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“The issue of oil theft and oil bunkering are of serious concern in our local government areas and since the federal government has involved states and local governments in combating the menace, all hands must be on deck to stamp it out.”
: “There are threats to peace and security across the nation, not only our state. We have heard from reliable sources that the impending protest is being sponsored. While we appeal to the youths of Bayelsa to avoid being used, especially by failed politicians, let me sound a note of warning to all those sponsored to kill our people that this will never be allowed in Bayelsa State. We have empowered the security agencies to deal with such people.
“As the Hon. Member Representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency, any community can call me that this is their problem. I’m not bigger than any community, I’m not even bigger than any individual here because you elected me to represent you. Your matter is my matter.”
Human rights activist and leader of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, announced on Wednesday that the upcoming nationwide ‘Day of Rage’ protest in Nigeria will address the pressing issues of hunger, unemployment, and insecurity. Sowore recently disclosed the locations of protest coordinators across the country for the highly anticipated #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria demonstration, with the goal of…
Organisers of the Governor Douye Diri National Scrabble Championship have confirmed that the fourth edition will hold on August 23-25, 2024. The three-day classic, which usually attracts national and international scrabble stars, is slated for the Chief Dappa Biriye Conference Centre of the Golden Tulip Hotel at Onopa, Yenagoa. Chairman of the Bayelsa State Scrabble…
“Across the length and breadth of Bayelsa State, any youth who takes the law into his hands on the issue of removal of chiefs would be prosecuted.”
“We know that the environment is part and parcel of human living and our environment has been devastated with the discovery of oil and gas. It has affected us negatively and if no conscious effort is made, the environment will be gone. That is why Bayelsa is interested in efforts to preserve our environment.
“This competition is not just urban-based; it is also community-based. You can imagine a team from Ogboinbiri, all the way from Southern Ijaw, subduing the urban teams from Yenagoa. So I am very happy with the organisers of this competition. Mr. Ono Akpe and his group have done so well.”
“The matter is already in court, and they should allow the court to take a decision. We are not interested in whatever interest the government has in the matter but what we are demanding as a community is that our kinsmen that have been arrested should be released or else, whatever happens, the world should take it.”
