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…Reps Hail Diri’s Leadership Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has faulted the endless process of reviewing the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. Speaking in Government House, Yenagoa, on Friday, when he hosted members of the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review, Governor Diri recalled that he was a member of the committee when he was in the National Assembly from 2015 to 2020, and expressed concern that successive administrations in the country had not implemented the committee’s recommendations. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as saying that the exercise was becoming a waste…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Traditional rulers, youth and women leaders and hundreds of other indigenes of the Niger Delta region gathered in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on Friday to deliberate on how the region has fared in the two years of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. The event with the theme: “Two Years of Stewardship: Tinubu’s Footprint in the Niger Delta, Legacy in Motion,” organised by the Niger Delta Progressive Alliance (NDPA), centred on celebration, reflection and renewed demands for inclusive development in the region. In his address, convener of the NDPA, Victor Udoh, described the event as a…

The Federal Government of Nigéria on Friday urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to reject the no-case submission filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The lead Counsel to the Federal Government’s, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, made the plea while responding to the no-case submission presented by Kanu during the trial. Awomolo told the trial judge, Justice James Omotosho, that Kanu had made a broadcast on Radio Biafra in which he openly and publicly declared his intention to break up Nigeria adding that Kanu not only threatened to disintegrate the country but also…

Controversy has trailed the ruling of the State High Court quashing the 16 count charge brought against two persons accused of killing a husband, his wife and two others in a church at Azikoro Community in August, 2020. The Presiding Judge, Justice I. Eradiri of the State High Court 4, while discharging and acquitting, Dankaba Sinime (39 years) and Dawereghe Raymond (28 years) of the 16 count charges of murrder, attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms and malicious intent, declared that the confessions of the accused were allegedly obtained under duress and against the Evidence Act. The ruling, which was…

… Urges Bayelsa Queens to Surpass Previous Record Bayelsa State Government says it will give Bayelsa Queens every necessary support to ensure that the club becomes the first team in Nigeria to lift the CAF Women’s Champions League. The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the assurance at a get-together with players, coaches and management of the team after their heroic performance in the Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL in Ikenne, Ogun State. He noted that he was pleased with the team’s show of dexterity throughout the regular season that saw them unbeaten till their triumph at the Super Six,…

Based on the incontrovertible facts that local governments facilitate development due to better representation of the people,a Chieftain of the Ijaw National Congress ( INC),HR Dr.Anyanate E.Kio,Leader of the National Representative Council (NRC) has called for the creation of more local councils in Bayelsa and Rivers States. Dr.Anyanate Kio,who was speaking with journalists on arrival from Houston -Texas,USA on Monday,July 14,,2025 charged the National Assembly to factor the creation of more council’s for the area as they move to conclude their review of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,as amended.He remarked how the agitation for more LGAs…

By Godwin Chukwumaechi The Niger Delta Progressive Alliance (NDPA) has urged the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to ignore the call by the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative (IPDI), to terminate the repair contract for the Trans-Forcados pipeine awarded to Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL). The group urged the Federal Government to stand firm against any pressure, motivated by ethnic bias, to revoke contracts awarded on the basis of due process, technical capacity and strategic fit. A press statement signed by Amb Nse Victor Udoh, President General, and Felix Ejenavi (General Beni), Delta State Coordinator of…

…Commends Firm For Engaging Host Communities By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa. Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region are now calling on the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, and the Federal Government to expand the scope of the work of Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, PINL, beyond the Eastern Corridor to the entire country. The call, they said became necessary following PINL’s achievement of near zero infractions on the Trans Niger Pipeline, TNP, crisscrossing 215 communities in the Eastern Corridor. The stakeholders made the demand during the monthly engagement meeting with stakeholders from pipelines host communities organised by PINL in Bayelsa State.…

… Hails Council Chairmen By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa. Bayelsa State Government has warned principal officers of local government councils in the state to desist from delaying in presenting names of prospective retirees in good time for processing and payment of pension benefits. The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, handed down the warning, at a meeting with the Chairmen and principal officers of the eight local government councils in Government House, Yenagoa. Senator Ewhrudjakpo directed that names of retiring workers should be submitted latest on the 18th of every month to the office of the Technical Adviser to the Governor on…

Senate President and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godwin Akpabio has cautioned married couples against undue indulgence to social media platforms stating that it has negatively affected relationships in many homes. Senator Akpabio who was special guest of honor at the wedding of a relation to the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi last Saturday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, decried the trend in which couples pay attention and concentrations more to their cellphone’s media platforms at the expense of their marriage vows stressing that good husbands and wives cannot be easily found on the social media. “…