Tag: Bayelsa State
Glo Lauded For Supporting AMAA
Funsho Arogundade The Africa Movie Academy and Bayelsa State Government have commended Globacom for its robust support for African arts,…
Chukwurah, Ozokwo, others shine at AMAA 2014
Funsho Arogundade/Yenagoa It was a night of glory for one of Nigeria’s seasoned actresses, Clarion Chukwurah, as she emerged the…
Mike Adenuga: Nigeria Now Africa’s Movie Capital
Funsho Arogundade As the world converge in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State tomorrow Saturday 24 May for the 10th edition of the…
20 injured as church building collapses in Bayelsa
No fewer than 20 persons were injured on Monday when an uncompleted church building collapsed during downpour in Agudama-Epie, near…
AMAA Comes To Yenagoa
Funsho Arogundade Come Saturday 24 May, the newly refurbished Dr. Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State will be agog…
Bayelsa governor joins manhunt for kidnapped Dutchmen
The Bayelsa state government in southern Nigeria said on Thursday that efforts were underway to free the three Dutch nationals…
3 Dutch Men Kidnapped In Niger Delta
Three Dutch nationals were kidnapped in Nigeria’s oil producing region while on their way to inspect a hospital built by…
Niger Delta terrorists kidnap 3 Dutch citizens
Three Dutch citizens have been kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, police said Monday. The three Dutchmen were…
I will be a grandfather soon – President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has said he would soon be a grandfather. “People that saw me today didn’t recognise me. I…
Governor Dickson Sacks 7 Commissioners
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, southern Nigeria, has sacked seven commissioners in his cabinet. Thos affected in the cabinet…
Commissioner’s sister abducted
Five gunmen have struck at Oloibiri in the southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa and abducted the sister to the state’s…
Dickson: We didn’t sue EFCC over Alamieyeseigha loot
The Bayelsa Government on Tuesday denied media reports that it had filed a suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Soku oil wells belong to Rivers state, says David West
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As the controversy deepens over who owns Soku oil wells between the Rivers State Government and the…
Six-year old son of ex-commissioner abducted
A six-year-old son of a former Commissioner in Bayelsa state, Chief Godknows Powell, was on Wednesday kidnapped by gunmen. The…
Oil spill from Agip’s Brass Terminal pollutes Atlantic Ocean
An oil spill from the Brass Oil Export Terminal, operated by the Agip off the Nigerian Coastline in Bayelsa state,…
CAAN Awards: Sean Kingston, Mafikizolo, Others Storm Bayelsa Tonite
Tonight Friday 22 November all roads lead to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State for the maiden edition of the Caribbean American and…
Hugh Masekela To Thrill At Bayelsa Jazz Festival
South African Jazz legend, Hugh Masekela will be leading other jazz greats at the maiden edition of Bayelsa International Jazz…
Nigeria: Rape victim commits suicide
The Nigerian police in the southern state of Bayelsa has confirmed that an 18-year-old girl committed suicide after a gang…
Sister of Oronto Douglas, Jonathan’s adviser kidnapped
The Nigerian Police Command in southern state of Bayelsa has confirmed the kidnap of Mrs Augusta Douglas-Ayam, the elder sister…
Construction worker on the run over murder of lover
The Nigerian Police in Bayelsa State Command has begun a manhunt for a construction worker suspected to have murdered a…
Bayelsa mulls stopping sponsorship of pilgrims
Governor of the oil-rich Nigerian state of Bayelsa on Friday said that his government would gradually begin to withdraw its…
No Oil Spill In Funiwa Field —Chevron
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the NNPC/Chevron Joint Venture, has described as false report of spill in its Funiwa…
Kidnapped workers released after ransom payment
The five construction workers who were kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s Bayelsa state on Friday have been released by their…
5 workers kidnapped in Bayelsa
Five construction workers attached to a dredging firm, Beks Kimse Nig. Ltd., have been kidnapped by gunmen along the creek…
Crude oil laden vessel gutted by fire in Bayelsa
A barge laden with crude oil reportedly caught fire in the coastal area of Agge in Ekeremor council area of…
How Anna Banner Bagged Most Beautiful Girl Crown
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE/ Yenagoa Last night 20 July, 18-year old Anna Ebiere Banner was crowned the new Most Beautiful Girl in…
Ex-governor Sylva seeks court’s leave to travel abroad
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Timipre Sylva, the embattled former governor of the southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa, who is standing…
Oil theft threat to Nigeria’s security, says Gov. Dickson
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has said that oil theft is a threat to Nigeria’s security and blamed it…
Chevron offloads two Nigerian oil blocks
US-based Chevron announced Tuesday it was selling its interest in two Nigerian oil blocks, becoming the latest multi-national to part…