By Aherhoke Okioma, Yenagoa The pan Ijaw National Congress (INC), Central Zone, on Saturday elected new executive council (EXCO) members to run its affairs, after the zone suffered lack of leadership for many years. The INC Central Zone is comprised of the entire Bayelsa State and some of the Ijaw …
Read More »105 Bayelsa Coastal Communities at Risk of Extinction ~ Varsity Don
No fewer than 105 coastal communities in Bayelsa State face extinction in the next 30 years if nothing is done to halt the rampaging effects of ocean encouragement, termed ‘Oceanification.’ A lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Amassoma, in Bayelsa State, Professor Ambily Etekpe, …
Read More »N’Delta Stakeholders Proffer Solutions to Oil Theft, Artisanal Refining
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Stakeholders in the Niger Delta have advocated sustainable and alternative livelihoods as panacea to the increasing problem of oil theft and artisanal refining activities in the region. They made their position known in a communique issued after a one-day roundtable dialogue jointly organised in Port …
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