Category: State

Okuama: Late Oghoroko Family, Appeal, Demand The Release Of Corpse For Traditional Burial Rites

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  THE immediate family members of the late president of Okuama community, have appealed to the state Governor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Nigerian Army to release the corpse of Pa James Oghoroko who died in military detention.     The family in a sober tune while speaking to newsmen at the home of the late James Oghoroko in Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State held that it would be a taboo if the corpse of their breadwinner is not properly laid to rest according to…

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Breaking: Bayelsa Deputy Governor Dies In Office

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Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Eghrwudjakpor has been confirmed dead while in office.   Though the cause of his death could not be ascertained,it was learned that the deputy governor slumps and died in his office. Senator Lawrence Eghrwudjakpor hails from Ofoni community of Ekeremor local government area of Bayelsa State and he refused to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, when his immediate boss, Governor Douye Diri joined the APC few weeks ago.   Unconfirmed reports disclosed that the late deputy governor was intending to succeed Governor…

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Gov. Diri Reinstates Commitment To Construction Of Internal Roads In Bayelsa

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By Julius Agadaga, Yenagoa     The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has restated commitment to construction internal roads across communities in the state.   This is as Diri has intensified construction work on internal roads in Ogbia Local Government Area of the State.   Our Correspondent who visited some of the construction sites in parts of the local government area reports that at Imiringi town, work on ‘Wisdom Ikuli’ road and other adjoining roads have reached advanced stage.   Speaking with newsmen, Project Manager of the contracting firm,…

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Sen Dafinone Expresses Shock Over Awolowo’s Death

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Senator Ede Dafinone, senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the national Assembly, has expressed shock over the death of  Olusegun Awolowo, the grandson of late foremost Nigeria Nationalist and Prime Minister, Obafemi Awolowo.   The Senator in a personally signed state , described the death of Awolowo as tragic and personal lost after the they met while serving Nigeria in different capacity years ago.   According to the statement, “I am shocked to hear the news of the passing of Olusegun Awolowo Jr., a resourceful lawyer and grandson of…

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Olomu Kingdom Installs Nigeria Senior Advocate, Albert Akpomudje As 14th Ohworode

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  The people of Olomu Kingdom, have installed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and President General of Government College Old Boys Association, GCOBA, worldwide, HRM Albert Akpomudje as the 14th Ohworode in Ughelli South Local Governmment Area of Delta State. The installation of HRM Albert Akpomudje, SAN as the newly crowned Ohworode of the ancient Olomu Kingdom was greeted with wilde reception by the Olomu people. Untill his installation, HRM Albert Akpomudje, SAN, was the Otota of Olomu Kingdom to the late Ohworode, HRM Macaulay Ovagbedia, Uhurhie -II, JP. Speaking…

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Opinion: The Sacrifices Of Sowore

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BY ABRAHAM OGBODO   Published in The Nigerian Tribune of October 31, 2025.   Omoleye Sowore has a fairly robust history in what he does so well – activism. But his had been mainly a campus business, thriving within the precincts of the University of Lagos (Unilag) in Akoka, Lagos. Until the event of June 12, 1993 and the chain of events that subsequently followed, Sowore was, at best, the active President of Unilag’s Students Union Association. His performance on that beat was never evaluated for national rating. It was…

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Bayelsa Govt. Woos Investors At Maiden Mega Entrepreneurship And Business Innovation Summit

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By Idibhar Julius, Yenagoa       The Bayelsa State Government has declared that the state is now poised to receive massive investment opportunities, as a result of the conducive business environment being created by the present administration.   Governor Douye Diri made this known at a one-day Mega Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation Summit held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.   Governor Diri, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Nimibofa Ayawei, challenged business owners and entrepreneurs in the state to key into the various entrepreneurship and business innovation…

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Pioneer Students Return To Alma Mater, Donate Newly Refurbished, Equipped Admin Block, Classrooms To Institution After 40-Yrs

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Pioneer Students of Ewutuntun Senior Secondary School, Mafoluku-Oshodi returned to their alma mater  40 years, after graduating from the institution in Lagos State. The students were the pioneer of the institution that was founded in 1985 and in commomenoration of the of the their 40 years anniversary, they handed over a newly refurbished and equipped Administrative Block with modern facilities to the management of the institution. The students during the anniversary, also handed over newly four classrooms that were equipped with modern learning equipments for a conducive learning environment. The…

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60MMW Gas Turbine At 85% Level Of Completion- BEDC

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By Idibhar Julius, Yenagoa           The Bayelsa Electricity Distribution Company Limited (BEDC) has confirmed that the 60 Megawatts Gas Turbine project is 85 percent completion.   The company’s Director of Operations, Engr. Steve Bubagha Jr. disclosed this on a media tour of the project at Elebele Community, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.   According to him, the company is making significant progress on the installation of a gas turbine and currently locating the turbines and expects to complete the installation soon.   He stated…

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Okuama And An Army Of Anything Goes

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By Sunny Awhefeada     At the onset of what was to snowball into disdain for the military in 1993, Nigeria’s retiring Chief of Army Staff in the soldierly character of Lt. General Salihu Ibrahim told the nation that the Nigerian army had “become an army of anything goes”. The general and gentleman officer reputed for being one of the most apolitical and brilliant soldiers the nation ever produced made that germane point during the ceremonial pulling out that marked the end of his glorious career in an institution that…

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