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The South South Zonal Executive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed that Chief Felix Omemu is the “authentic and undisputed” secretary of the party in the zone. The declaration came less than seventy-two hours after a meeting in Benin, the Edo State capital, summoned by the National Vice Chairman, South South of the party, Chief Dan Orbih. Recall that on Saturday, 15th February 2025, the media was awashed with a report that the South South Zonal secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Chief Felix Omemu, had been suspended, with the Legal Adviser, Barr. George Turnah taking his…

… Inaugurate ‘Labour House’ in Yenagoa By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that foremost Ijaw leader, Pa Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, who just passed, would be remembered for his uncommon courage, truthfulness and doggedness in fighting for the common good of the Niger Delta. Gov. Fubara who received the news of Chief Clark’s passing early Tuesday was in Yenagoa as a guest to his Bayelsa state counterpart, Governor Duoye Diri, to commission the Labour House built by the State. The Rivers State governor in a solemn message reflected on the biblical admonition of numbering our…

As part of efforts aimed at fighting the war against illicit drugs in society, the NDLEA held a sensitization program on February 18, 2025 as the State Commander NDLEA Bayelsa State Command Commander Kanu Sunny Chukwuemeka, has flagged off a 5-Day WADA sensitization campaign with the Theme: ‘Safer Communities Without Illicit Drugs’ in Amassoma community, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. A statement signed by Obah Daniel Howells, SN, Public Relations Officer of NDLEA, Bayelsa State command, said Day 1 activities featured Anti Drug Abuse lectures at Government Secondary Amassoma and Community Secondary School, Amassoma. Resource persons…

Emma Sunday In a significant move to ensure improved security of lives and properties and ensure peaceful coexistence among residents, the Rivers State Government has expressed its willingness to partner with an European Funded Organisation, SEARCH for Common Ground (SFCG), to promote peace and security in the state. The Rivers State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Chief Charles Beke disclosed this at a two day training/capacity building on conflict management for Rivers State Peace Architecture (SPAs), organised by SEARCH in collaboration with SDN, PIND, and AAPW, as part of the organization’s community centred approach to transforming criminality and violence in…

Organizers of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football fiesta, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament christened the Prosperity Cup will hold a two-day training for the state referees that will participate in the season seven of the tournament. This was contained in a statement by the Director General of the tournament, Mr. Ono Akpe during the kick off of the tournament in Yenagoa. According to him, the exercise is in collaboration with the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA), Bayelsa State Referees Council, Bayelsa State Football Association and Ministry of Sports Development, stating that the essence of the programme was to equip referees in the…

Nigeria’s former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, turned the sod of the new Olympic-standard 25,000-capacity Bayelsa stadium project at Igbogene, Yenagoa. The former Nigerian leader performed the groundbreaking ceremony on a day the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, restated his appeal to the federal government, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), oil firms operating in the state and the private sector to join hands with his administration to develop sporting talents. The Federal Government through the National Sports Commission (NSC) and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) equally thumped up Governor Diri for initiating the project. Dr. Jonathan…

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri The ancient kingdom of Okparabe in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State was recently agog as an internationally acclaimed Law teacher, Prof. Alex O. Akpodiete, was honoured with the revered chieftaincy title of ‘Atavwa r’Ovie of Okparabe kingdom’ (The One Who Tells the Truth), by HRM, Andrew Oghenevwodo, Osakpa 111, Ovie of Okparabe kingdom. The cultural event which was held on February 14, 2025 at the palace of the Okparabe monarch, brought together palace chiefs, men, women and youths of the kingdom. Other highly respected personalities were also present at the ceremony to…

By Ehichioya Ezomon The main proceedings of the Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) – hearing the challenge to the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo as Governor of Edo State on September 21, 2024 – came to an end on Thursday, February 13, 2025, when the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the 3rd Respondent, closed its defence after calling four of pledged 28 witnesses in its two-day outing at the tribunal in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). However, the APC closure of its defence – coming in similar abrupt manner by the Petitioners (Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Dr Asue…

By Young Erhiurhoro The title of this historical and literary piece, has already unravelled the detailed message and spoke much about the content and context of the subject matter in view. Again, as a member of Unenurhie community and a media practitioner, I have written extensively on the history of the Unenurhie people in respect to their traditions and customs, cultural festivals, traditional institutions, marital rites and practices, funeral rites and practices, deities and ancestral entities, farming and agricultural practices and finally, the general leadership of the Unenurhie people. In the same way, I also took time to write about…

The Ijaw Youths Network (IYN) has raised concerns over what it described as a coordinated smear campaign against the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro. The group accused unnamed mischief makers and their sponsors of spreading false allegations of financial misconduct against the PAP boss in a bid to discredit him. In a statement on Friday signed by its President and Secretary, Frank Ebikabo and Federal Ebiaridor, the IYN specifically called out a group, the “Niger Delta Liberators and Ex-Agitators Forum (NGLEF),” which recently alleged that Otuaro had engaged in fraudulent disbursement of funds and awarded…