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The University of Africa, Toru-Orua has matriculated 300 students for the 2021/2022 academic session. The students are drawn from faculties of agriculture, arts and education, basic and applied sciences and social sciences. The event which held at the university’s multi -purpose hall, was the university’s fifth matriculation ceremony. Welcoming the students to higher education pursuit, the vice chancellor of the university, Professor Kingston Nyamapfeni said matriculation ceremony was always an important day in the calendar of any institution adding that it represents another opportunity to project what the future of the students may look like. “Every new cohort of incoming…

The chairmen and governorship candidates of various political parties who stepped down for Governor Douye Diri and his deputy Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo in the Bayelsa 2019 governorship election have cried out to the prosperity government that they have been abandoned. In a statement on, signed by Bob Manuel Fayeofori chairman and Tomvie Beinmo secretary in Yenagoa, the former party candidates lamented that they supported and sacrificed their lives and that of their families for Douye Diri and Lawrence Ewhrujakpo but have been abandoned. Crying out to the international communities and the PDP government at various levels, the people said despite all…

The chairman of Brass Local Government Council Area of Bayelsa State, Victor Inodunimi Isaiah has decamped to the Social Democratic Party from the Peoples’ Democratic Party citing alleged lingering internal crisis and segregation in the party. Announcing that he was going with his numerous followers, Isaiah said he does not see the PDP as party on which platform he can actualize his desire to serve the people. In his resignation letter addressed to the ward 3 chairman of the PDP in Brass Local Government Area dated July 8th,2022, Isaiah thanked the party and noted that his desire to join the…

Fifteen corps members out of the 1,831 that participated in the 2021 Batch B, stream service year were sanctioned for acts bothering on misconduct. Seven of them had their service year extended due to absenteeism while eight others are to start afresh for absconding from the compulsory national assignment. The sanctions were announced at the passing out of the corps members in Yenagoa, the state capital. Meanwhile, the Bayelsa State government,​ hasreassured the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) of its continued support for the scheme to achieve its set objectives in the state. Governor Douye Diri gave the assurance in…

The flag officer commanding, Central Naval Command, rear admiral Idi Abbas has once again given assurance that the Nigerian Navy will continue to do everything possible to protect the national asset. Speaking on Thursday when the leadership of the Federated Correspondent’s Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists,BayelsaState paid him a courtesy visit,Abass disclosed that the Central Naval Command was focusing more on the fight against illegal oil theft adding that the rate of oil theft in the region now was alarming. Thanking the group for their visit and commendation of the activities of the Navy, the FOC said the…

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide, has advised the Niger Delta stakeholders to stop criticizing Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta State who was recently picked as Atiku Abubarkar’s running mate but rather support him to succeed. The Ijaw council stated that pulling Okowa down amounts to rejecting the only opportunity available in that political party, for the region especially, as the PDP is the biggest party in the region with huge followers. The IYC in a statement signed by its president, Peter Timothy Igbifa, said instead of pulling Okowa down, all stakeholders should rally round, close their ranks…

The Chairman of Eleme LGA, Chief Obarilomate Ollor, has approved that the sum of N50,000 be paid to every undergraduate from the local government area as bursary allowance. According to a press statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Chairman on New Media, Mr. Godwin Stephen, the approval was consequent upon the recommendation of the 13-member Bursary Committee appointed by the chairman to screen and verify students of Eleme Local Government Area in higher institutions. The council chairman said the idea of paying bursary to undergraduates was not a political move but one made to better the lives of…

The interim administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has appealed to Niger Delta people in the diaspora to come home and invest in the region disclosing that there are various opportunities for investment in the region, especially in maritime, agriculture and gas sectors. Speaking at the 2022 IjawDiaspora Convention, which held in New Jersey, USA, on July 3,Dikio referred to the palm oil sub sector as another opportunity with huge economic potential begging for attention. He decried the emphasis on crude oil explaining that palm oil has broader market, greater economic value and better profit if…

The National publicity secretary of Ijaw National Congress, Ezonebi Oyakemeagbegha says the Ijaw nation is not going to support any party with a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential election Speaking to National Point recently, the INC Spokesman stated that Nigeria is a secular state with diverse religions maintaining nobody is going to indirectly impose a particular religion on others in the name of leadership. He said: “Nigeria is a secular state; particularly, we have two major religious groups in Nigeria, Muslims and Christians. It has always been Muslim- Christian ticket. “And for now there are rumors that the Nigerian…

Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell plc (“RDS” or the “Company”), today made the following statement after the Milan Tribunal acquitted the company of charges related to Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245 in Nigeria: “We welcome today’s decision by the Milan Tribunal. We have always maintained that the 2011 settlement was legal, designed to resolve a decade-long legal dispute and unlock development of the OPL 245 block. At the same time, this has been a difficult learning experience for us. Shell is a company that operates with integrity and we work hard every day to ensure our…