October 2026 – Shipping World News Magazine

Oct42026 by Our EditorNo Comments

Unvarnished Truths from Yenagoa: My Morning with Heineken Lokpobiri By Thomas Peretu

News Feature

It was quite refreshing, if not enthralling, to encounter a high-profile public official who speaks gracefully with absolute candour and openness rather than being guided by safe, scripted talking points. This is a rare experience in Nigeria's public life. Too often, media interactions with senior government figures dissolve into predictable exchanges—defensive answers, subterfuge, rehearsed generalities, and an eager rush to escape uncomfortable questions. On October 2nd, I found myself sitting among a select group of media professionals in Yenagoa for a breakfast parlay with Senator Heineken Lokpobiri (PhD), Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil). The atmosphere was convivial and friendly, suitable for a heart-to-heart conversation. The event was curated, as it were, by one...

Oct32026 by Our EditorNo Comments

‘How did you transfer N750bn to people without phones?’ — Atiku tackles APC chairman

News Feature, Politics

Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Nentawe Yilwatda, to explain how the Federal Government transferred money to more than 10 million Nigerians who, according to the APC chairman, do not have mobile phones Recall Vanguard reported that Yilwatda last week while speaking with journalists after a three-day retreat of the APC National Executive Council in Maiduguri, Borno State, had said the beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s N75,000 conditional cash transfer programme were largely poor and vulnerable Nigerians without phones, television sets or access to social media. “Mind you, these people who are poor and vulnerable don’t have telephones to make call...

Oct32026 by Our EditorNo Comments

Abacha’s Creation Of Bayelsa Freed Ijaw People From Oppression, Says Gov Diri State Honours Late Head Of State, Jonathan, Ex-MILADS, Boro, Dickson, Others Former President Dedicates Award To Alamieyeseigha

News Feature

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Thursday night paid tribute to former Nigerian Head of State, the late General Sani Abacha, expressing gratitude on behalf of the Ijaw nation for the creation of Bayelsa on October 1, 1996. Governor Diri said Gen. Abacha deserved continuous commendation for the gesture as he freed the Ijaw people from oppression and injustice. The Bayelsa governor spoke at the Dinner and Awards Night of the Bayelsa at 30 anniversary celebrations tagged “Celebrating Legacies” at the Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Memorial Banquet Hall, Government House, Yenagoa. The well-attended grand finale of the four-day celebrations attracted dignitaries from all walks of life, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, Abach...

Oct12026 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

Diri Eulogises Bayelsa Founding Fathers, Says State Has Made Progress At 30 *’Roads, Power, Jobs Remain Priorities’

News Feature, Press Release

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has paid tributes to its founding fathers, stating that the homogenous Ijaw state created by the former Head of State, late Gen. Sani Abacha, on October 1, 1996, has recorded significant progress in 30 years. Governor Diri, however, said that much remains to be done to fully realise the aspirations of the founding fathers. Diri stated this in a live broadcast to mark the 30th anniversary of the state and Nigeria’s 66th independence anniversary on Thursday. He said the twin anniversary provided an opportunity to honour those who laid the foundations of the state and reflect on what the present generation would leave behind. According to him, Bayelsa’s creation was the product of years of advocacy, petitions, protests, prayers and sa...