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The draw for the season seven of Nigeria’s biggest grassroots football fiesta, the Bayelsa Governor’s Football Tournament tagged the Prosperity Cup has been completed in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The draw, which was held at the main bowl of the Samson Siasia Stadium had representatives and officials from the various participating teams in attendance, alongside key actors in the sports sector, who witnessed the ceremony. Prosperity Cup Season Seven will see 255 teams comprising 231 in the men’s category and 24 of the female side battling for supremacy in the tournament in 25 centers across the eight local government…

In a bid to sanitize and modernize its transport system, the Bayelsa State Government has announced some new measures including restriction of intra-/ city vehicles from parking at the state transport terminal. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the announcement at a meeting with leadership of various transport unions and representatives of transport companies in Government House, Yenagoa, on Wednesday. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr Doubara Atasi, the deputy governor directed the Transport ministry to ensure that not more than 10 intracity vehicles should be allowed to park inside the terminal to…

… As Diri Promises to ‘Do More with Increased Derivation’ Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Friday, received commendations from both the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, and the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, as they inaugurated projects in continuation of his fifth anniversary celebrations. Hon. Abbas inaugurated the newly-built legislators quarters in the New Yenagoa City while Mutfwang inaugurated the reconstructed Onuebum-Otuoke road, linking former President Goodluck Jonathan’s community, Otuoke. Abbas said Bayelsa under Diri had witnessed remarkable progress in infrastructure, healthcare, human capacity development and other areas of development, describing the legislators…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Editor of Port Harcourt Mundial Newspaper, leading online medium in the South South, Mr Kelechi Nwaucha, has been selected as one of participants of the ‘NLNG Change Your Story’ 2025 Training. The 2025 edition of the training has been slated to begin on Monday February 17, 2025. For over ten years, the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has through the ‘NLNG Change Your Story’ project positively impacted the training and capacity development of journalists in the country. Anchored by The Journalism Clinic, led by renowned veteran journalist Taiwo Obe, and supported by trainer and consultant, Dan Mason,…

By Kelechi Nwaucha 30 years after the Beijing Declaration, women in the South South of Nigeria have gathered in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to review the progress so far made in achieving “true gender equality and women inclusion” in the region. The meeting, which kicked off on Monday, hosted by eco-feminist organisation, Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, brought together women from the six states of the South-South geo-political zone, government officials, civil society groups and the media. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, in September…

… Says January Revenue Up, at N116bn By Bon Peters In his continuous effort and renewed vigor to bring stakeholders up to speed on some of the emerging policies of the Nigeria Customs Service, the Customs Area Controller Tincan Island Port Command Comptroller Frank Onyeka says he has successfully engaged a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including importers, Customs brokers, shipping agents, and other key players in the maritime sub – sector of the economy, to sensitize them on the implementation of the 4% Free on Board (FOB) levy and the new Unified Customs Management System known as B’Odogwu. This was…

Zonal Secetary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-South, Chief Felix Omemu has faulted the meeting of the South South Zonal Executive Committee of the party scheduled for this Saturday February 15, 2025 in Benin City, the Edo State capital, describing it as illegal and against the party’s constitution. According to Chief Felix Omemu, the meeting, “convened by unknown persons, contravened Section 26, (2c) of our party’s Constitution as amended 2017.” In a statement issued on Thursday, the zonal secretary said that “there was no such a time that the Zonal Working Committee meeting, being a precursor to the Zonal…

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said his main preoccupation is to bequeath the legacy of a better Bayelsa and society at large than he met it. Governor Diri spoke on Wednesday during a memorial service in honour of his father, Pa Abraham Joseph Michael Diri, at the St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Sampou, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. Pa Diri, a retired headmaster and “epitome of humility,” passed on February 12, 2023, aged 88 years. The governor said his late father inculcated positive virtues in him and his siblings and that he would continue to…

… Commissions Bayelsa’s Haemodialysis Centre Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, has expressed assurance that Nigeria will overcome US President Donald Trump’s new policy changes stopping funding of healthcare interventions in developing countries. Prof Pate made this known in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Tuesday while commissioning the Bayelsa State Haemodialysis Centre and inauguration of the General Outpatient Centre at the 350 bed hospital at the Bayelsa Medical University, as part of a weeklong activities to mark Governor Douye Diri five years in office. The Health minister said it is imperative for all the tiers…

By Amos Odhe Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has assured citizens of non-interference, by the state government, in the forthcoming local government election slated for February Saturday 22, 2025. The governor, who hailed the peaceful campaigns by various political parties ahead of the elections urged candidates across the parties to sell their agenda to the voting public instead of resorting to violence or arm twisting. “As a government, we are committed to free and fair elections. We have followed the preparatory activities of the state electoral commission and we assure the public that we respect the independence of the…