Tag: Bayelsa State
APC hoping to use federal might, INEC, security agencies in Bayelsa – Gov Dickson
Bayelsa state governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is hoping to use federal might,…
Agip pipeline eruption: Bayelsa Govt. seeks FG’s intervention
The Bayelsa Government has called for Federal Government’s intervention, to check frequent oil pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta. Bayelsa’s…
APC harvests defectors from PDP as Alaibe, others decamp
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressive Congress, APC, had a big harvest in Bayelsa state today as the Peoples Democratic Party,…
APC can use state facilities, security for campaigns, says Gov. Dickson
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Following the mass defection of prominent members Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa state to the All…
Bayelsa: Mass defection hits PDP as Alaibe, ex-deputy governors defect
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa state appears to be in deep trouble following the planned…
Mike Adenuga donates N500m to Bayelsa flood victims
The chairman of Globacom, Nigeria’s leading telecommunication outfit, Mike Adenuga Jr is not a man who likes to blow his…
2012 flood: We got N535 million, not N15 billion – Bayelsa State
Ayorinde Oluokun The Bayelsa State Post Management Committee, has described as lies the allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
2-month old DPC to field candidates in Kogi, Bayelsa guber polls
The newly registered Democratic Peoples’ Congress (DPC), says it will field candidates to contest governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa…
Nigerian military hunt for killers of its men in Bayelsa
The military has commenced a massive manhunt for the gunmen who killed four soldiers and a policeman at Nembe military…
Pirates kill soldiers, policeman in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa Police Command said on Saturday that four soldiers and a policeman were killed in an attack on Nembe…
Bayelsa cracks down on kidnappers, registers 200-horsepower engine boats
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As part of efforts geared towards tackling kidnapping, sea piracy and other criminal activities in Bayelsa, the…
Police arrest kidnap mastermind of Bayelsa LG chairman
The police command in Bayelsa said it had arrested the suspected mastermind of a failed kidnap attempt on the Chairman…
Bayelsa govt empowers 600 market traders
As part of efforts to grow micro and small enterprises, Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Wednesday disbursed the…
Two-year old baby dies in fire in Bayelsa
A two-year-old baby girl died in a fire outbreak which rendered many people homeless on Sunday in a suburb area…
Bayelsa Governorship: Coalition piles pressure on Sylva
A coalition of forces under the aegis of Niger Delta People’s Movement (NDPM) has urged the people of Bayelsa State…
Defectors to APC are traitors to Ijaw nation – Bayelsa PDP
…says they lack electoral value and were never with us Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa state…
Gunmen abduct Odi compensation fund committee chairman
Unidentified gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Friday abducted the Chairman, Odi Compensation Funds Disbursement Committee in Bayelsa, Professor Zibokere…
Bayelsa, Niger residents pay highest for petrol
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said Bayelsa and Niger residents paid highest price for Premium Motor Spirit…
Why PDP needs younger candidates for Bayelsa, Kogi guber elections
Rethink Nigeria, a group sympathetic to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised the party to field younger candidates in…
Bayelsa, Kogi Election Time Table
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INEC schedules Kogi, Bayelsa gov elections for Nov, December
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved dates for the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. The governorship…
Court reinstates 22 sacked APC Rivers LGA Chairmen
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A new twist has been added to the tussle of who occupies the 22 local government secretariats…
Police recover remains of Bayelsa Agip’s pipeline explosion
The Bayela Police Command said it had recovered the remains of victims of Thursday’s crude oil pipeline explosion which occurred…
Pipeline explosion kills 12, injures 3 at Agip’s oil field in Yenagoa
A total of 12 oil workers died in a pipeline explosion which occurred on Thursday afternoon at Agip’s oil fields…
APC will win Bayelsa governorship election, says Sylva
Former Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylva on Wednesday in Abuja expressed optimism that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would win the…
Regular salaries: Labour hails Gov Dickson
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt At a time when some many states and companies are owing backlog of salaries causing industrial action,…
N19.2bn: Sylva faces fresh corruption charges
The romance between former governor of Bayelsa state, Timipre Sylva and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC seems to…
Gunmen kill 2 policemen, abduct 2 Lebanese in Bayelsa
Gunmen on Wednesday killed two policemen and abducted two Lebanese in Onuegbum, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The slain…
Unpaid Salaries: Bayelsa LG workers to begin strike on Wednesday
Local government workers in Bayelsa on Tuesday resolved to embark on a three-day warning strike on Wednesday over non-payment of…
NDLEA arrests 70 for drug offences in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it had arrested 70 suspects for…