“You can see I have gone round the whole facility. It was based on the working agreement and information available at my disposal that I gave the December date. But as it is with every human endeavor, we must all have an open mind, when it comes to issues, particularly technical matters like this.
“The Ikibiri community, please be comforted that your great son has gone. You’ll have a lot more to replace him because there are many Okpois in Ikibiri land. To Bayelsa State, we have lost a very great accountant. To his colleagues, a professional associate and friend is gone. Be comforted by the life he lived. But most importantly, to the Okpoi family, be comforted that your great son has lived a life worthy of emulation. After all, the Psalmist said we can only be remembered by the works we have done.”
Emmanuel Topaz Daniel, a youth leader in the community, told TheCable that the gunmen —about eight young men—began shooting at approximately 7:50 p.m., moving freely through the area before escaping into nearby bush paths.
Paying as much as $100m dollars for a Presidential jet for a country that is the poverty capital of the World and has more out-of-school children with over 40% food inflation is the height of concern for the people’s feelings.
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC ) in the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, appears to be playing the ostrich in the Opu-Nembe (Bassambiri) community crisis. Governor Douye Diri’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, while reacting to a statement credited to the former Bayelsa governor, in which he…
Governor Diri granted approval on March 3, 2025, for the recruitment of approximately 1,000 new officers into the state civil service. According to him, a total of 36,750 candidates participated in the CBT, and applicants who scored 60 and above would be shortlisted for the next stage, which includes a physical examination.
The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that his withdrawal from the gubernatorial race was a strategic decision driven by wisdom and political calculation rather than fear or defeat. In a strongly worded statement, Governor Fubara said no serious political leader ventures into a contest on a political terrain entirely controlled by opponents,…
Please, join us in prayers, as always, for God to guide our Government of Assured Prosperity on the right path to achieving the collective aspirations of the people for the development of our dear Bayelsa State.
”I didn’t come to look for money and exploit the situation; I came to work. I asked for the votes, and Nigerians gave them to me, ” the President, who was a former senator, told the meeting after a session of banters and handshakes with former parliamentary colleagues”.
“We should work on our financial muscle well in place to lift our burden before we go and meet development partners for the census. We should work out the figures before discussi”ng the role of development partners.
