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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Republic of South Korea has handed over mechanised farming equipment worth over $500,000 to the Bayelsa State government. The items include four tractors, two rice transplanting machines, one rice seeding machine, 10,000 rice seed beds, and four 10-tonne per day rice mills. The equipment were handed over to the state government by the South Korean Ambassador to Nigeria, Rear Admiral Kim Pankyu (rtd), on Thursday, at the School-to-Land Farm complex in Yenagoa. Speaking at the handover and rice planting demonstration ceremony, Amb. Pankyu said the donation was part of a collaborative partnership between his country…

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Property developers in Ughelli, particularly Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, have spoken against the daily rise in cost of the so-called ‘white sand’ used in home construction. According to the developers in Ughelli main town, “a trip (truck-load) of sand is now being sold for the sum of sixty-five thousand naira, instead of the forty-five thousand Naira which they bought it for before the new year. A property owner (locally refered to as, landlord) who spoke to us at Agbarha-Otor, also in Ughelli North LGA said, “The truth is that, the white…

Leaders of the Ijaw Youth Network (IYN) have lauded President Bola Tinubu and the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Administrator, Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro, for their commitment to developing the Niger Delta region. The prominent youths group particularly cited the recent award of scholarships to over 1,700 students from the region. In a statement by the IYN President and secretary, Frank Ebikabo and Federal Ebiaridor, on Wednesday , the group praised the President’s decision to retain the PAP and his appointment of Otuaro, to lead the agency. The duo described the president’s decision as a visionary move that has started to…

The management of a new Yenagoa-based broadcast station, Golden 97.5FM, has said a robust partnership with the Bayelsa State government would be a major contribution to development of the state. Managing Director of the station, Chinenye Okafor, stated this on Monday during a courtesy visit to the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, at the Government House, Yenagoa. Okafor, who was accompanied by the Station Manager, Mr. Michael Emenyonu aka Flyboy, assured that the media outfit would be partners in progress and would do everything professionally to promote the activities of the state government. She expressed…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Executive Director of Corporate Services in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde, has appealed to organisations and well-meaning individuals to extend a hand of fellowship the underprivileged in the society. Abegunde said this when NDDC top officials, including the Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Alabo Boma Iyaye and other commission’s directors, visited the Home for the Elderly, run by the Catholic Church in Port Harcourt. The visit, which was part of the activities marking Hon Abegunde’s 70th birthday, witnessed the donation of various food items to the home to support the…

Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa State, Francis Idu has decorated the command’s Public Relations Officer, Musa Mohammed and 68 others personnel newly promoted to various ranks. Musa Mohammed was promoted from the rank of Assistant Supretendent of Police (ASP) to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP). Others include 29 personnel from SP to CSP, 18 personnel from DSP to SP and 21 others from ASP to DSP. Commissioner of Police, Francis Idu, while speaking during the decoration ceremony held at the Police Officers’ Mess, expressed gratitude to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun who factor it…

By Young E. Freeborn, Asaba Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has charged Nigerians to shun inflammatory remarks and divisive tendencies for the sustainable peace, unity and development of the nation in line with the heroic sacrifices of the country’s fallen heroes and legionnaires. He gave the charge at a special interdenominational thanksgiving mass in commemoration of the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration held at the Emmanuel The Saviour Catholic Church, Asaba, the state capital. Oborevwori, who was represented by the state deputy governor, Sir Monday Onyeme, said Nigerians owed it a duty to the fallen heroes and…

By Ehichioya Ezomon The All Progressives Congress (APC) certainly has its work cut out, as the hearing proper begins today, January 13, 2025, into the petitions filed by seven political parties against the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as winner of the governorship election in Edo State on September 21, 2024. While six of the parties question the credibility of the poll, the focus is on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whose candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo, came second with 247,274 votes to Okpebholo’s score of 291,667 votes – giving a margin of lead of 44,393 votes. The PDP claims that those figures…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that it is more rewarding to celebrate the military and members of the security agencies for their contributions and sacrifices while they are alive, and not just when they are dead. He spoke at the Inter-denominational Thanksgiving Service held in commemoration of the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Chaplaincy, Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA), Rumuibekwe, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area on Sunday. The governor described as unfair to only remember fallen heroes, as the yearly Armed…

By Young Erhiurhoro As the UCDU elections are just few weeks to go, the leaders of Unenurhie community in order to foster peace and unity in the community, again called on their subjects and other residents in the community to toll the part of peace all through the period of the elections. They passed a stern warning to all indigenes and non-indigenes of the community that are perceived to foment trouble in the community in this period of the election to stay clear or face the dire consequences. They also called on the Delta state government to call such dictators…