The annual Ogbo-Tein Tuwa Erein Oge Festival is one of Ikibiri’s foremost cultural events, aimed at promoting the community’s rich heritage, strengthening unity among its people, and fostering development through collective participation.
“If given the opportunity to serve as National Secretary, I will promote peace, unite every faction and work with all stakeholders to build a stronger and more progressive Ijaw Youth Council. Together, we can achieve the change our youths desire.”
By EMTV News YENAGOA, BAYELSA STATE — The Grand Finale of the 2026 Obunem Epie Festival came to a colourful close in Opolo Autonomous Community, with a renewed call for the preservation of cultural heritage and greater investment in youth development, education, and innovation. Chairman of the occasion, His Highness Barr. Osomkime Edwin Blankson, Owulovie…
“As we begin this new chapter, I remain committed to working with all stakeholders to advance amputee football in Nigeria, promote inclusivity, and ensure the growth and development of our federation for the benefit of all athletes and stakeholders.”
“To ignore the Blue Economy in Bayelsa would be to ignore Bayelsa itself. That is why, following the initiative of the Federal Government, Bayelsa is not merely a state with a bespoke ministry, we are a national model for how to institutionalise and mainstream the Blue Economy at the sub-national level.”
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has charged the South-South Development Commission (SSDC) to carry along states of the region in its development agenda. Senator Diri gave the charge on Wednesday during the courtesy visit of the pioneer management of the commission led by the chairman, Hon. Chibudom Nwuche, to Government House, Yenagoa. The…
*Bayelsa Earns $4m For Reform Initiatives Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has assured that funds from the World Bank for the state government’s reform initiatives in the education health and local government sectors will be judiciously utilised to strengthen the sectors. Governor Diri spoke on Wednesday during the 190th state executive council meeting…
“As usual, l am not imposing any candidate. We need someone who has the interest of Ijaw nation at heart and that will fly our flag. We cannot be divided at this time. We can no longer have a factional leadership in the IYC.”
*Gov. Diri Welcomes Defectors A political tsunami hit the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Bayelsa State on Monday as veteran politician, Chief Fyneman Wilson, and thousands of his supporters defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yenagoa. Wilson, a former legislator in the old Rivers State House of Assembly and former…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives, Hon. Engr. Rodney Ebikebina Ambaiowei, on Monday presented his Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nomination form to the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, at the Governor’s Office, Government House, Yenagoa. The presentation underscored the formal…
