Tag: Bayelsa State
Niger Delta Militants attack more oil pipelines in Bayelsa
The Niger Delta Avengers militant group said on Thursday through social media that it had blown up a third crude…
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Bayelsa youths arrest Agip pipeline vandals
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Encouraged by a promise of reward by Governor Seriake Dickson, a vigilante group of youngsters has arrested…
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Militants bomb Agip crude pipeline in Bayelsa
In the latest attack on Nigeria’s oil infrastructure, Niger Delta militants have bombed a crude oil pipeline Bayelsa state operated…
Bayelsa Speaker bows to pressure, swears-in opposition lawmakers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Kombowei Benson, Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Thursday swore-in some opposition members after pressure…
Reconcile with APC, groups urge Timipre Sylva
Some groups have urged former governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa to reconcile with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the…
DPR sanctions 16 fuel dealers over sharp practices in Bayelsa
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bayelsa has sanctioned 16 filling stations in the state for engaging in various…
Bayelsa Govt seals Shell facility
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa State government has sealed the premises of Gbaran Ubie Integrated Oil and Gas facility, a…
400 illegal refineries destroyed in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bayelsa says it has destroyed more than 400 illegal mini refineries…
Bailout: Bayelsa denies media reports, says it got only N1.285bn
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa State Government has faulted media reports that it received N12.85 billion from the Central Bank…
Alameiyeseigha buried in Bayelsa
The remains of late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the first civilian governor of Bayelsa, has been laid to rest in Amassoma,…
Bayelsa Tribunal strikes out suit against Dickson
Okafor Ofiebor Efforts by an opposition party to nullify the election of Governor Seriake Dickson in the last Bayelsa governorship…
Gunmen kidnap Lebanese, kill soldier in Bayelsa
Gunmen killed a Nigerian soldier and kidnapped a Lebanese construction worker on Tuesday in a shootout in the southern oil-producing…
Bayelsa Polls: Dickson sets up 5-man panel to probe civil servants
The Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson, has constituted a five-man panel to investigate the level of involvement of some career…
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…
NGO releases interim report on Bayelsa polls, petitions INEC chairman
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Non-Governmental Organization, NGO, Credible Leadership and Citizen Awareness observing the ongoing re-run governorship election in Southern…
#BayelsaDecides: PDP still in the lead after early results
Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems to be consolidating on his early victory in the Bayelsa…