PERSPECTIVE – VAT: Niger Delta’s quest without roadmap
By Pius Mordi When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu unveiled his proposal on a new formula for sharing proceeds from Value Added Tax (VAT), he may have thought that he only had to reckon with…
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Sports Commissioners, Commission chairmen, hail NDDC for Niger Delta Sports festuval
The Commissioners for Sports and Chairmen of Sports Commissions in the nine mandate states of the Nigeria Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have hailed the leadership of the commission for establishing the Niger Delta Sports Festival,…
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PERSPECTIVE – Getting BRACED states out of the doldrums
[caption id="attachment_29960" align="alignnone" width="300"] Ambassador Joe Keshi, BRACED Commission boss.[/caption] By Pius Mordi It is an acronym that is as classy as it is inspiring. In 1999, just as the Fourth Republic was birthed, the…
PERSPECTIVE – Our generals must know when to halt or pull back
[caption id="attachment_23393" align="alignright" width="190"] Comrade Owei Lakemfa.[/caption] By Owei Lakemfa The country rose in one voice to condemn the March 14, 2024 killing of 17 military officers and men in Okuama community who were said to be…
PERSPECTIVE – Bayelsa 2023: Sylva’s undoing partly self-inflicted
[caption id="attachment_15572" align="alignright" width="225"] Mr. Ehichioya Ezomon[/caption] By Ehichioya Ezomon Because of the deck stacked against him - or more aptly, due to the deck he stacked against himself - it's illusory to project the…
EFCC arrests 14 suspected vote buyers in Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi States; intercepts N11,040,000
[caption id="attachment_25471" align="alignleft" width="225"] Vote buying money recovered by EFCC officials from politicians.[/caption] Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State…
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Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi States guber polls: Be safety conscious MRA tells Journalists
LAGOS, Friday, November 10, 2023: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on Federal and State Governments as well as law enforcement and security agencies to take adequate measures to protect journalists and other media workers…
PERSPECTIVE – Bayelsa 2023: APC escapes ‘second affliction’
[caption id="attachment_15572" align="alignright" width="225"] Mr. Ehichioya Ezomon.[/caption] By Ehichioya Ezomon Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has 10 days to campaign to regain lost grounds in attempts to reclaim the governorship it won…
Obi in Bayelsa, decries dearth of development
[caption id="attachment_24912" align="alignright" width="300"] Peter Obi speaking to Bayelsans at the Guber campaign rally in Yenagoa.[/caption] The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has decried the slow and inadequate development in Bayelsa State.…
Oborevwori visits Bayelsa accident victims, sympathises with survivors, approves purchase of artificial leg for diabetic patient
[caption id="attachment_23592" align="alignleft" width="300"] Delta Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori (middle), encouraging one of the accident victims, Mr. Marcus Timipre who were on their way to the finals of the Nigeria Women Football League( NWFL)…