A man named Ebimotimi Freeborn has been lynched by angry mob for allegedly stealing bread in Yenagoa.The suspect age 31,male from Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was killed at Tombia,a suburb of Yenagoa the state capital.Meanwhile the Bayelsa State Police Command in a statement through the Police Public Relation Officer SP Asinim Butswat has condemned the lynching …

3rd edition of Senator Douye Diri National Scrabble Competition Championship has ended in Yenagoa with the state governor Senator Douye Diri calling on multinationals and International Oil Companies to invest in sports development.The 2 days event which started from 8th ended on the 9th July at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall, Government House, Yenagoa with participants drawn from all parts …

This was first published on October 29, 2018. Considering the resuscitation of the issue by the new Kano State Government, I see the need to republish it.While we knew and respected each other from a distance, I first met Ja’afar Ja’afar in 2015 when I was serving my second stint as the editor of Friday Leadership.Journalists have a way of knowing …

The Titanic crash of 1912 was among the four most calamitous tragedies of the 20th century in the history of humanity. The others were World War I (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), World War II (1939 to 1945), and the Challenger STS Explosion of 28th January 1986. World War I and II claimed millions of lives and properties …

The Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP) has commenced the sensitization of ex-agitators on how to obtain a single digit interest loans from the recently launched cooperative scheme.Rtd Major General Barry Ndiomu the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Program,said the sensitization was to guide prospective beneficiaries on how to have access on the different categories of the loans. Speaking through Mr …

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has refuted claims that he appointed his daughter and uncle as commissioners in the state.The governor had forwarded a list of 25 Commissioner and Special Adviser nominees to the state House of Assembly which was unveiled on FridayThe Speaker of the parliament, Adewale Egbedun reeled out the list on Friday including two nominees who have …

Former Minister of state for petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has sponsor a major medical outreach for health services and medication to Bayelsans in commemoration of his fifty nine birthday celebration.The outreach, held on Thursday at the Gabriel Okara cultural centre, Yenagoa, was aimed at reaching out to less privileged members of the state in the area of healthcare service delivery.Speaking …

The House of Representatives has called for an end to open defecation in the country, while urging the government to increase the number of public toilets annually.This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Bashiru Dawodu (APC-Lagos) on the floor of the House on Thursday in Abuja.His motion was titled: “Need to End Open Defecation in Nigeria and increase …

The Osun State House of Assembly has unveiled the commissioner lists of Governor Ademola Adeleke on Friday.The name of the commissioners was contained in a statement issued by Olamide Tiamiyu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the house and made available to Reporters on Friday.It reads: “The Osun State House of Assembly, under the leadership of Rt. Hon. …

The last 63 years of Nigeria’s post colonial period was notable for political upheavals exacerbated by Military coups that brought the civil war and acts of armed robberies, insurgencies, terrorism and banditry. It was also the period we witnessed the creation of states from 12 to 36 including the FCT Abuja in an effort to bring governance closer to people. …

After two consecutive wins in the Bayelsa State Governor’s Football Tournament christened the Prosperity Cup the Nigeria Union of Journalists Bayelsa State Council on Thursday bowed out of the competition with a 3-1 loss to Dream Academy School.The NUJ Bayelsa team conceded the first goal in the tournament on 27 minute from a gifted error by the goalkeeper having made a significant …

It was a moment of joy and excitement as the former Director of Finance and Administration (DFA), Ondo State Library Board, Alhaji Yusuf Muhyideen celebrated his retirement from service as well as his 60th birthday on 6th July, 2023.The well attended two-in-one event was graced by many dignitaries who thronged the Ondo State Library Event Hall, venue of the ceremony.The …

Governor Ademola Adeleke has submitted a full list of commissioners and special advisers to the State of Osun House of Assembly through the Speaker, Hon. Adewale Egbedun.The list is to be read out at the plenary session of the Assembly when it resumes from its recess early next week.The House of Assembly had gone on recess after the inauguration to …

This was published July 13, 2020 but still relevant.Decree 33 of 1977 saw to the birth of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on April 1 of that year through the merger of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel. The main purpose was for it to add value to the nation’s hydrocarbon resources …

Mr. Xnopia (not a real name but a true story) was (un)happily accompanied by his wife and younger brother on euthanasia tourism to Switzerland. Mr. Xnopia had decided that nothing matters anymore and the time has finally come to just end it all. Assumingly, a due consultation was done between Xnopia’s family and friends and a painful(?) decision was reached …