The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has relocated its Kolo Creek-Soku gas pipeline across Kolo River in Bayelsa from the river surface to the river bed.. A visit to the Kolo Creek Oilfield operated by SPDC shows that the gas pipeline was no longer located on the water... Read more
A lingering face-off between two loyalists of Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson has snow balled into a labour crisies between the newly appointed General Manager of Radio Bayelsa christened Glory FM. Mr Hayford Lawson, a former Speechwriter to the Governor appointed General Manager of Radio Bayelsa was relieved of his... Read more
The Federal Government has paid two out of four months outstanding stipends owed former Niger Delta militants under the Presidential Amnesty Programme. Mr Ramsey Mukoro, leader of the 3rd phase of the amnesty programme, said on Saturday that some former agitators had received two out of four months’ salary... Read more
Ongoing labour dispute at Radio Bayelsa disrupted operations of the radio station on Thursday as two unions at the radio station held a protest blocking the entrance for several hours. The workers had threatened to shut down the station but timely intervention of state government officials who engaged... Read more
Eleven people were killed by Nigerian security operatives when over 1,000 southern Nigerian secessionists took to the streets on Friday to express the hope that newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump might help counter Muslim influence in their country. Shouting “Biafra for Trump”, protesters held up U.S. flags and... Read more
The President of the Igbo umbrella group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo on Thursday criticized President Muhammadu Buhari over what he termed the abysmal representation of Ndigbo in the current Federal Government. His words: “Under the current Federal Government, Igbo representation is abysmal and fall extremely short of the... Read more
THE U – TURN ON CONFIRMATION OF CHIEF BARRISTER OKOI OBONO-OBLA’S NOMINATION AS A MEMBER OF BOARD, NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Press Releases January 5, 2017
ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN (SOUTH SOUTH) November 29th 2016 OPEN LETTER TO THE SENATE PRESIDENT: THE U – TURN ON CONFIRMATION OF CHIEF BARRISTER OKOI OBONO-OBLA’S NOMINATION AS A MEMBER OF BOARD, NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NCC)—OUR DEMAND. The Senate President Sir, I have the courtesy... Read more
Port Operator Decries Non Dredging of Calabar Port 10 Years after Concession
Nigeria January 5, 2017
From: Dianabasi Effiong, Calabar EcoMarine (ECM) Terminals, operators of Calabar Port, have decried the continuous non dredging of the port channel by the Federal Government 10 years after the port was concessioned. Speaking in Calabar while receiving the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 Quality Management System certificate on... Read more
By Adekoya Boladale When Feyisayo, a 36-year old trader and a single mother of three left her home in Imeri, a village in Ose local council area of Ondo State, to cast her ballot in the recently conducted governorship election in the State, it was not for the desire to vote in a government that will... Read more
Nembe Chiefs in Bayelsa inaugurate new Exco
Nigeria January 5, 2017
The Nembe Chiefs Council (NCC), in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa on Thursday inaugurated a 15 member executive to pilots its affairs.. Chief Walter Aye Feghabo-Amain, a former Military Administrator of Ebonyi and Delta emerged the new Alternate-Chairman of NCC. Feghabo-Amain’s nomination was announced by the... Read more
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