence …

Emma Sunday A Rivers State based businessman, Ambassador Dr. Nwagbo Eberechukwu Barnabas, has been honoured with the coveted Africa Under-40 CEOs Award by Mayorkings Agency Group, an excellence seeking and driven organisation among African young leaders. Dr. Barnabas, who is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Belburge International …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, sympathetic to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, have elected a new Speaker for the House. The new Speaker of the embattled Assembly is Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, the member representing Bonny State Constituency. Also elected is Leader of the House, Hon. Sokari …

By our Reporter Ahead of the last chance to book a place in the 2024 Paris Olympics, Nigeria’s Mercy Genesis, (50kg), African and Commonwealth Games champion, has departed for Istanbul with hopes to earn a spot for the games. Mercy Genesis, who narrowly missed out on qualification at the last …

By our Reporter The governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri, has described the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme as a transformative experience for future leaders of the nation. Gov. Diri, who made this known during the 2024 Batch A, Stream II closing ceremony held at the NYSC Permanent …

By our Reporter Organizers of the prestigious award platform in the Niger Delta, the Bayelsa Media Network Awards (BMNA), have nominated the Community Development Committee (CDC) chairman of Otuasega community, in Ogbia Local Government Ares of Bayelsa State, as the ‘Best CDC Executive of the Year.’ This was disclosed on …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged the 27 members of the state House of Assembly to “go and impeach” state governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara. Addressing a press briefing in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, chairman of the APC Caretaker Committee in Rivers …

By Ehichioya Ezomon  In my copy of Monday, January 15, 2024, entitled, “Shaibu’s Talk about Obaseki’s Betrayal Laughable,” I posed the question, “Do politicians have conscience, and if they do, does it prick them?” This followed the declaration by the lately impeached Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu, that Governor Godwin Obaseki …