The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has said that Nigeria spends about $22bn a year on importation of food. Lokpobiri made this known on Saturday at a town hall meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He said the development had led to the astronomical rise in price of rice and […]
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The Bayelsa state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is no longer with happy with the presence of the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri in the Federal Executive Council and have asked him to resign. The party accused Lokpobiri of buying the ministerial slot meant for Bayelsa state from APC chieftain […]
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Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, yesterday, dismissed the gale of defections from his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, describing the defectors as mostly men and women in search of federal appointment. Noting that the defectors were the same category of people who also opposed his emergence in 2012, the governor listed former President Goodluck Jonathan […]
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