Tag: Bayelsa State
Douye Diri sworn-in as Governor of Bayelsa
Senator Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was on Friday sworn in as the 5th democratically elected Governor…
Police impose 3-day curfew in troubled Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Police Command on Friday imposed a three-day curfew in the state after series of violent protests erupt…
Mayhem in Bayelsa: Protesters vandalise properties, vehicles
Protesters have vandalised properties and vehicles in Bayelsa State as they protest the Supreme Court's judgment which nullified the election…
Mixed reactions trail Supreme Court’s judgement sacking APC’s Lyon
Nigerians on social media have expressed different opinions to the Supreme Court’s judgment which nullified the election of the All…
Jonathan reveals real reason he is traumatised
Nigeria's former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has revealed reason he is still in pain and traumatised over the Christmas eve…
Rivers Vs Bayelsa: How the Soku Oil Wells Dispute Started
Today, Monday 16 December, the dispute over the Soku Oil Fields between Bayelsa and Rivers States was resolved by a…
Court confirms Rivers’ ownership of Soku Oil Wells
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday ruled that Rivers State owns the disputed Soku Oil Wells/Fields located…
Kidnappers of female students burnt alive in Bayelsa
Reports from Bayelsa State says the kidnappers three abducted female students of Bayelsa State College of Health Technology have been…
David Lyon dedicates victory
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress and Governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon, has dedicated his victory to the…
3 killed in shootout between APC, PDP hoodlums
Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, Wednesday night visited the injured victims of the brutal clash between suspected thugs…
PDP Mega rally: Jonathan, Wike, others absent
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Deputy Gov. Rear Admiral Gboribiogha, retired John-Jonah, Gov. Nyeso Wike of Rivers and Mr Timi Alaibe,…
APC, PDP in verbal fisticuffs over ‘Biafra cards’
Ahead of the governorship election in Bayelsa state on 16 November, the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the…
Bayelsa NUT bemoans neglect of teachers’ welfare
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Bayelsa chapter, on Saturday bemoaned the neglect of teachers’ welfare and education by the…
Gunmen kidnap Bayelsa Commissioner’s father
The Bayelsa community has been rocked with another kidnap report, just few days after the release of Samson Siasia's mother…
Kidnappers abduct rescuers of accident victims
In a bizarre turn of events, gunmen at the weekend abducted four travellers, who rushed to an accident scene in…