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 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…
In a bid to improve service delivery and consumer satisfaction, the Bayelsa State Electricity Regulatory Agency (BYERA) has launched its maiden Electricity Service Clinic in Yenagoa. The clinic, held on Thursday at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall, Yenagoa, with the theme, ‘Working Together to Make Reliable Electricity a Reality in Bayelsa State,’ brought together BYERA,…
by Doris Fagha, Yenagoa Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Niger Delta Herald, Mr. Francis Dufugha, has alleged that the administration of Governor Douye Diri is in breach of the Bayelsa State Income and Expenditure Transparency Law, 2012. Dufugha, in a press statement issued in Yenagoa, said the development raises serious concern about respect for the…
Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Dr Peter Akpe, has urged political office holders in the eight local government councils to see their positions as an opportunity to serve the grassroots and prepare for higher responsibility in public service. Dr Akpe gave the charge on Tuesday at an enlarged meeting with chairmen, principal officers and members…
The Special Adviser to Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri on Political Matters, Hon. Collins Cocodia, has called for stronger mobilisation of grassroots supporters to boost the chances of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. The Special Adviser also highlighted the important role of women as resourceful managers and dependable partners in…
Bayelsa United Football Club has congratulated Premium Trust Bank on the commissioning of its new branch at Edepie, along the Yenagoa-Mbiama Road. The branch was officially inaugurated on Monday, August 31, by the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri. Governor Diri cut the tape to formally open the facility in the presence of dignitaries,…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Tuesday, formally closed his reconciliation effort in the Ijaw National Congress (INC) with a mega unity reception at the Ijaw House in Yenagoa. The well-attended event brought together leaders of the Ijaw ethnic nationality, stakeholders and contestants in the disputed April 2026 INC election that produced the…
