Tag: Bayelsa State
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…
Yakowa: Bayelsa holds special session
The government of Nigeria’s oil rich Bayelsa state will hold a special valedictory session in honour of late Governor Patrick…
Yakowa: Kaduna Searches For Deputy Governor
Southern Kaduna people in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria have commenced the search for a new deputy governor of the state…
What could be on Governor Yakowa’s mind here?
What could be on late Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa’s mind as shown here, as he attended his last public outing…
Adeyemo Dreams Nations Team Call Up
Winner of two gold medal for Bayelsa State in the 146kg Clean and Jerk weightlifting event of the just concluded,…
Bayelsa PDP adopts Jonathan as leader
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Bayelsa State have taken a resolution that President Goodluck…
Jonathan weeps at brother’s burial
President Goodluck Jonathan could not hold back his emotions at the burial rites for his younger brother, Meni Innocent Jonathan,…
Adeyemo Eye Olympic Medal
David Adeyemo, who won two gold medals for Bayelsa State in the weightlifting event of the National Sports Festival holding…
Adenuga donates N500m to Bayelsa flood fund
The Chairman of Globacom Group, Chief Mike Adenuga Jnr., on Tuesday donated N500 million, about $3.4million, to the Bayelsa Flood…
Nigeria’s flood victims have no home to go
Nigeria’s worst flooding in decades has submerged houses and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, so Gibson Orlu was shocked…
60th birthday: Ibori Greets Alamieyeseigha From UK Jail
It’s a classic case of birds of a feather flocking together. From a UK jail, where he is doing time…
Flood victims protest in Bayelsa
Alleging government lack of compassion and insensitivity, thousands of flood-displaced persons in relief camps in the Bayelsa capital, Yenagoa, on…
Jonathan Asks Amaechi, Dickson End Media War
President Goodluck Jonathan has asked the Bayelsa and Rivers State government to stop the ongoing accusations and counter-accusations in the…
Gunmen Kill Policemen
Unidentified gunmen in a black colour Sport Utility Vehicle shot at three policemen, killing two of them while one was …
Kalabaris Protest Over Plans To Cede 5 Communities To Bayelsa
Elders and Youths of Kalabari Wednesday staged a peaceful protest on the major streets of Port Harcourt , southsouth Nigeria,…
Supreme Court Affirms Dickson’s Victory
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the victory of Governor Seriake Dickson and dismissed a suit…
Jonathan inspects flood ravaged home state by air
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday arrived in his home state of Bayelsa to inspect flood ravaged areas. He could not…
Flood sacks 5 banks in Bayelsa
It is not getting better, but getting worse in Yenagoa, capital of Nigeria’s oil rich Bayelsa state, as the ravaging…
Flood: Bayelsa cut off from Nigeria, cries Governor
Governor Seriaki Dickson of Bayelsa state, on Thursday said that the state has been cut off from the rest of…
Seriake Dickson’s Bayelsa state clocks 16
—OKAFOR OFIEBOR/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State which shares the same date of birth with Nigeria, clocks 16 The Ijaw of the…
Flood warning for 3 Nigerian states
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday predicted that the ongoing flood, affecting some parts of Kogi State is…
Nigerian king flogged by kidnappers…then freed
A Nigerian king abducted for eight days in Bayelsa state, has regained his freedom, after days of flogging by his…
Judicial Sector Reform: Lagos Ready To Assist Other States —Ipaye
The Attorney General and Commissioner or Justice, Lagos State, Ade Ipaye, has declared the readiness of the state government to…
Bayelsa injects taxis to replace motor cycles
Nigeria’s Bayelsa state government has injected 300 ‘ restoration city cabs’ to replace motor cycles as a means of transportation…
Police officer arrested for killing driver
The Bayelsa State Police Command last night confirmed the arrest of a police officer attached to MOPOL 30 Squadron in…
No apologies: Dame Jonathan sworn in as permsec
Governor Seriake Dickson went ahead today to swear in wife of Nigeria’s president, Dame Patience Jonathan as one of the…
Oil spill pollutes waterways, farms in Nigeria
(AFP) – Italian oil giant ENI said Sunday that “an act of sabotage” has caused a spill at one of…
6 suspected pirates killed in Bayelsa
Nigeria’s Joint Military Task Force (JTF) said its men killed six suspected Sea Pirates during a gun battle on the…
Ex-Bayelsa state governor detained over fraud charge
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Former governor of Nigeria’s oil rich Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva, was on Tuesday docked before…
Nigeria: Petrol costs N250 in Bayelsa State
Petrol is being sold at N250 per litre in some parts of Bayelsa state, a major oil producing state and…