Tag: Bayelsa State
Tinubu orders measures to ease burden of Middle East crisis on Nigerians
Tinubu reaffirmed the commitment of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to improving citizens’ welfare through impactful governance.
Fire razes through Bayelsa furniture market
Eyewitnesses recall that the residents tried to put out the fire before officials of the Bayelsa State Fire Service arrived…
Odi set to hold festival 69 years after it killed mysterious buffalo
Odi Ogori Ba Uge Festival is a people driven celebration that has endured for nearly seven decades due to communal…
Panic in Yenagoa as deputy governor Ewhrudjakpo slumps at work
Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Yenagoa on Thursday after he…
Bolt driver shot dead inside vehicle in Yenagoa
The lifeless body of the bolt driver was discovered early Friday morning inside his vehicle at the Samphino Road Junction…
Lawmaker fumes as pirates abduct four market women in Bayelsa
The Sea Pirates has attacked the passenger and cargo-laden boat few minutes after it left the Swali Market Jetty in…
Wike’s supporters defy gunshots, inaugurate new chapter in Bayelsa
The supporters of New Associates, who had thronged the venue as early as 8am, were already seated when the gunmen…
Four dead, many injured as rampaging cultists hit Bayelsa community
The member representing Yenagoa Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Ayibanegiyefa Egba, condemned the attack. Egba,…
Bayelsa, parts of Rivers in darkness as vandals destroy TCN’s towers
The towers, TCN said, collapsed after they were vandalized approximately on 6:23 pm on Tuesday. “This incident has disrupted power…
Bayelsa govt. suspends Ohanaeze Ndigbo re-run election indefinitely
Ewhrudjakpo also disbanded the Electoral Committee that conducted the election on Feb. 23 that ended in a stalemate, adding that…
How Tinubu made me to abandon LP for APC: Ex- Bayelsa governorship candidate
Eradiri, who was received by a crowd of residents and APC members in his ward said through the Tantita Security…
Troops dismantle 23 illegal refineries in major raids in 3 states
According to Danjuma, troops impounded four boats and over 2,700 litres of stolen products in Oga-Ama, Buguma LGA, while a…
Navy rescues 8 police officers, 1 civilian from boat accident in Bayelsa
The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Adams-Aliu said…
Navy arrests 2 vessels, 12 crew members in Bayelsa
“Both vessels were found to be transiting with their automatic identification systems switched off, this is a violation of maritime…
Explosion rocks Shell gas plant in x Bayelsa
The gas plant feeds the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) export terminal in Bonny Island, Rivers. A community source said…