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The administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring sustainable peace and security in the Niger Delta for the advancement of economic empowerment and human capital development in the region. He stated this when a delegation of the Niger Delta Peace and Stability Forum, led by Godfrey Pondi, who is also a security expert and Group General Manager of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja on Wednesday. Other members of the delegation included Chief Benjamin Ekeremo, Chief Otegha Ayebi, Mr Benaebi Adowei, Mr Seiyefa…

… Receives Bayelsa Athletes who represented Nigeria at ECOWAS African Wrestling Tournament The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Sports Development, Dr Daniel Igali, has called on the National Sports Commission and the Main Organising Committee of the National Sports Festival in Ogun State to include traditional wrestling, known as ‘Kuwa,’ and canoeing as part of the events for the festival. Daniel Igali made the call when he received Bayelsa athletes who represented Nigeria at the recently-concluded 13th ECOWAS African Wrestling Tournament at the Velodrome of the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja which was part of activities lined up to celebrate ECOWAS’ 50th…

A Call for Unity, Reconciliation, and Leadership (We Stoop to Conquer) Your Excellency, I write to you with a deep sense of duty and concern for the peace, stability, and progress of Rivers State. Your Excellency, you have fought a historic political battle, and with the Supreme Court’s ruling and the wise counsel of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, your leadership is needed now. Now, it is time to move forward, not as a factional leader, but as the Governor of all Rivers people. The recent political turmoil, particularly with your ensraged Oga, the 27 members of the Rivers State House…

The governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is bigger than any individual and that its internal challenges would be fixed once the members resolve to tackle them. Speaking to journalists at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday after the inauguration of the party’s South-South zonal caretaker committee led by Elder Emma Ogidi, the Bayelsa governor said the political will to confront those fomenting trouble in the party resides with the members and not solely on the leadership. Diri, who is also chairman of the South-South Governors Forum, said that…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Sangana FC have moved into the next round of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football fiesta, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament christened the “Prosperity Cup”. In a keenly contested encounter at the Sangana center in Brass Local Government Area, Sangana FC beat Mini City FC 2-1 to secure a place in the next round of the competition. Kingsley Inuwei drew first blood for the determined Sangana side on 42 minutes, to take put them 1-nil ahead into the half time break. Mini City FC drew level on 76 minutes through Owei Igamstar’s close range effort, even as the…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has alleged that the protracted political crisis in Rivers state has continued because the FCT Minister, Barr. Nyesom Wike, is being supported by President Bola Tinubu. He said Wike, with the support of the Presidency, was championing the plot to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara, in order to install Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, as governor. According to him, Wike’s war against Governor Fubara, and the peaceful governance of Rivers State, was aimed at cornering the resources of the…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has explained that he made frantic efforts to notify the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhula and members of his visit to the Assembly to present the 2025 budget. He said the move was in compliance with his avowed commitment to comply with the recent Supreme Court judgment on the political crisis in Rivers State. He said: “For that reason, I made all frantic efforts to reach the Speaker, which I believe, he cannot deny that, and other members of the Assembly. However a mild drama…

There is rising tension in Onuebum community of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State over the alleged violation of the order issued by a Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa stopping the Sterling Exploration and Energy Production Company Nigeria Limited (SEEPCO) from oil exploration activities at the OPL 2005 located at Owaliba land. According to elders and youths of the Onuebum community, SEEPCO reportedly defied the court order and have resumed civil works, including extensive sand filling, at an oilfield site in Bayelsa State’s Onuebum community. This action, according to Onuebum indigenes, is a clear violation of the February…

By Josiah Egbilika This is my one coin vexation. I guess it may not count for anything but let it be that as a citizen of this great State, I have made my point. It could be taken, disregarded yet my voice remains silent no more. This recent buildings for judges as good as it sounds has gone way too far to be wrong. It has become like the only housing projects that can be done. The former governor of Rivers State for his eight years built for judges, went to Abuja as a minister, built for judges. Now, the…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Supreme Council for Sim Worldwide has kicked against the call by Chief Tony Okocha of the All Progressives Congress, Rivers State for the resignation or impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The pro-Fubara group warned against any attempt to impeach the governor, adding that it would trigger widespread unrest. Addressing a news briefing in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, a leader of the group, Ambassador, Senibo Joshua Fubara, Convener/National Leader of the group, said that those pushing for Governor Fubara’s removal should reconsider their actions, as the people of Rivers State would resist any attempt to…