Tag: Bayelsa State
Bayelsa warns pensioners against protests
The Bayelsa State Government has frowned against frequent recourse to protests by various aggrieved groups while expressing commitment to the…
Dickson orders suspension on sale of Bayelsa properties
…demands compilation on sold assets The Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has ordered the immediate suspension of the ongoing…
Ben Bruce a gift to Bayelsa, Ijaw nation – Gov Dickson
Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has congratulated Senator Ben Murray-Bruce on his 60th birthday anniversary describing him as “a…
Governor Dickson’s wife not dead – Aide
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Seriake Dickson’s aide has dismissed rumours of the demise of Bayelsa governor’s wife, Dr Mrs Rachael…
Governor Dickson sacks all political appointees, wishes them well
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 24 hours after his inauguration as governor for a second term, Seriake Dickson, governor of…
PICTURES: Governor Dickson sworn-in for second term
Seriake Dickson was sworn-in as the governor of oil-rich Bayelsa state for a second term on Sunday. Here are pictures…
Bayelsa governorship election petition moves sitting to Abuja
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt President of the Court of Appeal Justice Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa has ordered the re-location of the…
Militants attack crude oil pipeline in Bayelsa
A crude oil pipeline in Nigeria’s southern state of Bayelsa operated by the local subsidiary of Italy’s Eni was attacked…
Bayelsa: Abducted female commissioner, Sarafina Otazi, released after 30 days
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Commissioner for Local Government Bayelsa, Madam Sarafina Otazi who was kidnapped on December 20 in Otueke…
Buhari will not congratulate Dickson – Lai Mohammed
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja If Seriake Dickson the Governor of Bayelsa State is expecting a congratulatory message from President Muhammadu Buhari over…
Bayelsa Polls: Injured monarch to be flown abroad
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The traditional ruler of Peremabiri community, Chief Progress Never Die, who was shot at close range by…
Sylva went clubbing, drinking after loss at Bayelsa polls – PDP group
Restoration Campaign Organisation, a Peoples Democratic Party group has claimed that the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva, did…
Timipre Sylva will lose at tribunal – PDP campaign organisation
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Restoration Campaign Organisation has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the just concluded…
Bayelsa: Shoot out in Peremabiri; 2 dead, monarch, others injured
Okafor Ofeibor Less than, 18 hours after Governor Seriake Dickson was declared winner of the governorship election in the southern…
#BayelsaDecides: Perpetrators of violence must be held accountable – Saraki
Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki, has stated that perpetrators of violence during the supplementary election in Bayelsa state must be…