-By Elizabeth Vincent, The Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, tasked the newly sworn-in Chairman of the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission, BYSIEC, Hon. Ball Oyarede, to carry out his responsibilities with firmness and integrity. The Governor charged the new BYSIEC boss to ensure that the success and high standard of the commission was maintained through the conduct of credible, free and fair elections. A statement by the Special Adviser to the governor on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, quoted him as having said this shortly after the…
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Residents of Gbanraun kingdom Decry Poor State Of Living Condition, High Mortality Rate
….Demands for the release of 3.6bn reclamation and shore protection contract domicile into the national ecological fund account, Federal Ministry of Environment 38-yrs after …No health centre, road, schools, pipe-borne water, electricity, network services Residents of Gbanraun kingdom in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has decried the poor state of living conditions, high mortality rates following the federal ministry of environment neglect to complete Gbanraun reclamation and shore protection works phase1 which should have commenced since 1980. Fieldingquestions from journalists, Chairman Gbanraun Kingdom, Comr. Ombalamo Callman, stated…
Read MoreBayelsa Dep Governor Decries Misleading Reports About Bayelsa, South -South Region
By Elizabeth Joseph, Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John-Jonah, (Rtd) has decried the unwarranted and misleading reports about the South-South geo-political zone and Bayelsa state in particular, saying it is a deliberate distortion of the facts. Rear Admiral John-Jonah stated this when he played host to the 23rd batch of 20 Student Officers, including 2 directing staff of the Foreign Affairs Academy, Lagos, during a cocktail party in their honour at the Golden Castle Tulip Hotel, Yenagoa. He stressed that, the people of the region which mainly produce…
Read MoreBad Leadership Cause Of Niger Delta Under-Development – Mulade
Comrade Sheriff Mulade, an environmental activist, yesterday stated that infrastructural decay and high rate of poverty in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria was as a result of bad leadership. Muldae who made this known during an interactive session with journalists in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, drew the Federal government’s attention to economic, environmental, communal and leadership crises rocking the region, which, according to him, have thrown the Niger Delta into a web of conflicting interests. He urged government to consider the setting up of a sustainable and comprehensive…
Read MoreGbanraun 2019: Woman, 86 Gets New Set Of Teeths, 53 Students Awarded Scholarship
..as monarch tagged program as God sent By Joel Grandball & Omamuzo Efidhere, Elohim Ministries International Inc, USA, in collaboration with Ekuogbe Akpodiete Foundation has improved the quality of life of an octogenarian, by giving her a new set teeths . Egu Sieowei Yefrighe who had just seven teeths left with two on the verge of pulling off was ecstatic, saying “I have been living on non-solid food for years and could not chew anymore. “I have lost hope of chewing anything again and did not even know that my…
Read MoreBayelsa Communities Laud Elohim Ministries Int’l Inc Over Free Medical Treatment
By Joel Grandball & Omamuzo Efidhere, The people of Gbanraun communities and it’s environs in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have lauded the gesture of Elohim Ministries International Incorporated, USA, and the Ekuogbe Akpodiete Foundation over the free medical treatment and award of scholarship to indigents of the communities. They disclosed that the coming of Elohim Ministries International, Inc, to the communities will be a lasting legacy that would be remembered for over time in history of Gbanraun kingdom in Bayelsa State. Elohim Ministries International,Inc, a nonprofit…
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