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By Ehichioya Ezomon As a people, Nigerians – and especially politicians – have practically lost all sense of shame. Otherwise, members of the opposition parties would’ve buried their heads in ignominy for their woeful defeats across the 13 states that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted by-elections on Saturday, August 16, 2025. In a decisive routing, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) first claimed 12 of the 17 legislative constituencies: all seats contested in Adamawa, Edo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kogi, Niger, Ogun and Taraba, including one seat each in three opposition states of Adamawa, Kano and Taraba. The…

By Ehichioya Ezomon When you’re hungry and angry, you lose concentration and comprehension. If you’re angry and hungry, you lose self-confidence and esteem. If your anger and hunger is driven by hubris, you lose emotional control, and say and do things preposterous. This is the stage former Rivers State Governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, finds himself so early in the race for 2027 General Election. Declaring for president – and vowing to “remove” from power President Bola Tinubu and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) – Amaechi claims to co-form a Coalition of Opposition Politicians…

The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, has revealed that most of the chronic health conditions being experienced recently is a result of consumption and use of substandard products that have flooded the markets in recent times. Speaking at the weekend in Yenagoa, Koku-Obiyai, disclosed that even in Yenagoa, there is an influx of fake drugs, drinks, cosmetics and other harmful products in local markets. To that effect, she said that Bayelsa State Government has taken a positive step to get some persons arrested and their goods confiscated and discarded. adding that the measure requires urgent…

Bayelsa Queens FC, the Prosperity Girls, opened their campaign at the 5th CAF Women’s Champions League qualifying campaign with a hard fought 2-1 win over Police Ladies FC of Ghana, on Sunday at the Stade Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro. The Ghanaians took the game to the ladies from Bayelsa State in the first ten minutes of the encounter, but it was the Prosperity Girls that scored first in the 12th minute through Shakirat Moshood, after finding their rhythm to end the first half one-nil. In the second half, Bayelsa Queens pressured Police Ladies of Ghana and it was Emem…

‎Barely a week after his retirement from the civil service, Sir Braveman Wodi, the immediate past Director of Sports, Bayelsa State Sports Council, has unveiled a book titled “Journey of the Brave”. ‎ ‎”Journey of the Brave”, which chronicles the story of Sir Braveman Wodi’s life is a powerful reminder that circumstances do not define people rather they enable them to forge ahead irrespective of the challenges. ‎ ‎Speaking at the official book launch and Thanksgiving reception, ‎Chairman of the occasion, Chief Bokomo Orukari the Amanaowei of Sabagriea community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, said he was…

By: Uwem Offon, Uyo In fulfillment of his campaign promises, the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has doled out N361.4 million to 844 persons from Etinan Federal Constituency. The donation comes in the form of farmers grants, traders grant, equipment support, MSMEs, cars and mini buses beneficiaries. In a release from the Governor’s Media Unit on Saturday, the donation at the occasion was followed by the symbolic presentation of cheques to some of the beneficiaries by the State Chairman of the APC, Obong Stephen Ntokekpo. At what was tagged a grand finale in the series of Town Square…

By Uwem Offon, Uyo Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has announced plans to assist Comfort Emmanson, the Ibom Air passenger whose altercation with crew members in early August sparked controversy in the aviation sector. Emmanson, who was initially charged to court and remanded, was later pardoned by Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo. The governor, speaking during a grand reception in his home local government area of Nsit Ubium on Saturday, said the support would also extend to Ibom Air, a wholly owned Akwa Ibom State airline. Although Eno did not disclose the nature…

By Paul Williams Nigeria’s international gas company, NLNG says it has signed long-term Gas Supply Agreements (GSAs) with six third-party suppliers in a bid to strengthen feedgas supply to its trains on Bonny Island. The move, according to a release by the company’s General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, Sophia Horsfall, also supports NLNG’s expansion drive. The long-term agreements, with options for extension, were signed with SNEPCO-SUNLINK HI project, TEPNG AMNI JV IMA project, NNPCL-First E&P JV, SNG NGML, OANDO- NNPC E&P, and TEPNG JV Ubeta. The suppliers are expected to deliver an estimated 1,290 million standard…

A university don and activist Prof. Philips Okolo of the Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University (NDU) has said that corruption as and abuse of entrusted power for private gain is part of the woes of Nigeria. The erudite professor said corruption happens in both public and private sectors, saying it’s not limited to government officials alone but cut across all spheres of the society. Prof. Okolo stated this during the 62nd Inaugural Lecture of the Niger Delta University with the title, “Corruption, Governance and Development: Nigeria is Secure”. According to him, there are various forms of corruptions which he listed…

Resident doctors have commended the health policies of the Bayelsa State Government. National President of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Osundayo Tope, gave the commendation when he presented the Champion of Residency Training Award to Governor Douye Diri in Government House, Yenagoa. Dr. Tope said Bayelsa was the only state in Nigeria to domesticate the Residency Training Act and that the governor had meticulously implemented its provisions. The NARD President hailed the impact of the healthcare policies of the state government, particularly in residency training, employment and welfare of doctors. He said the training of doctors had…