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BY ARIWERA IBIBO-HOWELLS, YENAGOA The Chairperson, Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Wives Association and President, Royal Queens of the Niger Delta Initiative, Her Majesty Dr. (Barr) Josephine Diete-Spiff has demonstrated unwavering resolve in empowering the less privilege by donating funds towards ensuring quality education for the Ogbia girl child. The Queen of Twon Brass Kingdom made the gesture while delivering a …

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From Amos Okioma Residents in Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital on Monday expressed concerns over increased oil exploration activities in the past one month. Some residents who spoke on the development, frowned at indiscriminate seismic activities by oil firms in residential area in Yenagoa and the adverse impact of materials used in the exercise.. The seismic activities involved the …

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.asks NHRC to probe rights violation The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday directed the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately begin the overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. He has also directed the National Human Rights Commission to set up a panel to probe allegations of rights abuse by the Police unit. The Senior Special Assistant to the …

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Linkage Assurance Plc has secured the approval of the National Insurance Commission to underwrite agricultural insurance. The firm said in a statement that the ‘no objection’ nod would enable it to support farmers and service providers in the agricultural value chain for greater sustainability and economic growth. Among the products approved were Linkage Assurance Crop Insurance Solutions, Linkage Assurance Farm …

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A 26-year old undergraduate, Damilola Rachel Ajayi has emerged the overall winner of N5million star prize in the just-concluded Skye Bank Ref ‘n’ Win Promo. The ‘Ref n Win’ promo was a youth-focused initiative designed to reward Skye Bank’s account holders who were mainly undergraduates across the country. During the course of the campaign, students who referred their friends to …

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From Amos Okioma  Some residents at Imiringi, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have lamented blockade of natural water channels by oil and gas exploration activities at nearby oilfields. The residents said on Monday that the indiscriminate activities have also created artificial channels resulting to flooding of farmlands and plantain plantations in the area. Chief Rotami Ademe member of the …

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The Lagos Prisons Command says education behind bars is getting more interesting with two of its inmates already pursuing their PhDs at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison. The Controller of Prisons, Lagos Command, Mr Tunde Ladipo disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Monday in Lagos. According to him, there is a renewed interest in education among the …

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The chairman, Bayelsa State Council of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Comrade Esikumor Ekissa has lambasted the Nigerian Minister of Sports and Youths Development, Mr Solomon Dalong. The youth leader who also doubles as the Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State Governor on Environmental Sanitation during a press briefing to intimate the public of the 2018 international Youth …

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The Federal Executive Council has approved the acquisition of 150 million-dollar World Bank credit facility to support polio eradication in Nigeria. Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun made the disclosure while briefing State House correspondents shortly after the FEC meeting, presided over by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday in Abuja. She said that the additional financing would consolidate previous …

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National Chairman, African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Ralphs Okey Nwosu (m), Lagos State Chairman, ADC, Chief Tunde Daramola (3rd-r), Deputy National Publicity Secretary, ADC, Mrs. Yemi kolapo (r), National Organizing Secretary, ADC, Dr. Mani Ibrahim Ahmad (2nd-r), National Vice-Chairman, South-South, ADC, Sir Aiyegbeni Omonhinmiri (3rd-L), Representing the Youth Leader of ADC, Oguntunji Ayodele (L), and Ogun State Women Leader, ADC, Chief (Mrs.) …

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