Category: FEATURES

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said his administration has done creditably well one year after assuming office regardless of the numerous challenges it faced. Senator Diri, who stated this last Wednesday evening during an interactive session with media practitioners in Yenagoa, recounted his stewardship in the period under review. The governor enumerated a number of projects being executed by his administration and lauded the media for the objective reportage of his administration.   The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as having mobilised contractors to…

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It was commendations and jubilation galore in Atta, Ikeduru Local Government Area; Amumara, Ezinihitte Local Government Area; and Nnorie, Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Monday, February 8, 2021, as Senator Francis Ezenwa Onyewuchi touched down in the communities to commission development projects. The lawmaker who represents Imo East Senatorial District, Owerri Zone attracted the projects which included a total of 120 stalls, boreholes for ease of doing business in the markets, 5KVA generators to power the boreholes and abattoirs. For the overjoyed communities who were visibly overwhelmed by what they…

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The Bayelsa government on Thursday condemned the attack on operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state by suspected oil thieves. The condemnation was contained in a press statement issued by Mr Doubara Atasi, Senior Special Assistant to Bayelsa Deputy Governor, Sen. Lawrence Eghrwudjakpor. This followed a meeting with NSCDC officials, community leaders and stakeholders from the area at Government House, Yenagoa. Unidentified gunmen had ambushed and attacked a team of NSCDC personnel and carted away weapons and ammunition and…

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A former Interim Chairman of Imo Transport Company, ITC ,Chief Emeka Aririguzo, has debunked the allegation made against him by the ITC Recovery Team which alleged  that a bus belonging to ITC was recovered from him. Aririguzo boasted that nobody can rubbish his outstanding legacy in ITC within the short period he held sway. He was accused of taking possession of a bus belonging to ITC during his tenure as the Chairman, interim management committee of ITC. Chief Aririguzo while reacting to the report described the allegation as cheap blackmail…

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Bayelsa State Government on Monday granted autonomy to a community along its boundary with Delta State, known as Kabokiri Community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. Consequently, the state Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs has been directed to issue a certificate recognizing the rural settlement as an autonomous Community The state Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, disclosed this at a meeting with members of the Ijaw Community led by its Acting Amadaowei in Government House, Yenagoa. Senator Ewhrudjakpo, in a statement by his Senior…

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Imo State Internal Revenue Service (IIRS) has called on all Revenue generating Agencies in the state to imbibe the spirit of team work, for effective and efficient revenue collection in the state. The executive Chairman of IIRS, Mr. Justice Okoye who made the call during a revenue harmonization  meeting  with   team   stakeholders  from  Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO), Owerri Capital    Development Authority (OCDA), Waste Management Agency and Imo State Signage and Advertisement Agency (IMSAA) identified lack  of  synergy  among  critical   revenue  agencies   and  divergent  modus  operandi challenges that have been constituting…

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Worried by the rate of clashes between herders and farmers in the South East geopolitical zone, a Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has condemned the idea of open gracing across the nation. Senator Anyanwu therefore gave the nod for the establishment of ranches in various states, maintaining that the policy, when adopted would not only checkmate the movement of mercenaries and infiltrators, but capable of fostering peace across the country. According to him, “open gracing remains the cause of incessant communal…

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A financial czar and one of the contenders of the 2019 governorship diadem in Imo State , Sir Leonard Uzoma Okolienta has condenmed in its entirety the recent killings that took place in Orlu a commercial town in the state. Speaking to our correspondent from his Texas office in America, he charged Governor Hope Uzodinma not to allow insecurity to take a centre stage in Imo State. The financial guru described as clanish the feud that led to the death of many in the area, stressing that it was an…

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Statesmen and philanthropist, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has advised Nigerians across the six geo-political zones to see the reality in the threat posed by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Iwuanyanwu who spoke on behalf Iwuanyanwu National Ambulance at his Glass House Corporate headquarters expressed dissatisfaction at the manner some people dismiss the pandemic as non existent, adding that the second wave of COVID-19 according to expert reports, is even more deadly. The business mogul and former presidential aspirant during the shortlived, aborted 3rd Republic in Nigeria said scientists have discovered that…

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The Bayelsa State Government has confirmed the receipt of N27.5billion infrastructure refund from the Federal Government as against N38 billion being speculated. The Technical Adviser on Treasury and Accounts, Mr Timipre Seipulo, who disclosed this over the weekend during the transparency briefing on funds inflows and outflows said the state government opted to receive the money at a discounted rate instead of waiting for three to four years to receive the full N38billion due the state. “The refund for infrastructure development from the Federal Government was N27. 5billion. This is…

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