COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT YENAGOA BY IJAW ELDERS FORUM, LAGOS IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS, STAKEHOLDERS AND ASPIRANTS FOR GOVERNORSHIP OF BAYELSA STATE TO ACHIEVE PEACEFUL AND CREDIBLE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE STATE: DATED 31ST JULY, 2019. Whereas…
THE SUN Swears-in Aniagwu, others as commissioners Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, in Asaba challenged the former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, to give account of his stewardship during his tenure as minister. Okowa, who gave the challenge…
THISDAY Crisis may soon erupt in three communities in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State over the activities of the Niger Delta Petroleum Development Resources Limited (NDPR), operators of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 54. Groups within the communities:…
•Stakeholders blame situation on concessioning of port terminals VANGUARD There is no end in sight regarding the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway gridlock as officials of the traffic management agencies have abandoned the expressway to miscreants, thereby compounding the already helpless traffic situation…
THE NATION Companies lose millions, subscribers stranded A Task Force of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Central Zone, on Monday raided and shut down facilities belonging to telecommunication companies in Bayelsa State following unresolved disputes on awards of quick-win contracts.…
TRIBUNE A major blow was on Sunday dealt to a national security summit scheduled for Minna, the Niger State capital, on Monday as the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum pulled out of the event being organised by the National…
VANGUARD Delta State Traditional Rulers Council, DSTRC, weekend, said that there was no land for Rural Grazing Area, RUGA, project in the state. The position of the royal fathers was made known in a communiqué at the end of their…
27-07-19 PRESS RELEASE PEACEFUL & CREDIBLE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION 2019 AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN BAYELSA STATE – BUILDING CONSENSUS THROUGH THE IJAW CHARTER AND IJAW NATION CODE OF ETHICS, LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE (CELG) We refer to the above subject and the…
THIS DAY Leading socio-cultural organisations in the southern and middle belt regions under the umbrella of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) have declined participation in a proposed roundtable on national issues and security proposed by a former head…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa THE drab and monotonous British politics took an exciting turn this Wednesday, July 24 when Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip replaced Theresa May as Prime Minister. An excited…