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Contractors handling various projects for the forthcoming National Sports Festival coming up in Delta state have been charged to speed up work so they could complete the jobs within the stipulated time frame. Secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG), Chief Patrick Ukah, gave the charge when he inspected facilities at the astro turf hockey pitch, in Okpanam, Oshimili north local government area of the state. The construction of Sports Commission hostel complex beside St. Brigid’s Girls’ Grammar School, Asaba, multipurpose indoor sports hall at the Stephen Keshi international Stadium, Asaba and hostel facilities at the Dennis Osadebey University, Asaba.…

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has promised to do everything within its powers to kick human trafficking out of Nigeria. The Commander in Bayelsa, Mrs Abieyuwa Ikhidero, made the pledge in Yenagoa on Saturday after a road-walk to commemorate the 2022 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, annually marked on July 30 to raise awareness about the ills of trafficking in persons. Speaking on the theme for this year’s celebration, “The Use and Abuse of Technology,” she called on the Bayelsa government to join hands with NAPTIP to fight human trafficking even at the…

Endurance Amagbein, an indigene of Igbomotoru community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has disassociated himself from alleged ownership of an illegal oil mining camp located in the community. In a statement issued in Yenagoa, Endurance Amagbein stated that his attention was drawn to statements making the rounds in the mainstream and social media that there were attempts to stamp out an illegal crude oil camp. He said the said camp does not belong to him. The statement reads in part, “My attention has been drawn to statements making rounds in the mainstream and social media and…

Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has asserted that the role of state governments has been deliberately whittled down in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), which implementation is expected to commence this August. Senator Ewhrudjakpo made the assertion when he received in audience a high-powered 15-member delegation from the Bayelsa Amazons Advocacy Campaign Group in the Government House, Yenagoa recently. Lamenting that governments in the oil and gas producing states in the Niger Delta region have virtually been reduced to mere observers, he noted that there were a lot of lacunas in the PIA which clearly put the…

The chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers’ Council Bayelsa State, King Bubaraye Dakolo, Agada IV, the Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama kingdom has carpeted the Petroleum Industry Act describing it as very obnoxious with respect to the welfare of the oil bearing communities and the environment. Speaking recently in Yenagoa as keynote speaker at a Nigeria Resource Justice conference with the theme: Petroleum Industry Act, Matters Arising for Communities in Extraction Sites organized by a Social Action in conjunction with Bayelsa NGO forum, Bangof, King Dakolo maintained that with the new law host communities will not get their three per cent…

Edo State Government has concluded plans to employ and train 1,000 young graduates to teach English and mathematics teachers in secondary schools across the 18 local government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Joan Osa Ovaiwe, who disclosed this at a press conference in Benin City, Edo state, said the essence was to enhance the standard of learning in the state. Ovaiwe also disclosed that the ministry was setting up in-class libraries in classrooms to improve model digital learning across the state. She said the libraries would be used to entice students to use libraries and learn…

Market women and men in Oba Market in Benin City, Edo State have protested alleged extortion by waste managers in connivance with market leaders and Oredo local government officials. The traders, who took their protest to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre said they were being forced to pay N1,000 sacrifice Levy to the Oba ‘s Palace and other arbitrary levies in the market. The leader of the protesters, Mrs. Veronica Eboshiogue said the levies had become too much for them to pay and that government had refused to consider the appeals they have made for its intervention…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested seven police officers for molesting and extorting members of the public while on duty. In a statement in Benin City, the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Jennifer Iwegbu, said the arrested officers will be made to face disciplinary actions. She gave the names of the officers as Victor Osabuohign, Godspower Ijebu, Ebatamole Philip, Ademola Benjamin, Inaite Vincent, Robert Esikise, and Adefaye Samuel. The statement said, “The attention of the Edo State Police Command has been drawn to a video on Twitter where a policeman, Victor Osabuohign, was seen engaging…

The Programme Manager of RoLAC C3, in the Edo State, Mr. Emmanuel Uche, has said that the Edo State Integrity and Accountability Strategy (EDSIAS) is an all-inclusive framework for improving integrity and accountability, particularly in public service delivering in the state. The RoLAC Manager disclosed this at the EDSIAS Implementation Roundtable for CSOs/Media Coalition on EDSIAS, in Benin city, Edo State, where he said the strategy was adopted to check corruption that has become endemic in Nigeria. Uche therefore called on the state government to come out with a standard policy framework for the strategy to operate and make government…

The Benin Zonal Commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Persons (NAPTIP), Nduka Nwanwenne, has disclosed that since 2004, the Agency had arrested, prosecuted and convicted over 500 human traffickers in Edo State, while the number at the national level was over 800. Nduka, who made the disclosure at a stakeholders’ interactive forum to commemorate 2022 World Day Against Human Trafficking, with the theme: “Use and Abuse of Technology,” in Benin City, the Edo State capital, said the use of technology had helped in investigating, profiling, gathering data, tracking, monitoring and prosecution human traffickers. He stated that in…