Month: June 2025

Bayelsa Judge Kidnapped Days After Delivering Daring Judgement

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Elizabeth Vincent, Yenagoa There is growing tension in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state, following the abduction of a High Court 7 Judge, Justice Ebiyerin Umukoro, and a former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) by unidentified gunmen. The incident occurred around 7:pm near Kilimanjaro eatery at Ekeki area, a bustling suburb known for its vibrant evening activities, eyewitnesses reported that Justice Umukoro was accompanied by a relative when the assailants struck. According to preliminary investigations the attackers masked and dressed in black, intercepted the judge’s vehicle, forcibly pulled…

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How Wounded Security Operative Was Treated At Health Center After A Clash With Youths In Delta Community

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A wounded security agent attached to the ‘Operation Delta Sweep’ in Ughelli North was treated at the Urban Health Center opposite the Ughelli North Local Government Council Secretariat after he sustained a head injury in a clash between youths from one of the Ughelli communities. The injured victim was attacked by angry youths from the community after they allegedly chased a driver of a GLK car that resulted to a accident in the community. It was learned that Operation Delta Sweep mounted a nipping point for stop and search along…

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UPM Lauds President Tinubu For Honoring Ibru, Kokori

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A Social political pressure group, Urhobo Progressive Movement, UPM, had lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for honoring two prominent Urhobo sons, late Dr Alex Ibru and Chief Frank Kokori for their enormous contributions to the growth of a better Nigeria.     The group in a statement by its Coordinator, Comr. Wilson Okorugbo described the honour of GCON on late Dr. Alex Ibru and CON on Chief Frank Kokori as well deserving owning to their commitment and contributions to the democracy Nigerians are currently enjoying.   According to Okorugbo, “I…

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SCHOOL HEAD AND EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE

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  By: Teacher Dr. Blessing Egbagbara (JP) DFIPCER   The concept or perceptions of Examination are variedly often defined by students as end of course assessment or end of term procedures. Some students also see it as the biggest test which are more anxiety provoking and formal. To the teacher, it is a way or procedure to ascertaining the extent to which the student or learner have mastered the content of a particular course or subject. To the school head, who may be the Head teacher, or the principal as…

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Omo-Agege Felicitates Oborevwori At 62

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    The Deputy President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has felitated the governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori on his 62nd birthday. In a goodwill he signed personally, Omo-Agege extended his “warmest birthday wishes to my brother”, praying it should “mark the beginning of an exciting new chapter, filled with endless opportunities for growth, progress, and transformative change in Delta State”. According to the birthday wishes from Senator Agege, “On this joyous occasion, my esteemed family, political associates, and I join your loved ones and…

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Homelands Under Siege By Sunny Awhefeada

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By Sunny Awhefeada,   Homeland holds significance in many ways. It embodies the physical, psychological and spiritual essence of man. Homeland could be a birthplace or an adopted place of origin. Both ways, a homeland has an endearing and enduring impact on people. It has a pull that is difficult to ignore or avoid. Before modernity and globalization came with displacement and tendency to see everywhere as home, the idea of the homeland carried with it a romantic allure that it became a motif in poetry and music. The enduring…

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NDDC Reaffirms Commitment To State Partnership, Commissions Bayelsa Office

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By Elizabeth Vincent, Yenagoa   The managing director of the Niger Delta development commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has reaffirmed the commission’s readiness to partner with state governments in initiatives that will benefit the people of the Niger Delta region. Speaking on tuesday in Yenagoa at the official commissioning of the Bayelsa state office of the NDDC, Dr. Ogbuku emphasized that the NDDC is not a government but an interventionist agency created to support development in the region. During the event, he announced the naming of the newly commissioned building…

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Gov Douye Diri Loses Support As Eradiri Declares Support For APC

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Elizabeth Vincent, Yenagoa   Former governorship candidate of the Labour Party at the 2023 off cycle election in Bayelsa State, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has criticized Governor Douye Diri’s administration, describing it as a fluke and lacking genuine leadership capacity. Speaking during an interactive session at the Correspondents’ Forum, organized by the federated correspondents chapel (FCC) of the Nigeria union of journalists (NUJ), Eradiri stated that the Diri led government has no clear direction or strategy. “People are being killed in broad daylight in this town and the government seems unbothered,instead…

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Rueben Abati & Rufai Oseni Media Dramas

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By Zik Gbemre       Rueben Abati and Rufai Oseni, both Arise TV News anchors, delight in mocking selves in their media dramas. They need to be called to order. Reuben Abati being hired by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to launder his image won’t convince Deltan people on his cutlass M & E of projects. Abati running his mouth has no reputation to be a judge of the public court opinion. We shouldn’t forget his past when he was locked up by EFCC in their detention facility for Dasuki scandal.…

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Traditional Chief, Two Others Arraign For Allegedly Stealing Govt Property In Delta

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A traditional Chief and two others have been arraigned at a Magistrate Court holden at Ughelli, presided by Magistrate Onome Esade on a three count charges bordering on alleged stealing and conspiracy and purchasing stolen items in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The suspects Mr Samson Iborogu, Mr Dickson Ivie and Chief Mrs Rose Akamu were arraigned by the Delta State Commissioner of Police.     It would be recalled that over 450 bags of cement belonging to Ughelli North Local Government Area, were allegedly stolen by…

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