Politics

Publisher of Ovation Magazine and veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). His resignation was conveyed in a letter dated July 17, 2025, and addressed to the Chairman of PDP Ward 4 in Ihievbe, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State. Momodu said he was leaving the party due to what he described as the takeover […]

ATIKU ABUBAKAR RESIGNS FROM PDP, CITES IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has officially resigned from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), ending his long-standing relationship with the party he helped to establish. In a letter dated July 14, 2025, and addressed to the Chairman of Jada 1 Ward in Jada Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Atiku said he was stepping down from the party with immediate […]

Dr. Gloria Diri, Wife of the Bayelsa State Governor, has called on relevant agencies to intensify efforts in arresting and prosecuting perpetrators of human trafficking and gender-based violence, irrespective of their standings in society. The Bayelsa First Lady, who made the call at a three-day Niger Delta summit on “Raising Teenage Ambassadors Against Traffickers and Propagators of Domestic Violence.”, urged the State and National Assemblies to further strengthen the existing […]

Bayelsa State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with Blue Seal Energy Servies Limited in collaboration with Fortune Gas, China, for the building of a Mini 2 million Scoff Capacity Liquified Natural Gas Plant, in Obunagha, Gbarain Ekpetiama Community, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The signing of the MoU took place at the Office of Professor Nimibofa Ayawei, the Secretary of the Bayelsa State Government […]

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU have started receiving their salary for the month of June from last night. A lecturer at the Federal University Otuoke in Bayelsa state who spoke to Golden 97.5 FM on the condition of anonymity confirmed that salaries are now being paid. He said ASUU had directed its branches to embark on strike henceforth if salary delays beyond 4th of every month. […]

Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Oil has declared an end to the era where oil companies acquire field licenses and leave them dormant. The minister issued the warning at the ongoing 2025 Nigeria Oil and Gas Energy Week in Abuja, as part of a renewed push to meet its OPEC production quota and 2025 budgetary targets. The government warned that it will no longer tolerate operators […]

Governor Douye Diri, has said that his administration focuses on science and technical education in order to produce young people with hands-on skills relevant for employment and job creation. Governor Diri also stated that his government's paradigm shift from paper qualification education was in tandem with global trends in education. The Bayelsa governor spoke on Wednesday in an interview with the Times Higher Education Magazine on the sidelines of the […]