Troops fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine, including the Rusich Sabotage and Reconnaissance Group, are threatening to leave the conflict unless the Kremlin secures the release of one of their founding members from Finnish custody, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Yan Petrovsky is facing extradition to Ukraine on charges of terrorism. The…
“We are not a small state in terms of sports. We are prepared to compete with any state as there is an abundance of talents here. Part of our own Assured Prosperity Agenda is to engage youths through sports.”
The National Population Commission (NPC) welcomed popular Hausa music star, Dauda Kahutu Rarara, to their headquarters in Abuja. The Nigerian singer expressed his interest in collaborating with the commission to raise awareness for the upcoming 2023 Population and Housing Census. The NPC has been engaging with various stakeholders to mobilize the public for the exercise,…
“This club was established over fifteen years ago. Our main centre is at the Sports Complex, and we train three times a week—Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. What we do is aerobics and other exercises to keep fit. We advise interested persons to join us at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex.”
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has announced cash rewards to Olympic silver medalist, Blessing Oborududu, and other wrestlers from the state in the Nigerian contingent that participated in the 2023 Africa Wrestling Championships and the Africa Beach Games in Tunisia. Senator Diri, who congratulated the athletes for their impressive performance, said they not…
Sadly, on my way to the summit today, the one-hour journey took me almost four hours to get to Port Harcourt because of the failed section at Okogbe community on East-West road.
The connection of the Mbiama-Yenagoa Road to the new Glory Drive expressway, including the construction of standard bridges over the Epie Creek with roundabouts at various points, such as the ongoing project at the Imgbi Road Junction area of Amarata, and other previously abandoned link roads that should connect communities in the coastal parts of the Yenagoa Municipal Development Area to the Bayelsa International Airport, is a clear indication of the prosperity administration’s direction.
The Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Campaign Council has called on the Inspector-General of Police and Director-General of the Department of State Services to immediately invite a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Joshua MacIver, for questioning. Chairman of the campaign council’s Publicity Directorate, Hon. Ayibaina Duba, in a statement issued…
The Federal Government announced on Monday that six new companies have been granted permission to import petroleum products into Nigeria. Farouk Ahmed, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Mainstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDRA), made this announcement at the Presidential Villa. Ahmed clarified that in addition to the six approved companies, several others have…
Hon. Engr. Rodney Ebikebina Ambaiowei has become the first member representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives to establish a befitting and fully staffed Constituency Office in Oporoma, the headquarters of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area. Since assuming office, the lawmaker has utilised the constituency office as a platform for governance, empowerment,…
