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By Chiemeka Green, YenagoaThe newly appointed chairman of the Bayelsa State owned Vigilante Service, Hon. Ari Fekorigha has disclosed that the high level of drug abuse in the state has aided increase in criminality across Bayelsa, especially Yenagoa, the state capital.He called on all parents and guardians to watch their children’s daily activities and keep keen watch on the kind of friends their children keep or associate with, adding that these days, friends lead friends to join cultism.The chairman made this known during a meeting penultimate week with the special squad of the Bayelsa Vigilante Team after his appointment.He however assured…

By Chiemeka Green, YenagoaThe member representing Brass-Nembe Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Isreal Sunny-Goli has called on Bayelsans to be wary of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson’s end-time’ appointments without portfolio.He described the recent appointments by Dickson as a Ponzi scheme that will not last long, adding that Dickson can be likened to the infamous “yahoo yahoo boys” (internet fraudsters) that lure unsuspecting Bayelsans with civil service employments and political appointments.Hon. Sunny-Goil gave the warning in a statement accusing Gov. Dickson of using the same antic with rigging to win election in…

By Chiemeka Green, YenagoaThe flag bearer of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Douye Diri was billed to appear before the Code of Conduct Bureau on Monday October 14, 2019 in response to a summon served him over a petition filed by an anti-corruption group, Bayelsa Coalition for Good Governance and Accountability on his refusal to declare his assets between 2012 and 2013.He was expected to be grilled over the petition which alleged that between 2012 and 2013 when Senator Douye Diri was the deputy chief of staff at the Bayelsa State Government House, and principal executive secretary to Governor…

By Chiemeka Green, Yenagoa The All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayelsa State Chapter, Tuesday, inaugurated its 2019 Governorship Campaign Council with the state chairman Hon. Jothan Amos, formally declaring the Council and the various committees inaugurated in the presence of party elders, stakeholders and other loyalists.He remarked that the APC is best placed to win the forthcoming November 16 gubernatorial election in the state.Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, is the director-general of the campaign while Professor Seiyefa Brisibe is the alternate director-general. Hon. Eddy Orubo, Hon. Christopher Enai, Chief Sonme Ogilogi and Festus Daumiebi will serve as deputy…

By Constance MejuFor two days I sat down after my family had gone to bed. I was troubled, very much troubled and reason was the state if affairs in this our country. As I replayed the events of the past months, from unbelievable horrors being unleashed by Boko Haram members on innocent people in the North East to Fulani Herdsmen impunity in the Benue/South East zone, the South West and back to the atrocities of our own kidnap champion and community vandalizing cultists of the South South, one horrible thought kept coming up in my mind-“We have lost it; We…

By Emma AmaizeMilitants under the auspices of 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, Sunday, urged youths and people of Bayelsa State to use their Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs and not guns to decide the next governor of the state in the November 16 governorship election.He said the choice will determine 80 per cent of the collective future of the people thus demanding deep reflections.Leader of the group, self-styled ‘Genera’” Izon Ebi, in a statement, said:“The 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience call on the youths and the good people of Bayelsa State…

A police officer is seen in bodycam footage shining a flashlight moments before shooting into a window, striking a woman and killing her. (WFAA via Fort Worth Police Department)A police officer responding to a call early Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas, US, fired a shot into the window of a woman’s home, striking and killing her.According to ABC News, the woman was black. The officer is white.The Fort Worth Police Department did not release the name of the officer, ABC Dallas-Forth Worth affiliate WFAA reported.Bodycam footage released by the department shows the officer, around 2:30 a.m., approaching the window of a home…

By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaGovernment House gate shutRetired civil servants under the aegis of Association of Contributory Retirees of Delta State has accused Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of insensitivity for reneging on his promise to look into the plight of its  members occasioned by the failure of the state government to compute their terminal benefits with N18,000against the  N7,500 being used at present.Addressing journalists during a peaceful demonstration by its members at Government House gate in Asaba, chairman of the Association, Comrade Elder Agbaka Avurakoghenw revealedSome of the senior citizens sitting dejectedly during the protestthat Governor Okowa had earlier agreed to harmonize…

By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaGovernor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State says the year 2020 budget will be presented in the first week of November, 2019.Governor Okowa stated this during the 2019 Quarterly Media Chat with journalists at the Press Centre, Government House, Asaba.Okowa who stated that the 2020 budget may not be as big as what was obtainable in the past due to shortfall in oil production, said the state would concentrate on core ongoing projects.According to him the core ongoing projects include the Ughelli/Asaba Road which is key especially sector ‘A’ and ‘C’ since sector B is completed.The governor said…

By Chiemeka Green, YenagoaA factional leadership has emerged in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State following the suspension and counter suspension that have divided the state executive officers of the party ahead of the November 16 governorship election. The factional group of the state chairman, Jonathan Amos in a statement on Thursday, said the state executive committee of the APC in Bayelsa State has suspended Ogeibiri Orubebe, deputy chairman; Chris Toborowei Olorogun, legal adviser; Amasighan Azikiwe, chairman Ekeremor Local Government Area; Olorogun Isaac, secretary Ekeremor Local Government Area and Peter Bofumu, chairman Sagbama Local Government Area. He said…