Bayelsa State Government has said reports of the state-sponsored football team, Bayelsa United, signing a new shirt sponsorship deal with Halkin Exploration and Production Limited for the rest of the 2023/24 Nigerian Professional Football League season were embarrassing. The government said it neither approved nor endorsed such a deal for the team in the ongoing…
The Chairman of the National Population Commission, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra, fnsa, has presented and defended the Commission’s 2024 Budget estimates before the House of Representatives Committee on Population at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. After the budget defence, the Chairman of the House Committee on Population, Hon. Okunjimi John Odimayo, addressed the press…
The lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, Sen. Ned Nwoko, (PDP -Delta) has canvassed for the various social media platforms (YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter etc) to have offices in Nigeria. Nwoko made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. He said that his call was premeditated…
“The exchange rate needs to be stabilised and we have to address the fundamental question, why is there no money coming in? Why is the NNPCL not able to bring in dollars? Am sorry this is the question that cost me my job and I will continue asking this question until NNPCL fixes it up or until I die. Where are the dollars? We need to shine a light on the NNPCL. The finance minister cannot tell you because he doesn’t have a monitoring system that reports to him. The finance minister can’t tell you how many barrels of petrol we produce and export. It is only the NNPCL that can give those figures. The finance ministry needs to know how much oil we produce daily, how much we sell, and where the money is going”.
Dr. Amaegberi also shared insights into the positive impact of the scheme on students’ academic pursuits and how it has contributed to the overall development of the state.
In this interview, Dr. Amaegberi highlighted the laudable achievements of Governor Douye Diri’s administration in the educational sector, particularly in the area of higher education. He discussed the successful implementation of the students’ loan scheme, which has provided financial assistance to thousands of students in the state.
*Says Bayelsa APC bad losers The attention of the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to a malicious publication to the effect that the State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, and our party were engaging in a clandestine plot to frame up corruption allegations against the defeated All Progressives Congress…
“Projections indicate that a one-meter rise in sea levels in Nigeria could compel up to 80 per cent of the delta’s population to seek higher ground just as flooded 18,000 km2 of land results in damages valued at US$9 billion, and necessitate the relocation of up to 3.7 million people. These alarming consequences of climate change are not limited to the Nigerian Niger Delta region but are shared by coastal deltas worldwide”
“Scientific reports from our experts indicate that between 1991 and 2018, the shorelines of Bayelsa, its neighbours, Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State, witnessed considerable retreat and erosion, with respective measurements of 81,532 metres, 17,519 metres and 8,590 metres. The rates of shoreline migration and erosion were recorded at 11.1 metres per year, 7.2 metres per year and 5.5 metres per year respectively”.
When the Prosperity Governor, the “miracle” Governor took office, in fact, he became more deliberate in funding our activities. And by the special grace of God from that time till now, over seven thousand students have benefited from the Students Loan Scheme and we’re still counting. We’re hoping that now that he has even won second term in office, it can only get better.
