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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A 22-year old man, identified as Godwin from the Elebele Community of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has stabbed his mother to death following alleged failed attempts to use her for ritual purposes. The alleged killer-son, according to community sources, returned to the community few weeks ago after months of sojourn in Benin City, Edo State at an alleged Yahoo Boys training center popularly referred to as HK. Some claimed that a pastor in Elebele had forwarned the deceased mother of the impending danger and offer of strange gift from her son. She was…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Chief Tony Okocha-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on Monday inaugurated a 9-man committee to investigate issues surrounding the arson attack on the party secretariat along PH-Aba expressway in the early hours of October 5, 2024. The inauguration of the 9-man committee led by Kelechi Nwizu is the first major assignment by the new executive of the APC led by Okocha and was carried out after a meeting by members of the state executive council of the party. Rivers State held its local government elections under Governor Siminalayi Fubara…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Rabiu Abdullahi’s 79th minute goal gave host Bayelsa United a 1-0 victory over visitors Ikorodu City of Lagos in a matchday sixteen encounter of the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL decided at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa. Technical adviser of Bayelsa United, Ladan Bosso stuck with same team that defeated Niger Tornadoes in a matchday fourteen with Ogundare Arise in defence alongside Gabriel Biriduba, Issa Yusuf and experienced left back Hassan Oladimeji Rabiu Abdullahi put the Prosperity Boys ahead on 79 minute from Gabriel Biriduba’s long ball as he capitalized on the visitors’ defensive blunder to…

… Say NDDC’s Water Project to Tackle Waterborne Diseases By Amos Okioma Niger Delta ex-agitators and civil society groups have reeled out the benefits of the solar streetlights initiated by the Dr Samuel Ogbuku-led Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) saying they have reduced criminality in the nine states of the region. The ex-agitators, who rose from their meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing a visionary board to manage the affairs of the commission. The ex-agitators and the civil society groups passed a vote of confidence in Ogbuku and the board during…

By Ehichioya Ezomon In Nigeria, we often make references to issues and happenings in the United States of America as a guide for emulation. Hence, we replaced the British parliamentary system with the American presidential model of government. In the U.S., all elections – federal, state, and local – are administered by the individual states, with many aspects of the system’s operations delegated to the county and local level.   And these elections, to the satisfaction and acceptance of majority of Americans, are conducted relatively freely, fairly and creditably, without unduly and overly seen to be manipulated to favour the governing…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Foreign scouts from Finland, Lithuania, Malta, Turkey and Norway have hailed the Bayelsa State Government for its commitment to the discovery and development of budding football talents across the state. The scouts made the commendation, while exchanging views with sports writers at the end of the 6th Governor Douye Diri international scouting program in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Leader of the international scouts, Azodo Hillary, said the international scouting exercise was yielding positive results with the encouraging number of players who are on the verge of traveling out the country for greener pastures, stating that…

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Bayelsa chapter has advocated for mass participation in sports as the Bayelsa 2024 SWAN Week officially commenced in Yenagoa. Speaking during a 4km road walk to kick-start the week-long event, the Director General, New Media to the Bayelsa State Government, Dr Kola Oredipe, said that the walk aimed to promote physical health and fitness, burn calories, tone muscles, shape the body, and reduce stress. Dr Oredipe, while emphasizing the importance of sporting activities, called for young people to choose sports as a career, which is now a pathway to alleviate…

In line with it’s effort to ensuring the restoration of devastated Niger Delta environments caused by oil exploration activities, a women’s right advocacy group, Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, has planted over one hundred mangrove seedlings on Ogoni shorelines to restore the ecosystem at Bomu Community in Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers State. Executive Director of Kebetkache, Dr. Emem Okon told newsmen that the exercise which was part of activities marking the 2024 Niger Delta Women’s Day of Action for Environmental Justice, was carried out in solidarity with the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) t Okon said the Women’s Day of Action…

By Kelechi Nwaucha Against the backdrop of 16 Days of activism, Executive Director of OLEGH Centre for Community Development, Comrade Henry Eferegbo, has raised alarm over the rise and devastating impact of gender-based violence (GBV) on women and girls in the Niger Delta, particularly Rivers State. This was as the Rivers State Response Team on Violence Against Women and Children reported over 2,212 cases of sexual and gender-based violence in the state for the year 2024 alone. Addressing participants at a sensitisation workshop organised by OLEGH on the sidelines of the Niger Delta Women Day of Action for Environmental Justice,…

By Kelechi Nwaucha Community women from eight states of the Niger Delta have gathered in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, to discuss issues surrounding environmental justice for the region and women inclusion in Energy transition initiatives. The gathering, which began on December 4th, marks the 2024 edition of the Niger Delta Women’s Day of Action for Environmental Justice, organised yearly by non-governmental organisation, Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre. This year’s edition, organised with support from the Ford Foundation and Oxfam, saw community women from Edo, Abia, Imo, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states, traditional rulers, religious leaders,…