The Director of Sports, Bayelsa State Sports Council, Sir Bibo Lambert, has reiterated the state government’s resolve to maintain zero tolerance for age falsification in grassroots sports development. Lambert said integrity and fairness remain central to the state’s sports development philosophy, and that Bayelsa would not subvert laid-down rules in pursuit of laurels. He made…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, unveiled the official logo for the 30th anniversary of the creation of the state, with the theme: “Bayelsa @30: Celebrating Legacies.” Diri, who was accompanied by the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mrs. Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, unveiled the logo during the 197th State Executive Council meeting at…
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has appealed to the Council of Legal Education to raise the admission quota for the Faculty of Law, Niger Delta University (NDU), from 80 to 300. Diri made the appeal on Tuesday during a courtesy visit by an accreditation team of the Council, led by the Director-General of the Nigerian…
Willie Etim There are moments in the life of a public institution when leadership becomes more than the occupation of an office. It becomes an opportunity to redefine an institution, reshape its culture and leave behind systems capable of surviving the personality of the person who created them. For Chief Samuel Ogbuku, Ph.D, FNIM, his…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has announced the fifth edition of its Corporate Communications Book Reading Programme, featuring writer, journalist and strategic communicator, Paul C. Nwabuikwu. The session, slated for Tuesday, September 15, 2026, will spotlight Nwabuikwu’s latest work, The Pain and the Promise: Insights and Fragments on Nigeria and People, Public…
Dominican journalist Joheirry Mola Dominguez has been crowned Miss World 2026, becoming only the second woman from the Dominican Republic to win the title in the pageant’s 75-year history. The 24-year-old was crowned on Saturday at the anniversary edition of the competition in Vietnam, beating more than 100 contestants. Elisabeth Reynes of Spain was first…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will commission the 1.2-kilometre Kaa-Ataba Bridge linking Khana and Andoni Local Government Areas of Rivers State in November. Minister of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, disclosed this on Thursday during an inspection of the bridge. Momoh, who was accompanied by the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr….
Bayelsa United Football Club says the delay in payment of salaries owed some backroom staff is due to ongoing restructuring by the new management board. Chairman, Management Board of the club, Dr Peter Singabele, gave the clarification on Thursday in reaction to a social media post alleging that some staff were owed three months’ salaries….
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has been honoured in London for his contribution to grassroots sports development in Nigeria. Diri received the Outstanding Contribution to Grassroots Sports Development Award at the 2026 Nigerian Universal Keystone Sports Awards, NUKSA, held on Thursday night at the Ham Polo Club, Richmond. The governor was represented at the…
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the Oloibiri Museum and Research Centre (OMRC) will preserve Nigeria’s petroleum history and project the country’s oil and gas heritage to the world. Lokpobiri stated this during an inspection visit to the project site at Oloibiri, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa…
