NIGERIAN TRIBUNE The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) on Tuesday, announced that it had uncovered a toxic waste dump site by Shell in Kdere, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. ERA/FoEN in a press statement issued…
VANGUARD NEWS Governor Douye Diri, of Bayelsa state has granted amnesty to nine inmates of the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Okaka, in Yenagoa, the State capital. Diri who announced the gesture when he visited the centre on Tuesday, noted that he…
THE SUN Bayelsa government on Tuesday in Yenagoa directed local government councils to speedily evolve legislations prohibiting the movement of speed boats after 7 p.m. without permit. The state’s deputy governor, Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the directive at separate meetings…
VANGUARD A joint security operation, code-named “Exercise Still Waters”, has commenced in four Niger Delta states. These include Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers.The operation involves the Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and Department of State Service. Other paramilitary agencies…
PREMIUM TIMES Governors of South-south states have resolved to join the suit currently before the Supreme Court over the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT). The VAT case is between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Rivers Government.…
PREMIUM TIMES A new global investigation exposing the offshore hideaways of some of the world’s most powerful personalities is launching today after two years of discreet work by investigative journalists around the world. The project, known as Pandora Papers, is…
THE GUARDIAN Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has revealed that his administration is working on a short and long term development plan of between 10 and 30 years for the state. He disclosed this at the weekend during the state’s…
THE SUN Sixty one years after oil was discovered in Oloibiri in present day Bayelsa State, Nigeria and its citizens cannot be said to have fared any better despite the huge revenue it had generated over these years. Indeed, events…
THE GUARDIAN The United States on Friday said it will continue to support Nigeria’s efforts to fight terrorism and strengthen democratic institutions. Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, gave the pledge in a statement, congratulating Nigeria on its 61st…
THE GUARDIAN Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa urged citizens not to lose hope in the ability of the country to overcome its present travails. The governor, represented by his Deputy, Mr. Kingsley Otuaro, in his speech at the anniversary ceremony…