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- ↑ The Path to Glory: Being an Address of Welcome Presented by His Excellency Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, JP, Executive Governor of Bayelsa State to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, During His Maiden Visit to Bayelsa State on March 15, 2001 in Yenagoa. Bayelsa State. 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ↑ Dushu, Tangkat; Okwu, Emmanuel; Haliru, Haliru (2022). "An Analysis of Preservation Methods in Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria". Library Philosophy and Practice. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. ISSN 1522-0222.
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