…De Grace FC Wins Big to Secure Quarter Final Place 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 […]
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Bayelsa Hands Over Stranded Fishermen To Sao Tome And Principe
Bayelsa State Government has formally handed over three fishermen who lost their way on the Gulf of Guinea to the Sao Tome and Principe Head of Mission in Nigeria. Speaking in Government House, Yenagoa, during the formal handover on Thursday night, Governor Diri lauded the local fishermen in Okpoama community in Brass Local Government of […]
NDDC Seeks Partnership for Niger Delta Development
By Our Correspondent The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has called on development partners and donor agencies to join hands with the Commission to transform the Niger Delta region into a model of development. The NDDC made this appeal at a one-day policy dialogue with development partners and donor agencies in Abuja, held in collaboration […]
Diri Eulogises Okilo, Says Late Sage Influenced His Politics
Bayelsa Gov Urges Tinubu To Restructure Nigeria Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Tuesday, paid glowing tributes to the first civilian governor of Rivers State, the late Senator Melford Okilo, describing him as a nationalist who moulded him politically. Speaking during the 15th memorial celebration of Chief Okilo, who he eulogised as a political […]
2023 Bayelsa Governor’s Cup: Thrilling Outcomes in Round 32 Matches
Intriguing Fixtures in Round 16 By-Alambo Datonye Fred It was a goal harvest in the Round of 32 at the ongoing 2023 Bayelsa Governor’s Cup, tagged “Prosperity Cup”. A total of 54 goals were scored in the Round out of the 16 games played. This gave an average of an impressive 3.4 goals per match. […]
The Electricity Act, 2023 As A Legal Framework For Resolving Nigeria’s Power Challenges
In an unprecedented move demonstrative of his commitment to reposition Nigeria to attain energy sufficiency for national development, His Excellency, President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, GCFR recently assented to the Electricity Bill, 2023 barely few days after his inauguration and assumption of duties as the President and Commander in-chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The […]
European Commission proposes new hydrogen regulations
By Adepoju Omolara Oluwafunke The European Commission has proposed detailed rules to define what constitutes renewable hydrogen in the EU with the adoption of two Delegated Acts, required under the Renewable Energy Directive, the Commission announced on Monday (13 February). The two Acts are part of a broad EU regulatory framework for hydrogen which includes […]
Health: Redditch students shortlisted in Nursing Times Awards
By Otegbola Olusegun Sunday A NURSING student from Redditch has been shortlisted in the annual Student Nursing Times Awards. Along with her fellow classmates Phillipa Mills, who studies at University at Worcester, has been shortlisted for Nursing Associate Trainee of the Year. Prior to joining the University’s Nursing Associate FdSc course, Phillipa had spent eight […]
Health: New nursing and midwifery graduates join Coffs hospital
By Adepoju Omolara Oluwafunke Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh at Coffs Harbour Health Campus with (from left) director of nursing and midwifery Janelle Goodall, nurse graduates Kate Bowles and Rebecca Henry, nurse educator Melissa Tait, clinical nurse educator Louise White and Coffs Harbour Health Campus GM Lydia Dennett Nationals’ Member for Coffs Harbour […]
The Reality Behind Green Hydrogen’s Soaring Hype
By Otegbola Olusegun Sunday Renewably produced hydrogen has great potential and some powerful allies. But it’s not a decarbonization panacea. Green hydrogen produced using renewable energy is increasingly seen as a key asset for grid and transport decarbonization. Interest in the technology is surging. Shell believes the hydrogen sector deserves the same levels of support […]