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By Emmanuel Obe For centuries, schools have been the temples of knowledge, the places where the young and curious go to be molded into useful members of society. The classroom, the blackboard, and the teacher have stood as symbols of enlightenment. But as the world rapidly changes with technology, artificial intelligence, and new learning models redefining how we acquire knowledge a radical question has emerged: Do we still need schools in the traditional sense? The truth is unsettling but evident. Learning no longer happens primarily in classrooms. The internet has turned the world into one vast university…

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa. The Bayelsa State Government has given the Oloibiri Clan in Ogbia Kingdom a 3-week ultimatum to produce the Chairman of Ogbia Brotherhood and other nominees zoned to it to pave the way for the inauguration of a new substantive leadership to pilot the affairs of the foremost socio-cultural organization in the state. The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the directive on Monday, while presiding over a high-profile meeting with leaders and critical stakeholders of Ogbia extraction, cutting across all the clans of the Kingdom at the Golden Tulip in Yenagoa. …

The Lead Pastor, The Glorious City of Blessing International Ministries and founder Amange Music Ministries, has been nominated for an award of excellence by the organisers of the prestigious Bayelsa Media Network Awards (BMNA). A statement issued to newsmen in Yenagoa by the Project Manager, Mr. Blessing Matthew Ozegbe, said that Pastor Amange B.E. Amange is a clergyman par excellence, whose phenomenal teachings and music ministry has impacted positively in the lives of many. Mr. Ozegbe further described Pastor Amange as a distinguished academia, kind hearted and God fearing clergyman who has shown enormous compassion to…

By Amos Odeh,Yenagoa. As a follow-up to activities commemorating the International Day of the Girl Child, marked on October 11th annually, a Yenagoa-based Non Governmental Organization, dubbed The Voice of the Ijaw Girl Child (VIGC) Initiative in partnership with Think Health Education and Social Care Initiative, another NGO, has launched the “Reinvent and Thrive Masterclass” in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital. The Masterclass is a six-week Train-the -Traners workshop for girls on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Social Media Management and entrepreneurial skills, for girls. The aim is to empower Ijaw girls in tertiary institutions and…

By: Amos Odeh, Yenagoa. Former Vice Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa West Senatorial district, Hon. Samuel Aredeh has slammed the former Deputy National Publicity Secetary of the Party, Yekini Nabena over his comment on a possible implosion in the party in the State over the recent defections into the party. According to Hon. Samuel Aredeh, the claims of an implosion by Yekini Nabena is laughable and describing Nabena as a disgraced political errand boy and not a stakeholder that can gauge the feelings of the party in the state and at the…

By Paul Williams  International gas company, NLNG, and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have completed two capacity-building projects in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, further restating their shared commitment to human capital development and technological inclusion. The events featured the commissioning of a remodelled and fully equipped ICT Centre at Baptist High School, Port Harcourt, and the close-out ceremony of the Human Capital Development (HCD) Basic Training Programme, a year-long initiative designed to enhance employability and industry skills among young Nigerians. NCDMB’s Executive Secretary, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, represented by the General Manager, Institutional Strengthening, Mr. Olugbenga…

Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) says it has expanded its operations ‘pro bono’ to include all oil and gas facilities in close proximity to the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP). The company whose primary area of operations is on the Eastern Corridor of the Trans Niger Pipeline said they decided to provide the free services in the interest of national development. General Manager, Community Relations and Stakeholder Engagement of PINL, Dr Akpos Mezeh, made the disclosure while addressing stakeholders from host communities of the TNP in Bayelsa. He called on stakeholders to scale up real…

By Paul Williams Monarchs of host communities along the Eastern Corridor of the Trans Niger Pipeline ( TNP) have called on the federal government to take seriously the welfare of the communities to guarantee the safety of the pipelines. The monarchs who spoke at the stakeholders engagement meeting by Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) for its host communities of Rivers, Abia and Imo States held in Port Harcourt, noted that lately the Federal Government has been recording increase in oil output from the lines courtesy of the job of PINL but lamented that the increases have not affected…

By Jacinta Hycenth, Abuja The Commandant General of National Unity and Peace Corps (NUPEC)/Nigeria Mine Rangers Service (NMRS), Dr. Chinedu Nneji, has lauded the leadership of the Senate for the swift passage of the Nigeria Mines Rangers Establishment Bill. The Red Chamber had on Tuesday 21 October, 2025, passed a bill that sought to establish the NMRS with bill number SB 253, designed to combat illegal and artisanal mining activities in the country. The bill sponsored by Senator Mohammed Onawo, Senator representing Nasarawa South, came amid growing concerns over the economic losses and security threats posed by illegal…

•Accuse police of aiding land grabbing By Emma Sunday Landlords at the Cedarwood Garden Estate, SARS Road in Rumuagholu, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, have sent a ‘Save Our Soul’ (SOS) message to the Nigerian Senate and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), seeking their urgent intervention over moves by one Mr. Stephen Nyegwa, to demolish their properties with support of some police officers. The Landlords of Cenamon and Iroko Drives in the Estate while briefing journalists at the area, as a way of protest, also called on to the Rivers State Government, and the State Commissioner of…