With three days left to end the 19th National Sports Festival tagged Abuja 2018, Team Delta may have successfully defended its title, after extending the lead on the medals table to 85 gold medals yesterday.

Bayelsa state government yesterday advocated the need to further review the revenue sharing formula where states get more money than the Federal Government. Deputy Governor, Real Admiral John Jonah (rtd) stated this when members of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), on a data- reviewing mission to the state, paid a courtesy call…

Two gold medals have been won in the cycling event at the on-going 19th National Sports Festival in Abuja, with Rivers and Bayelsa States picking the first position in the men and female categories yesterday. Rivers state’s Gladys Tombrapa picked the first gold medal in the women’s 200 metres, as she crossed the finishing line…

The final home journey of Bayelsa state governor’s mother, Goldcoast Dickson, began on Thursday in Yenagoa, the state capital with prominent Nigerians including the immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan, paying tributes. Jonathan, Jerry Gana and King Alfred Diete Spiff joined governors at the service of song held at the ecumenical center. Goldcoast Dickson, fondly called…

More than one year after beneficiaries of the Fadama programme, an initiative of the Federal Government and the World Bank were validated and promised disbursement of fund for agricultural purposes, the FADAMA III AF authorities have again asked beneficiaries of the Graduate Unemployed Youths and Women Supports (GUYS) for another revalidation exercise across the participating…

The Police Command in Bayelsa says it is committed to protection of lives and property in the state and will not backslide on raiding of criminal hideouts. Mr Mukan Joseph, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said this in Yenagoa on Wednesday, while addressing a group of students. The students had staged a protest…

4Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and his counterparts from Bayelsa, Edo and Ekiti states, Seriake Dickson, Godwin Obaseki and Kayode Fayemi respectively, are expected as guests at an intercessory service convened by former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon. The national prayer service, under the aegis of “Nigeria Prays,” will take place on Sunday, November…

Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Heinekan Lokpobiri and the Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have faulted claim that the party was responsible for the frequent change of police commissioners to the state. Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the state House of Assembly and…

Ahead of 2019 general elections, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of trying to foist a siege mentality on Bayelsa State. Addressing a press conference yesterday in Abuja, National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, warned the Buhari-led federal government and the APC to immediately steer clear…

In advanced societies, sport is one of the sectors that account for a major part of government’s internally generated revenues while the youth apply their talents to earn decent living. Governments in such societies give premium attention to infrastructural and youth developmental programmes that give young people opportunities to hone their talents and make the…

When Director General of National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, presented the hosting certificate of the 2018 National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, many were not sure that the culture mission made the right decision to pick the state for the feast…

The 16 Brigade of the Nigerian Army on Friday commenced `Operation Crocodile Smile III’ exercise across some states of the Niger Delta, to stem the tide of pipeline vandalism in the region. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarham, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Port-Harcourt, said the 2018 operation…