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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…

The government of Bayelsa State recently empowered 210 small scale businesses owners with the sum of N42million to grow their businesses. The beneficiaries who received N200,000 each, were picked from the 105 wards in the state, and are to use the money to grow their businesses in order to contribute to the state’s local economy. Addressing the beneficiaries in Yenagoa, the commissioner for Women, Children Affairs, Empowerment and Social Development, Faith Opuene, said Bayelsa State is a civil servant state and that Bayelsans must be part of the business community. She announced that the governor said it was time to…

EMINENT Nigerians, including former Chief of Staff, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe (retd); former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang; Second Republic Senator, Professor Banji Akintoye; President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo; former Vice-Chairman of Arik Air, Senator Anietie Okon; Commodore Idongegist Nkanga, (retd); of PANDEF, the leader of Middle Belt Forum, Dr. Bitrus Pogu; former Minister, Prof. Yusuf Turaki and 121 others, yesterday, alleged that the 1999 constitution was skewed in favour of the North They also petitioned the United Nations Security Council, African Union, European Union, United States and the British Government on the need to urgently convoke a…

The primaries of Nigerian political parties for the selection of candidates for 2023 General Elections have come and gone, leaving a trail of national dyspepsia of sorts. At a time when the opportunity of political change was expected to elicit eruptive cheers, this situation of staggering mood deserves, as the biological sciences would do, a deeper enquiry into understanding the forms and structures which underline the electoral process. Also, for historians as empirical scientists, which many of its practitioners claim to be, the main tool for accurately recording of current events for future generations entails getting into their roots and…