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Fresh facts have emerged on how unidentified gunmen abducted a State High Court Judge, Justice E.G. Umokoro at Ekeki area of Yenagoa in the Bayelsa State capital. He was kidnapped in front of popular eatery known as Kilimanjaro at about 7pm after a struggle. The Judge, according to sources was in company of two of his daughters to buy bread from the eatery before the gunmen struck. The judge who is a one time State Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association usually drives himself around without his security details during off duty. Sources close to Justice Umokoro, described him as…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa. Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has offered automatic employment to First Class degree graduates of the University of Africa, Toru-Orua (UAT), in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. Senator Diri, who announced this on at the maiden combined convocation ceremony of 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023 and 2024 academic sessions of the university, said the gesture was part of measures to check the brain drain syndrome. The governor said the gesture had been replicated in other state-owned tertiary institutions such as the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, in line with his administration’s policy to prioritise education…

•Vows to sustain war against oil theft economic sabotage Emma Sunday The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, Pathfinder, Commodore Cajethan Nnabuchi Aniaku on Saturday, June 21, 2025 led Officers and Ratings of the base in the Nigerian Navy’s Second Quarter Route March around the Rumuolumeni area of Rivers State. The 10 kilometer route march which kicked off at exactly 6:00 am from the Naval base in Rumuolumeni, saw personnel, along with other sister security agencies march to and fro the entire stretch of Aker road, off Iwofe road in Obio/Akpor local government area of the state. Addressing journalists, the Commander…

By Our Reporter A coalition of civil society groups in the Niger Delta have expressed “firm solidarity” with His Royal Majesty, King Bubaraye Dakolo, Agada IV of Ekpetiama Kingdom over his suit against Shell, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), and Attorney General of the Federation. King Bubaraye Dakolo, who is also Chair of the Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers, in the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, challenges Shell’s attempt to divest its onshore oil assets and exit the Niger Delta without decommissioning obsolete infrastructure, remediating environmental damage and compensating the Ekpetiama…

…Unveils book on June 12. By: Oke Steve State Chairman of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Rivers State, Amb.Solsuema Osaro, has called for a total overhauling of the Nigerian electoral system as a way to guaranteeing the integrity of the electoral process . Osaro who is also the chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the state stared this during an event to mark June 12 Democracy Day and the launch of his book, The Chronicles of June 12, in Port Harcourt Rivers State. He expressed dismay at the sliding state of democracy in the country since the…

…As AFBC Celebrates Blood Donors in Port Harcourt By: Oke Steve Nigerians have been urged to regularly donate blood to save lives of patients in critical health conditions as well as protect themselves against possible cases of cardiovascular diseases. Professor Zacheus Jeremiah of the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Dr. DS Cookey Gam, Director of Health Services all of the Rivers State University (RSU), Port Harcourt Rivers State made the assertions during the 2025 World Blood Donors Day Celebrations (WBDDC) organised by the Armed Forces Blood Centre (AFBC) in Port Harcourt Rivers State. Speaking on theme of the Celebrations;…

By Amos Odhe. Former Member of the Federal House of Representative from Bayelsa State, Isreal Sunny -Goli has tackled the former Governor of the State and Senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial district, Senator Seriake Dickson over his Democracy Day outburst questioning the democratic credentials of President Bola Tinubu. Sunny-Goli, who is also the Amadabo of Kemmer-Ama in Brass Kingdom, in a statement titled “The Hypocrisy of Henry Seriake Dickson – A Supposed Democrat with an Undemocratic Legacy ” , declared that Dickson’s criticism of President Tinubu’s interventions in Rivers State rings hollow, considering his own troubling legacy in Bayelsa State…

By: Benson Eugene The Sole Administrator Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Surv Ataji Francis, has affirmed his commitment to working with media workers from the area for the growth of the LGA. He gave the assurance when he received Obolo Media Workers who at his Ngo office on a courtesy visit. Francis, stated that he was happy konw that great personalities in the media profession including those abroad were watching his good works. According to him, “Whatever you are seeing is from God in that He brought him to solve his peoples problems and give them a mental…

… Make Budgets Gender Sensitive Local Government authorities in Rivers State have been charged to set up Gender desks for Climate Change Action. This is aimed at facilitating the implementation of the National Gender Action Plan for Climate Change already put in place by the Federal Government. The recommendation was part of others arrived at a capacity building workshop on localizing Gender Action Plan on Climate Change that had local government officials, community leaders and women in attendance. Executive Director of the Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (IHRHL), Mrs. Mgbechi Anyakwee, said the workshop was aimed…

By Uwem Offon We, the people of Nigeria, stand at a critical crossroads in our history—a moment where the ghosts of betrayal still haunt our democracy, and the cries of the people echo through the land, calling for justice, unity, and a true rebirth of our nation. We remember MKO Abiola, not just as a man, but as a movement. His 1993 presidential victory remains a beacon of hope, a powerful declaration of the people’s will across ethnic and religious divides. That election was not just a political event—it was a democratic covenant, brutally broken by the forces…