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Oct12026 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

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

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...

Sep32026 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

Oyetola Sets Up Committee for NSC–NPERA Transition…Orders NPA to take over Inland Dry Ports

News Feature, Port News

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, has directed the transfer of the inland dry port (IDP) functions of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), in a move aimed at creating a clear separation between port economic regulation, development and operations. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser Dr. Bolaji Akinola in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister also directed the immediate constitution of a ministerial committee to oversee the transition of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council into the newly established Nigeria Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA), following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s assent to the NPERA Act, 2026. The directives are part of measures to establish a clear institutional framework for the new port eco...

Aug272026 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

BIRTHDAY: Mobereola Visits Tinubu

News Feature

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has received the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, in audience at the State House, Abuja. During the meeting, Dr. Mobereola briefed the President on developments within NIMASA over the past two years, highlighting the progress recorded by the Agency and the challenges confronting Nigeria’s maritime sector. President Tinubu reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the continued development of Nigeria’s maritime industry, stressing the strategic importance of the Marine and Blue Economy in driving economic growth and increasing the sector’s contribution to Nigeria’s GDP. The President commended NIMASA for the progress recorded so far and charged Dr. Mobereola and his team t...

Aug262026 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

Gov Diri Visits Abacha Family

News Feature

Ahead of the 30th anniversary celebration of the creation of Bayelsa State, today I paid a courtesy visit to the family of late Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, in Abuja. I was warmly received at their Asokoro residence by his widow, Her Excellency Dr. Maryam Abacha, the eldest son, Mohammed, his other children and grandchildren. Dr. Maryam had vivid recollections and shared nostalgic memories of the family’s time in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, when Abacha was Brigade Commander of the Bori Camp. Abacha holds the reputation as the Nigerian leader that harkened to the yearning of the Ijaw ethnic nationality for a homogenous state in the Niger Delta area. The dream became a reality on October 1, 1996 when he pronounced the creation of Bayelsa State out of the ol...

Aug262026 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

Tinubu, Jonathan, Diri, Dickson, Others Hail Walson-Jack *She’s A Remarkable Public Servant, Says President As HOSF Exits

News Feature

President Bola Tinubu, former President Goodluck Jonathan, Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, and his predecessor, Senator Seriake Dickson, among others, yesterday poured encomiums on the outgoing Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack. They spoke at the presentation of two books, “I Planted: A Memoir of Purposeful Service,” and “Beyond the Mandate: A Memoir on Leadership, Legacy and Labour of Public Service,” authored by Walson-Jack at the Abuja Continental Hotel on Tuesday. President Tinubu, who was represented by the Minster of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr. Kingsley Udeh, described the exiting HOSF as a remarkable and distinguished public servant that repositioned the federal bureaucracy, making it more effective and efficient. ...

Aug262026 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

Wale Adeniyi Bags Lifetime Achievement Award 2026

News Feature

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has received the Lifetime Achievement in Customs Administration Award at the 10th anniversary edition of the Nigeria Most Influential Awards in Abuja. The award, presented on Saturday, 22 August 2026, recognised CGC Adeniyi’s transformative leadership of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), particularly his contributions to trade facilitation, revenue generation, technology-driven reforms and institutional repositioning. The ceremony, held under the theme, “Celebrating 10 Years of Influence and Impact,” brought together distinguished Nigerians to celebrate individuals whose contributions have made significant impact in their respective fields. Speaking after receiving the award, CGC Adeniyi expressed delight at the recognition, no...

Aug172022 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

JAMOH TO CHAIR MARITIME EDITORS’ CONFERENCE

Maritime, News Feature

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh will chair the the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers (LOMEP) One-day workshop/seminar scheduled to take place at the Administrative Staff Colleage of Nigeria (ASCON), TOPO, Badagry on Thursday, August 25th, 2022 by 11am promt. In the same vein, the sole lecture of the day will be delivered by Mr Charles Okerefe, a time tested maritime resource person, writer, publiher and maritime teacher at the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State. Okerefe will be speaking on, "The role of technology in trade facilitation and smuggling suppression." Other guests at expected at the occasion include Otunba Kunle Folarin, Chairman of the National Seafarers Welfare Board o...

Jun72022 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

SHIPPING WORLD CEO’S DAUGHTER GOES MISSING

Breaking News

IT IS EXACTLY A WEEK SINCE THE DAUGHTER OF SHIPPING WORLD CEO, FAITH TAREBI ASU BEKS DISAPPEARED FROM HER RESIDENCE IN LAKEVIEW ESTATE AMUWO ODOFIN, LAGOS. ANYONE WITH A USEFUL INFORMATION CONCERNING HER WHEREABOUT SHOULD CALL 07012079913 OR THE NEAREST POLICE STATION.

Jun22022 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

FG APPROVES 11bn FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES & ACCES ROADS TO BRASS LG AND 3.8bn FOR a SWITCH-GEAR ROOM FOR OIL & GAS PARK IN BAYELSA STATE

News Feature

The minister disclosed this to State House Correspondents shortly after the over three-hour FEC meeting presided over by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and former Presidential aspirant of the APC, Timipre Sylva, the council approved N3.81bn for a switch-gear room for the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park in Bayelsa State for the local manufacture of components. The PUNCH reports that, in February 2022, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Simbi Wabote, said the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022. Sylva also revealed that the Council approved N11bn for the construction of access...

Apr272022 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

Obi Visits Diri, Says I’m Desperate To Make Nigeria Work *Bayelsa Gov Restates Call For Power Shift

News Feature, Politics

Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has said he is not desperate to be president but eager to see Nigeria work. The two-term governor of Anambra State and vice presidential candidate of the PDP in 2019 stated this on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Douye Diri at the Bayelsa State Government House in Yenagoa. Obi said Nigeria was a great country with untapped potentialities, noting that he is desperate to move the nation away from a consumption economy to a productive one. He stressed that Nigeria was not working because of its unproductive state, which he said was unacceptable to the nation’s young, intelligent and smart population. The presidential hopeful, who reeled out the statistics of agricultural...