Tag: Bayelsa State
Alleged mastermind of brutal police killing arrested
Nigeria’s military on Friday said they had arrested the “mastermind” of an April attack that killed 11 policemen and raised…
Reports: Oil Vessel Hijacked Off Bayelsa, Crew Kidnapped
Latest reports said Pirates have hijacked a fuel tanker off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-rich delta region, taking Pakistani and…
Gunmen kill relation of Bayelsa special adviser
Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Tuesday shot dead two persons in the riverside community of Kuroamagbene in the…
Nigeria: 18 killed in weekend of violence
Gunmen killed 18 people in two separate attacks in Nigeria at the weekend. In Bayelsa state, eight former militants were…
Late Justus Esiri, Ugbomah, Effah Shine At AMAA
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE/Yenagoa Late veteran actor Justus Esiri last night emerged the Best Actor in Africa at the ninth annual Africa…
Bayelsa battles rumour mongers
The government of oil rich Nigerian state of Bayelsa decided something needed to be done, to stamp out the spreading…
11 bodies of killed cops found, one still missing
Nigeria’s Security agents Tuesday found 11 bodies of policemen declared missing at the weekend in the southern Bayelsa state, police…
Nigeria’s police boss orders manhunt for cop-killers
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja In a reaction to the killing of 12 policemen at Azuzama, in Southern Ijaw, Bayelsa state,…
Gaps in MEND’s claim of killing 15 cops in Bayelsa
A statement on Sunday purporting to be from the main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing region, MEND, claimed an attack…
Missing 12 Nigerian cops confirmed dead
Governor Seriake Dickson of Nigeria’s oil rich southern state of Bayelsa on Sunday confirmed the death of 12 Nigerian policemen…
Nigerian police still searching for 12 missing cops
Police authorities in Nigeria are yet find 12 of their men declared missing after their patrol boat was attacked by…
Shell’s Nembe trunk line breached at 22 points by oil thieves
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) said on Sunday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state that it has discovered 22 leakage points…
Breaking News: ENI suspends oil drilling in Bayelsa state
Italian energy major ENI said on Saturday it had suspended its activities in Bayelsa state in southern Nigeria due to…
More Knocks For Jonathan Over N6b Church Fund
President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has continued to receive knocks for taking very unpopular decisions, the latest being an event…
Pirates free 6 foreigners kidnapped off Nigeria
Six foreigners kidnapped on February 17 by armed pirates from an oil service ship off Nigeria have been released unhurt…
Dickson: We Are Changing Bayelsa
Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State will be one year in office on 14 February 2013. In this interview…
2 Nigerian soldiers killed in an ambush
Suspected pirates attacked an Indian-owned oil barge Tuesday, killing two soldiers and wounding two civilians in an ambush in Nigeria’s…
Kidnappers strike in President Jonathan’s council
Okafor Ofiebor/Yenagoa Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped Mr Festus Ibegu, and Mrs. Abiye Ibegu, the parents of Mr Richard Ibegu,Chairman of…
Court Extends Forfeiture Order on Sylva’s assets
Justice A.R. Muhammed of the Nigerian Federal High Court, in Abuja today granted the application by the Economic and Financial…
Ex-governor Sylva fails to repossess homes
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Former governor of Nigeria’s Bayelsa state, Mr. Timipre Sylva whose 48 landed properties in Abuja were…
Nigeria Police parades kidnap gang, kingpin escapes
The Nigeria Police Command in Bayelsa state on Thursday paraded three suspects who allegedly kidnapped a monarch and four expatriate…
EFCC seizes 48 ex-governor Sylva’s houses over theft
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 3, 2013 took possession of 48 properties of the former…
Azazi: Jonathan, Amaechi pay glowing tributes at burial
General Andrew Owoye Azazi, Nigeria’s former National Security Adviser who died in a military helicopter crash 15 December was buried…
Gen. Azazi to be buried 29 December
Former National Security Adviser, General Owoye Andrew Azazi, who died in a helicopter crash in his home state of Bayelsa…
4 sailors captured in Nigerian waters
A few days after Nigerian kidnappers freed 5 workers of the Hyundai Heavy Industries in Bayelsa state, pirates have attacked…
Kidnappers free 4 Korean workers in Nigeria
Four South Korean workers who were kidnapped earlier this week in Bayelsa state, south of Nigeria have been released unharmed,…
E-X-C-L-U-S-I-V-E: Nigerian Navy Air Squadron, A Disaster
The Nigerian Navy whose helicopter crashed in Bayelsa State on Saturday, 15 December, 2012, killing the Kaduna State Governor, Patrick…
Senate Condemns Air Mishaps, Orders Probe
The Senate has condemned what it described as the resurgence of air mishaps in the country, and mandated its committees…
Tears As Yakowa’s Remains Arrive Kaduna
Tears flowed freely this afternoon as the remains of the former Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa arrived Kaduna Airport.…
4 Korean workers, 2 Nigerians kidnapped
Four South Korean and two Nigerian workers at the Hyundai Heavy Industries Construction Yard in Brass, Bayelsa state, have been…