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Despite being the oldest divisional headquarters in Rivers State, the indigenous people of the town have lamented that the town has been marginalised politically and have not benefited from government projects. Speakers at a stakeholders’ forum held in Degema on 3rd January demanded for more electoral wards, political appointments and siting of development projects in the community. Mr. Bethuel Karibo, who presided over the forum, however said despite being marginalized it was also necessary for the people of Degema to raise their consciousness level and stand up to the issues that confront them. “We are looking inwards now to find…

January 16th marked the 52nd memorial of the death of Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson. But the music of the Highlife King and the values for which he dedicated his life have kept his memory burning both at home and abroad. The airwaves and the social media have been abuzz with the music and testimonials about a man who sang and played for love, peace, unity and understanding; a man, who died living his passion and became a legend out of it. Virtually every radio station in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital dedicated time to play hit tracks of the…

A coalition of Ijaw organizations recently visited families of some victims of the 2022 flood that engulfed much of Bayelsa State from September to November, 2022. Among the organizations were: Ijaw Elders Forum Lagos, IEFL, Ijaw Professional Association, IPA, Ijaw Nation Forum, INF, Embasara and Ijaw Women Connect, IWC. Leading the team also Iniruo Wills Esq. The team also visited and presented awards to communities in the state which took proactive action and embarked on effective flood control actions. Among those visited was the families of Premobowei Ernest, the footballer who died after saving five persons in a boat with…

Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has unveiled new jerseys for Bendel Insurance, and the Edo Queen Football clubs for the new season. Comrade Shaibu was joined by the secretary to the state government, Osarodion Ogie, and the state chief judge, Hon. Justice Joe Acha, at the event held in the Government House, Benin City. Shaibu explained at the occasion, that the state government has introduced sports as part of the curriculum in primary and secondary schools across the state as the era of sports scholarship is back. “In developing sports in Edo State, we have made it part…

Candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for Orhionmwon South Constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, Comrade Bright Iyamu has promised to bring dividends of democracy to his constituency if elected. Iyamu also vowed to address the state of basic infrastructure a problem in the local government since its creation. The state Assembly hopeful made the promises in Benin City at a media parley where he also had his fellow candidates from other constituencies, He called on youths to brace up and ensure that young people are elected into various political offices and positions in the coming election.…

The Edo State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, has raised alarm that its members and supporters who turned out to collect their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, are being intimidated and attacked across the state by thugs allegedly sponsored by the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had raised similar alarm of disruption of collection of PVCs in some centres and the intimidation of its staff by thugs Saturday, January 7, 2023. Raising the alarm, the Edo State publicity secretary of LP, Comrade Sam Uroupa, who confirmed the attack in a statement made available to…

2.9 As predicted by the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information , it was reported on the 16th of December 2021 that the spill had advanced to the Abureni kingdom in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The crude was reported to have been seen floating on their river with an unbearable stench coming therefrom. The Denouement of the Injustice 2.10 It is now common knowledge that the damage caused to the environment by the recurring cases of oil spillage and the seemingly untameable gas flaring, has resulted to the communities’ economic woes considering that our people are predominantly fishermen,…

A special court has been inaugurated in Bayelsa State for the recovery of small claims debts of up to N5 million. Speaking at the inauguration of the five-member management committee of the courts, the Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Justice Kate Abiri noted that the idea of small claims court was conceived to accord legal inclusiveness to aggrieved persons whose claims are denied space and time in the congested and expensive dispute resolution platforms. She regretted the expensive and time consuming traditional adjudicatory system, saying it offered little or no succour to litigants with small claims, especially those relating to…

The new Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has promised that his administration would give priority to strengthening the nine state offices of the commission. Ogbuku made the promise while addressing the commission’s staff during his maiden visit to the Bayelsa State office in Yenagoa. The NDDC MD remarked that the state offices provided the closest platform for the supervision of development projects and programmes being executed by the commission and therefore needed to be beefed up with expertise and materials. “There shouldn’t be a disconnect between the headquarters in Port Harcourt and the…

Bayelsa Government has commenced the training of 100 girls on Technology Entrepreneurship that will enable them deploy technology to solve problems in Bayelsa. The girls were selected from Model Secondary Schools in the state and the training will last for three months. The Executive Secretary of the Bayelsa State Education Development Trust Fund (EDTF), Mrs Alice Atuwo, said at the opening ceremony of the programme in Yenagoa that the benefits of the programme were enormous. She explained that the EDTF had earlier carried out the training of “Coding and Robotics” for 103 students in SS1 and SS2 during the last…