Warmest Wishes to Ebiweni Koin-Siasia on Her Birthday
We celebrate her today as she adds another year to her remarkable life. May God continue to shower her with abundant blessings of peace and prosperity.
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STILL REMEMBERING CHIEF JUSTICE MOHAMMED UWAIS AND PROFESSOR JIBRIL AMINU
Against the backdrop of the most difficult circumstances of life, they lived to become counted amongst the greatest Nigerians. It was, however, not a life of bread and butter for them at all times. It is not much spoken about, but from the very young age of 6 years, Justice Uwais became fatherless with the loss of his patriarch, Mallam Abdullahi Uwaisu and was raised by his young mother, Hajara who had to move on to a new home with a new husband. Virtually, at every stage in life, he had to work hard beyond the ordinary in order to attain what he became.
OPEN LETTER TO VICE ADM. IBOK-ETE IBAS: A CALL TO UPHOLD DEMOCRACY IN RIVERS STATE
I have been in great pain to write this letter to you and take the liberty to caution that in this complex national assignments which you find yourself enlisted to carry out, you must be timorous enough to not find yourself taking decisions that pale in the sight of best and acceptable standards of decency. This is more so as I have thoroughly read the Gazette dated 19th March, 2025 appointing you as Administrator as well as extracts of National Assembly Proceedings of Thursday, 20th March, 2025 and do not find the kind of wide and sweeping powers being deployed by your office.
Bayelsa CPS Congratulates New NUJ Chairman
“I congratulate Mr. Tonye Yemoleigha and the new executive of the Bayelsa Council of the NUJ. May their reign usher in a new vista that will uplift the council, its members and journalists in general.”
Beware of Fraudulent Promises -Diri
The Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri, has advised citizens of the state to refrain from seeing themselves as commodities that can be purchased, particularly with the upcoming elections. Gov. Diri made the statement when he received members of the Forum of Special Assistants to the Governor at the Samson Siasia Stadium in…
NLC to proceed with planned protest
“The meeting was an opportunity for us to appeal to the labour leaders by extension Nigerians that we are facing difficulties and challenges that are not our making. We inherited a very bad situation. Most of the problems people are talking about are not a creation of this government. This government is barely two months old and since we have been facing these difficulties and challenges, we have a listening and engaging President, a president who will want to have a conversation and react.
HISTORY AND THE HISTORIAN: PROFESSOR E.J. ALAGOA AT 90
By Godknows Igali In a great show of what is referred to in Latin as ‘Opus Laudatio’, – preeminent praisework, the Nigerian nation gathered in Yenagoa on Saturday August 26, 2023, to celebrate one of the country’s living legends, Professor Emeritus Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa. Earlier, on April 14, 2023, this historian of lauded value and…
Gov Diri Assures Of Support As FG Approves Two National Parks For Bayelsa
“We know that the environment is part and parcel of human living and our environment has been devastated with the discovery of oil and gas. It has affected us negatively and if no conscious effort is made, the environment will be gone. That is why Bayelsa is interested in efforts to preserve our environment.
Diri Tasks New NCDMB Management On Performance
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has charged the new management of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to improve on the performance of their predecessors, saying his administration will continue to support the organisation’s effort to develop local content. Governor Diri stated this when the recently appointed board members led by…
