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TENSION AS IJAW YOUTHS PROTEST WIKE-FUBARA FEUD, BLOCK EAST-WEST ROAD

There was tension and disruption on the ever-busy East-West Road yesterday as protesting Ijaw youths blocked the highway, leaving traders, motorists, and commuters stranded for hours. The demonstrators, under the umbrella of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, staged a peaceful protest at the Mbiama axis of the road to express their displeasure over recent political developments in Rivers State and derogatory remarks allegedly made by Chief Nyesom Wike, the […]

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PRESIDENT TINUBU DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RIVERS STATE, SUSPENDS GOVERNOR AND ASSEMBLY

President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State due to a prolonged political crisis and governance paralysis. In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, he expressed deep concern over the situation, noting that despite interventions, no resolution was in sight. The crisis escalated when Governor Siminalayi Fubara demolished the State House of Assembly on December 13, 2023, and failed to rebuild it […]

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FARMERS PROTEST HERDSMEN’S DESTRUCTION OF CROPS IN BAYELSA

Farmers, mostly women from Okutukutu community in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, blocked the busy Melford Okilo Road for hours on Monday to protest the destruction of their crops and farmland by herdsmen. The protest forced commuters to either trek or take alternative routes to reach their destinations during the demonstration. Speaking with newsmen, Chief Bonus Wombu, the Osomoibie of Epie/Atissa Kingdoms, Mrs. Numueze Atana, the Chief Women […]

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NAPTIP URGES BAYELSANS TO REPORT ALL FORMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Bayelsa State Command has urged pupils in primary and secondary schools as well as teachers to report all forms of human trafficking to the Agency. NAPTIP, Bayelsa State Command said this when it visited a private school in Biogbolo in Yenagoa, to sensitize both pupils and teachers on the dangers of human trafficking. Mrs. Abieyuwa Ikhidero, the […]

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GUNMEN AMBUSH PIPELINE SURVELLANCE WORKERS, KILL ONE, OTHERS SEVERLY INJURED

The people of Igbomotoru Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the State have made a passionate appeal to the Federal and Bayelsa State Governments to come to their aid following the attack and killing of a worker of a popular pipeline security surveillance company who were going for a crew change and food supplies to crew members on duty post operating in their community by some suspected sea […]

March 17, 2025 14

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SENATOR LOKPOBIRI URGES NIGER DELTA OIL COMMUNITIES TO EMBRACE PEACE FOR PIA BENEFITS

Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Oil has called on oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta to maintain peace to fully benefit from the 3 percent Host Community Development Trust Fund (HCDTF) allocated under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) Senator Lokpobiri made the appeal on Thursday during the KEFFESO Stakeholders Forum held at the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB in Yenagoa, the capital […]

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TODAY IS WORLD KIDNEY DAY

As the world commemorates World Kidney Day today, Dr. Ikemefuna Chinedu, a Yenagoa based medical practitioner has called on Nigerians to take proactive steps in caring for their kidneys. Dr. Ikemefuna Chinedu, who is a doctor in one of the health facilities in Yenagoa the Bayelsa state capital gave this advice during an interview with Judith Nnakee, Golden 97.5 FM correspondent. He emphasized the importance of preventive measures […]

March 13, 2025 9

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BAYELSA COMMUNITY RAISES CONCERN OVER ALLEGED VIOLTION OF COURT BY SEEPCO

ONUEBUM COMMUNITY The people of Onuebum community, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have raised concerns over alleged violation of a Federal High Court order by Sterling Exploration and Energy Production Company Nigeria Limited, SEEPCO. The court, sitting in Yenagoa, had issued an injunction stopping the company from carrying out oil exploration activities on OPL 2005, located in Owaliba land. According to members of Onuebum […]

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ELECTRICITY BILL PASSES THROUGH SECOND READING AT THE BAYELS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly, under the leadership of High Chief Abraham Ingobere, the Speaker, has successfully passed the second reading of a bill seeking to repeal the Bayelsa State Electricity Law 2023, now known as the Bayelsa State Electricity Bill 2025. Leading the debate, Hon. Monday Bubou Obolo, House Leader and bill sponsor, emphasized that the bill aligns with the Fifth Alteration of the Nigerian Constitution, which […]

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