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Our attention has been drawn to renewed threats on the lives of members of staff of Amnesty international by a faceless group which calls itself Center for to be a civil society organization, suspicion is rife in some quarters that they may just be agents of the Nigerian repressive state which is hell bent on silencing credible voices exposing the atrocities of the government, including gross violations of peoples’ rights. In a recorded video, the group threatened to attack the offices of Amnesty International at Abuja to kill members of staff and supporters of the organization.Amnesty International is one of…

Your Excellencies,Let me, firstly, on behalf of the Leadership of PANDEF, and our National Leader, Chief Dr. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, thank you for this opportunity to meet with you. I bring to you the national leader’s greetings and best wishes. He is pleased with your various efforts in the states and the region.This opportunity could not have come at a better time because we are at a critical moment in our nation’s existence.Today, as you again meet to discuss issues concerning the Niger Delta Region and the country at large,it is our utmost pleasure to briefly present to you, our…

As the people of the South South continue to decry the non-attendance of federal government representatives for a crucial zonal meeting earlier this week, the   Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has described the failure of the federal government delegation to show up for a meeting, planned at its instance, with key stakeholders of the South-South Geopolitical Zone, as “one insult too many”.The meeting, which was scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt, Tuesday November 17, to discuss critical national issues, was botched at the last minute, after the governors, traditional rulers, clergy, elders, leaders, women and youths of the six South-South States…

Gov. Douye DiriBayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has again extended a hand of fellowship  to all those that filed petitions in court against his election.Governor Diri in his reaction to Wednesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court, which dismissed the last batch of cases against him and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, said the litigants were neither his enemies nor enemies of Bayelsa.He said they only exercised their rights by going to court and that he did not consider the litigations as personal regardless of the fact that they were a distraction.His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said in…

Governor Douye Diri testifying during the church programme at Chosen Revival ground, LagosMy situation is known to everyone in Nigeria and beyond. Last year November 16th was the date for the governorship election in Bayelsa and Kogi states. As you are aware, the outcome of that election was criticised both inside and outside Nigeria as one of the worst elections ever conducted in this country. At the end of the day, winners were declared and I was alleged to have lost that election. And so, the only thing I could do was turn to my Father in Heaven.Before that election, several people…

Bayelsa State Government, on Saturday, commenced distribution of relief materials to victims of flood-ravaged communities in the eight local government areas of the state.The distribution is in fulfillment of Governor Douye Diri’s promise when he led top government functionaries on an on-the-spot assessment of flooded communities in the state.A statement by his Chief Press Secretary Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said the governor, who was represented by Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Konbowei Benson, noted that the distribution was the government’s own way of cushioning the negative impact of flooding on the people.He said the government was not unaware of the…

Victims of the November 13, 2019 dastardly attack on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members and supporters in Ogbolomabiri-Nembe had cause to smile on Thursday night as the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, announced immediate employment for the survivors and relations of those that lost their lives.The governor also directed immediate promotion for victims that are already in the state civil service as well as the Commissioner for Health to take over the medical bills and treatment of those still undergoing treatment.His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said in a statement that the governor made the pronouncements at a…

By Constance MejuKen Saro-WiwaThe federal government has been called upon to exonerate late environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Eight whose lives were horrifically terminated by the Nigerian government over trumped up charges by the Nigerian government in connivance with Shell over the killing of four prominent Ogoni sons.This was part of resolutions reached at the end of a one-day environmental summit organized by Environmental rights action and friends of the earth Nigeria and some civil society organizations in honour of the 25th anniversary of the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, November 12, 2020, at Visa Karena Hotel Port Harcourt…

By Mbah Okemsinachi, Yenagoa In line with ills accompanying the year 2020, residents of Bayelsa State have continued groaning in pains as they recount loss of assets worth billions of naira following the perennial annual flood that hit the state and its environs amidst the ENDSARS crisis rocking the country.The flood which submerged the entire state upland areas has caused severe damages to both public and private properties, left many homeless, with the business community plunged into huge loss. This came barely few months after the country stepped out of the scourge of the global Covid-19 pandemic.However, expressing concern over victim’s…