Governor Seriake Dickson on Tuesday urged Ijaw youth leaders in the Niger Delta to close ranks and promote the peace and unity of the Ijaw nation everywhere. Hon. Dickson, who spoke when he met with Ijaw youth leaders from across the Niger Delta , who paid him a solidarity visit, told the youths that, development…
The lawmaker representing Kolokuma/Opokuma Constituency Two in Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. (Engr}. Ebiye Tarabina has commended the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson and the speaker Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Konbowei Benson for their great support. Hon. Tarabina made the disclosure while on his constituency thank…
The Kaduna State Security Council has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Jema’a and Kaura Local Government Areas of Kaduna State with immediate effect. Gunmen invaded different communities in the two local governments of Southern Kaduna, within 24 hours, killing at least 14 people and destroying several properties. The first attack occurred on Sunday in Bakin…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday disclosed that results of the series of medical checkups carried out by him in the cause of his vacation in the United Kingdom had shown that he needed longer period of rest. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, who disclosed this in a…
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority ( NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has pledged that the management will continue to place high premium to training of its staff in line with best practices particularly in the area of certification required for them to operate seamlessly and efficiently. Marine and Economy reports states that…
Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has been accused of sponsoring protests against the Bayelsa State Government over the state’s decision to allot the Bayelsa Palm for herdsmen operating there. A group, the Ijaw Patriot, in a statement in Yenagoa, the state capital, maintained that the ex-First Lady was behind Ms Ankio Briggs’ rally…
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said on Sunday that it spent $250 million dollars on health, education and improving the lives of the poor in Nigeria in 2016. Mairo Mandara, its Country Representative, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. She said that the foundation does not estimate…
The Nigeria Army said on Sunday that it will no longer condone any form of false allegation of brutality by its personnel from Biafran agitators otherwise known as Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The army also described the secessionist group as a “criminal gang”. This warning came from the 6 Division of the Nigeria Army,…
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has called for synergy between the state government and the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on the development of critical infrastructural projects in the state. The demand came as the Federal Government resumes construction work on the Yenegwe-Kolo-Nembe road project. Speaking during the courtesy visit of the…
Wikki Tourists have crashed out of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup competition, despite beating RSLAF of Sierra-Leone 1-0 in Bauchi today. But Rangers International and Rivers United advance into the next round of CAF Champions League. Wikki Tourists lost 1-2 aggregate, having conceded two goals away to RSLAF in Sierra Leone in the first leg. It…
