The Federal Medical Centres Yenagoa and Yola have underwritten the cost of surgical procedure to separate a set of Siamese twins born to an indigent couple in Nembe, Bayelsa.
Dr Dennis Alagoa, Chief Medical Director of FMC Yenagoa
said while receiving the babies on arrival at Bayelsa International Airport on
Sunday that the surgery was done at FMC Yola.
FishNet Alliance on Saturday distributed palliatives to fishermen in Akwa Ibom to cushion the adverse impact of the COVID-19 on the livelihoods.
FishNet Alliance is a coalition of artisanal fishing
groups across Africa supported by Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), a
Nigerian Environmental Rights focused Non Government Organisation.
Some 100 fishermen who also suffered a fire outbreak at
Ibeno, a coastal fishing settlement benefited from the gesture by FishNet
Alliance.
The Bayelsa government on Thursday reiterated its commitment to a peaceful atmosphere for oil and gas exploration and urged community leaders to foster peace.
The Supreme Council of Non-Indegenes in Bayelsa says it would strengthen collaboration with Bayelsa government in the bid to bring development the state and enhance welfare of its members..
Mr Adetona Bakare, Outgoing
President-General of the group gave the assurance on Sunday in a farewell
speech shortly before handing over to the newly elected executives of the group
in Yenagoa.
Bakare noted that the group, a a coalition of more that 15 communities made up of several ethic groups from all
parts of the country had enjoyed harmonious relationship with the people and
government of Bayelsa.
ACP Francis Ndabula, Area Commander in-charge of the Opolo Area, Bayelsa Command of the Nigeria Police on Tuesday enlisted the support of members of the public in combating crime.
Ndabula made the appeal during a meeting with members of the
Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) under his jurisdiction.
He also urged residents and corporate bodies to partner with the
police as well as PCRC, by providing useful information that will lead to the
arrest of criminals in the area.
Ndabula also charged them to make the necessary sacrifices in
order to achieve the aims and objectives of the committee.
Executive Assistant to Dr Seiyaboh Idah, Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Ekeowe, Bayelsa, Mr Alagba Ebiye says the institution has taken Oil and Gas tertiary education to the creeks of Niger Delta.
Ebiye who spoke in an interview on behalf of the rector,
Wednesday in Yenagoa noted that the institution was not deterred by the
challenges of terrain.
He said that the Polytechnic sited at Ekowe, a coastal
settlement by the bank of Nun River in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of
Bayelsa could only be assessed by passenger boats.
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa, says he will appeal Monday’s ruling of the State Election Petition Tribunal that nullified his election as the Governor of Bayelsa.
Diri in a statement on Monday signed by his Acting Chief Press
Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah said he had instructed his lawyers to file the
necessary papers.
The tribunal nullified the election based on the wrongful
exclusion of the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) governorship candidate
in the November 16, 2019 election by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) say they are jointly investigating an oil leak from Ship's Clough Creek-Tebidaba trunkline at Azuzuama community, in Bayelsa.
NOSDRA
announced on its official twitter handle that preliminary findings during a
Joint Investigative Visit (JIV) to the spill site that the oil leakage was
traced to a ruptured point on the pipeline.
The
spill agency said that the spread of the oil has been contained using plastic
booms while recovery of the leaked oil was underway as it was yet to determine
the volume of leaked crude into the environment.
The African Climate Justice Group (ACJG) on Friday called on African countries and institutions to respond urgently to climate, health and COVID-19 crises facing Africa.
ACJG, a coalition of over 300 African and
international organisations and individuals made the call in a statement signed
in Yenagoa by Joyce Ebebeinwe, Programme Officer, Health of Mother Earth
Foundation on behalf of the group.
The document made available to News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) indicated that ACJG is starting a week of action, kicking off
with a advocacy to key continental institutions.
The institutions include UN Environment
Programme, African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) and UN
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
