The Bayelsa State Executive Council has approved N61 billion as variation cost on the Nembe-Brass road project. Governor Diri, who made this known yesterday during an inspection of the project, said the council at its meeting on Wednesday approved a review of the construction cost, bringing it to N115 billion. Twenty of the 21km of the first phase of the …

The commencement of the demolition of two buildings belonging to the Bayelsa State Government by the Rivers State Government in Akassa Street, Old GRA, Port Harcourt on Friday increased tension between the two states. The buildings occupying an expanse of land were being used as residential quarters for workers of the Bayelsa State Government Liaison Office in Port Harcourt before …