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… Ijaws can’t Save Eggs in one Basket ~ Okaba   By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa   President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Professor Benjamin Okaba has advised the South-South zonal Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, who is also Caretaker Committee chairman of the Bayelsa State Chapter of the …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa   Baring any last minute change in date, the Barr. George Turnah-led Caretaker Committee of the Bayelsa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has indicated its readiness to unveil a new secretariat for the party. The leadership also said new entrants into the party …

  By Our Reporter   African environmental justice advocates have taken demands for climate change crisis a step further with the submission on May 2, 2025 of a demand by the lawyers to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Tanzania. The advocates are a coalition of African …

By Emma Sunday A prominent environmentalist and farmer, Dr Uchenna Rowland Onyeizu, has been crowned as the Ezeji Oha Ngwa by an elite group of yam farmers in Abia State, under the auspices of the Oha Ngwa Ezeji title holders’ Union. The coronation ceremony, which took place in Abayi Ohanze, …

By Emma Sunday   The Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, has congratulated the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abia State, Rev. Ojo Ojo Uduma, and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Uduma, on their thirty-year priesthood and twenty-fifth marriage anniversary. Speaking at the Evangelical Church …

  By Tamunosiki Akpuh (National Point Newspaper)   The Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, with support from Global Green Fund grants held a multi-stakeholders dialogue on localizing gender action plan on climate change in the Niger Delta on Monday 29, April 2025. Welcoming participants to the event which …

  By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Nigerian Army on Monday opened its Second Quarter Pre-Retirement Training and Business Development Seminar for its personnel. The one week-long training, with the theme: “Leveraging Business Development Strategies for Effective Empowerment of Service Personnel and Veterans in Post-retirement Life”, was designed for both veterans and …

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has received the Torch of Unity from the National Sports Commission ahead of the 22nd National Sports Festival, slated for Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital from the 16th through the 30th May, 2025. Governor Diri, who was represented by his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, …

By: Amos Odhe. Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has called on African leaders to make concerted efforts aimed at building regional unity and integration among countries on the continent. Governor Diri made the call during a courtesy visit by a delegation led by the Minister of State for Education …

By : Odeh Okioma, Yenagoa. The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has arrested killers of 50-years-old, Hon. Odeinyefa Ogbolosingha, inlaw to the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri and two others including the Paramount Ruler of Kalaba Community and Chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC), HRH Kolibo Francis …