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The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has advised the Minister of Petroleum, Oil, Heineken Lokpobiri to shelve his governorship ambition and concentrate on discharging his ministerial responsibilities to actualise the benefits of the Renewed Hopeu Agenda in the sub-sector. The IYC said it discovered that “Minister Lokpobiri was more interested …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has clarified that its call for the redeployment of the Minister of Petroleum, Oil, Dr. Heineken Lokpobiri, was not “borne out of parochial sentiment, but out of genuine desire to address issues bedeviling the petroleum sector.” The IYC, in a …

Following complaints and the call by aggrieved members of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, for the redeployment of the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Oil, Senator Heneiken Lokpobiri, a Niger Delta ex-agitator, Comrade Obubo Opukeme aka Galadima, has advised the minister not to take the issues raised by …

By our Reporter The Niger Delta Justice Forum (NDJF) says it has uncovered a plot to sponsor protest against a former executive secretary of the Nigeria Content Development and Management Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote, and a former Bayelsa State governor, Chief Timipre Sylva. The group said the protest was …

… As Ijaws In America Honour Bayelsa Gov, OthersBy our Reporter The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has again called for a review of the country’s revenue derivation formula in line with the practice of fiscal federalism. He queried the existing practice where resource-endowed states in Nigeria, particularly …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has commended Waltersmith Group and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for supporting the Federal Government agenda of improving domestic refining capacity. Speaking on Tuesday during a facility tour of Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited, …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A socio-political group, Rescue Mission Youth Vanguard, has dismmised as “baseless” and “unsubstantiated claim,” the recent allegations of anti-party activities levelled against the Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, adding that the allegations lack any shred of credible evidence” According to the Rescue Mission …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday stormed the residence of a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Hon. Sunday Frank Oputu, and shot him dead. It was gathered that Frank-Oputu, who had also served as state chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), …

… as Lokpobiri’s Faction Boycott Exercise All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayelsa State chapter, on Saturday conducted a state congress to elect its 36 state executive committee members with Barr Dennis Otiotio, emerging as chairman of the party.  But the faction of the party led by former minister of Agriculture and …

By Ukandi Christopher An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt Rivers State has dismissed a suit brought by Heineken Lokpobiri, a former minister of state for Agriculture, challenging the emergence of David Lyon as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Heineken Lokpobiri had approached a Federal High …