Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said it was hypocritical for President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the heavily padded and unimplementable 2022 budget passed by the National Assembly, but declined assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The governor said the speed at which the President signed the... Read more
The Area ll Command, Nigeria Customs Service in Onne Port, has achieved a record-breaking revenue collection of N188.6 billion (N188,643,692,057) from January to December, 2021. This was disclosed on Monday in a statement by Mrs Ifeoma Ojekwu, Customs Public Relations Officer, Area ll Command Onne Port, Rivers. Ojekwu stated... Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has vowed not to spare anyone involved in the illegal bunkering and artisanal refinery activities that have caused the soot pandemic in the State. Governor Wike also maintained that his administration would not succumb to any form of blackmail or sentiment stirred by... Read more
Residents at Opukushi, Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa has disrupted oil exploration activities at an oilfield operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in the area. It was gathered that the communities hosting SPDC’s EA fields took the steps to protest their exclusion from contracts in the... Read more
The people of Enugu Akwu Achi in Oji River Local Government area of Enugu State have commended the kindness of one of their illustrious sons, Mr. Victor Anyaegbudike expressed during the festive season. Anyaegbudike, a staff of Chevron Nigeria Limited on Thursday, January 6, 2022, donated bags of... Read more
The Bayelsa Directorate for Project Monitoring and Evaluation on Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the pace of work on ongoing major road projects in the state which have exceeded set timelines. According to the Directorate, the Igbedi road project has reached 80 percent completion while the AIT- Igobogene outer... Read more
The Bayelsa government has waded into the crisis between Shell Petroleum Development (SPDC) and Otuasega community over failed promise by the oil firm to provide electricity by Dec 14, 2021. Otuasega community in Ogbia Local Government Area in Bayelsa had on Dec.21, 2021in a protest shut down activities... Read more
Suspected Pirates Attack Passenger Boat In Bayelsa Waterways
Featured January 1, 2022
Gunmen suspected to be pirates on New year eve attacked a passenger boat laden with 14 people enroute Brass Island for the New year festivities in Bayelsa. The incident occurred while the boat was travelling from Yenagoa, the state capital, to Twon-Brass, the headquarters of the Brass Local... Read more
The Okpala-Uku of Ushie, Ndokwa East Local Governmnet Area of Delta State, HRH Godwill Emili, has said that peaceful co-existence would lead to speedy development of the country. Speaking at his formal installation as the Okpala-Uku of Ushie on Thursday, HRH Emili stated that without peace, no meaningful development... Read more
Head Coach Augustine Eguavoen has named his 28-final list of the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Cameroon 9th January – 6th February 2022, with Captain Ahmed Musa, midfield enforcer Wilfred Ndidi and effervescent forward Victor Osimhen all making the cut for the big... Read more
