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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.Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said in a statement that the governor made the pronouncements at a meeting…

Kamala HarrisThe US 2020 presidential election made history when Kamala Devi Harris emerged the vice-president-elect of the country. By that election, Kamala has become the first American female to step into the White House the country’ number two personality, not as First or Second Lady. She is also the first African-American woman and first Asian –American to step into the White House.Kamala ran the presidential race on the Democratic Party platform alongside Joe Biden, the in-coming American president. Their victory has given hope to women and girls all over world that nothing is impossible, a message for Nigerian women to…

On October 31, 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325, calling on member states to support women’s participation in peace negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction, to take action to prevent violence against women and girls, to respect women’s rights and mainstream gender in all work around peace and security.Two decades after the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 at the global level and seven years after Nigeria’s adoption of a National Action Plan (NAP)on UNSCR 1325, progress in the implementation of the resolution has been minimal. Women are still vastly underrepresented in decision-making, formal peace…

The news of his passing June 16, 2020 hit many like a blow to the midriff. Although Samuel Timinipre Owonaro was human and therefore expected to end his mortal existence at some point, the depth and significance of the events in which he played a leading and defining role and which threw him into Ijaw and national consciousness in the 1960s, enveloped him in a cloud of superhuman ability. And having survived the mortal fate that befell his compatriots five decades ago, an aura of invincibility.Owonaro was one of the three stout hearted young men, who led an insurrection popularly…

We at the Rivers State Civil Society Coalition commend the setting up of the Panel on Police Brutalities in Rivers State by the state government led by Chief Nyesom Wike. We congratulate the panel chairman and members, particularly the CSOs representative in the panel, Comrade Karl Chinedu Uchegbu, zonal chairman of the Civil Liberty Organization CLO, the foremost human rights organization in the country.Although we recognize that the task assigned to them is daunting, we are confident that they possess the experience, expertise and all that it takes to achieve the aims and objectives for which the panel was set…

Nigeria is going through troubled times but, those at the helm of affairs would rather bury their heads in the sand the than admit that the blessed but heavily mismanaged country is far gone, tilting dangerously at the edge of a precipice.Recognizing this, the future leaders our youths, took their fate in their hands, organized themselves in an orderly manner that astounded both government and Nigerians, to say that things cannot continue to go downhill or they would have no country to call their own.Choosing a highly decadent police as the pivot, they peacefully protested calling on government to end…

Though what the Federal Government is offering striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, fell short of the lecturers’ expectations, there are indications that the union may suspend its ongoing industrial action soon.The suspension may not, however, be based on the negotiating ability of the government team but on the stark economic realities confronting the country now according to reported checks by Vanguard Newspaper.There are indications that as the ASUU national leadership met on Sunday followed by the congresses of the union billed to hold between Monday and Wednesday this week across the country to debate government’s…

By Gift E. Jonah Presiding Elder Etuk U. Akpan and Abigail Udo Akpan (couple)There is an adage, “It is not over until it is over”. Many give up on life and miss that which destiny has designed for them. For the few who do not give up easily, luck often finds a way to locate them. That is the story of Nigeria’s latest Cinderella whose incredible but true life-changing story has just played out hitting many with a bang.For Sister Abigail Udo Akpan, love came knocking at the latter stage of life. She had struggled through life expectant, like any…

By Ibiba DonPedroChief Capt. Samuel Timinipre OwonaroArrangements are in top gear as Saturday November 28, 2020 approaches. Kaiama community in Bayelsa the picturesque community on the Nun River, is swaying gaily in preparation for the return to earth ceremony of Chief (Capt) Samuel Timinipre Owonaro. Owonaro died June 16, 2020 at the Niger Delta University Hospital Okolobiri, at 75years following a brief illness.Owonaro’s life is the stuff of legend. He was one of the triumvirate of bold Ijaw youth who led a group of about 159 young men to declare a Niger Delta Republic on February 23, 1966.Owonaro was one…