The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the immediate arrest of the owner of a two-storey building that collapsed in Abuja on Wednesday night. The building had at least 39 residents, with two confirmed dead and 37 rescued and taken to various hospitals. Wike said that original residents of the area were designated…
*Charge Them To Harp On The Dangers Of Crime And Criminality Social media influencers of Ijaw extraction have been advised to use their various platforms to promote peace and unity as well as the ideals of Ijaw people. President of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC Worldwide, Sir Jonathan Lokpobiri Snr, handed this down to members of…
“I want to appeal to all Bayelsans to please come out and be counted. In fact nobody is going to pay you for it. It’s a civic responsibility that we owe ourselves. So we should come out and show people that we’re here. The last exercise in 2006 ended in litigation”.
“We have resolved that they’ll ensure the peace that we called for. In terms of the chieftaincy matter, I think I don’t have the authority to say who should be Amananaowei since the matter is in court. The court will give us the final verdict and that’s how we resolved the matter, and they’ve all agreed to sue for peace. Let peace reign”,
…. iYC, INC declares ‘No Protest in Ijaw Land’ ….Gov. Diri direct markets,Govt offices open for business The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobri on wednesday led a high powered delegation of political leaders from the state to Yenagoa for a consultative interactions with stakeholders not to participate in the planned…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said offering palliatives was not the lasting solution to the economic hardship in the country. Senator Diri made the remark when he spoke during the Easter Sunday service at the St. Peter’s Anglican Church in his community, Sampou, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. The governor…
Bayelsa State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has endorsed the second term bid of Governor Douye Diri in the November 11 governorship election in the state. CAN made its stand known at a one-day interactive session with the governor at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Swali, Yenagoa, on Monday. According to a…
The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission has ordered vice-chancellors to re-open schools and allow students resume lectures. This was made known in a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts of the NUC, Sam Onazi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed. According to Punch, the letter…
“We want the President and Chief of Defence Staff to tender an unreserved apologies within one week, failure of which we shall institute a legal action for this great disrespect and international humiliation”.
*Hails Diri On Inauguration Of Road, Hospital 53 Years After Immediate past Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said the pace of development of Bayelsa has left him emotional. Speaking at Oporoma community, headquarters of the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, on Monday during a grand reception in his honour, the former Vice…
