The National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Godknows Boladei Igali, has announced that May 25 will henceforth be marked as “Chief Edwin Clark Memorial Day” across the South-South geopolitical zone beginning from 2027. Igali made the declaration during the 11th Founder’s Day and 99th posthumous birthday celebration of elder statesman, Edwin Kiagbodo…
The Revamp Niger Delta Now Movement is gearing up for a major national protest in Bayelsa State, despite calls from politicians and traditional rulers to abandon the organized event. The group is determined to peacefully demonstrate the frustrations of angry and hungry Nigerians who are tired of failed government policies. From August 1st to 10th,…
The National Population Commission (NPC) has formally inaugurated five committees to oversee the implementation of the NPC Census City Project in Surulere, Lagos, under a 100% unsolicited Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. Speaking at the event held at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, today, 7th April 2026, the NPC Chairman, Dr. Aminu Yusuf, represented by the…
In 2010, that arrangement was briefly disrupted. A Christian from Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta, Goodluck Jonathan, became president — not by coup but by succession when the northern Muslim president died in office. Under Jonathan, radical Islam was being confronted rather than accommodated. There were effectively zero internally displaced persons — no refugee camps of people displaced from their villages by armed groups.
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has advised the electoral committee for the forthcoming Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) election to be fair to all contestants and ensure a credible process. Governor Diri gave the charge on Tuesday when the IYC President, Comrade Jonathan Lokpobiri, presented the Dr. Charles Ikimi-led electoral committee to him at…
The Executive Chairman of National Population Commission Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra, fnsa, has assured Nigerians and development partners that the Commission remains committed as ever to the conduct of an accurate, reliable and acceptable census that will provide demographic data for sustainable national planning and socio-economic development. Hon Kwarra gave the assurance while delivering a…
Eight of the suspects, which included six males and two females, were on Thursday paraded by security agencies led by the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Francis Idu, and the State Director of the Department of State Services, Mr. Adedapo Amao, in Yenagoa.
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has disclosed that the late immediate past Chief Judge of the state, Justice Kate Abiri, was his prayer partner who always joined him to pray for progress of the state. Governor Diri spoke on Sunday when he paid a condolence visit to the family at her residence in…
*Former President Inaugurates Road, Commends Gov, Predecessor For Continuity Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has praised Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, for his sterling performance saying that the state was making significant strides in all areas of development. He particularly commended the governor for consolidating the legacies of his predecessor, Senator Seriake…
By Lucky Yelebe The Bayelsa State Director of the City Boy Movement, Barr. Osomkime Edwin Blankson, on [date], received a high-level delegation of the Great Southern Ijaw House Leaders at the state secretariat in a meeting that highlighted strengthening grassroots alignment and strategic political collaboration in the state. The delegation, led by Hon. Ezetu Rawlings,…
