Tag: Bayelsa State
A Reflection on Bayelsa State
By C. Don Adinuba Bayelsa State is a quintessence of how crisis of social values is at the root of…
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Niger Delta Avengers on the rampage, blow up another pipeline
The Niger Delta Avengers are on the rampage in Nigeria’s South as they blew up another crude oil pipeline belonging…
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…