Tag: Bayelsa
Lagos gets 379 PMS trucks, Abuja 187, Bayelsa 6 – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said a total of 1,082 truck of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) were loaded and…
Bayelsa targets N600 million monthly IGR
The Bayelsa Government has given the newly inaugurated 11-member Bayelsa State Internal Revenue Board (BSIRB), a monthly target of N600…
Pensioners: Bayelsa warns against sponsored protests
The Bayelsa State Government has frowned against frequent recourse to protests by various aggrieved groups, but expressed commitment to the…
Breaking: Security agencies rescue Dickson’s sister without ransom
The younger sister of Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Henry Seriake Dickson, has been rescued after spending over two months in…
Gov Dickson appoints new SSG
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Seriake Dickson has approved the appointment of a new Secretary to the Government of Bayelsa State.…
Dickson hails Ben Bruce at 60
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has congratulated Senator Ben Murray-Bruce on his 60th birthday anniversary, describing him as “a…
Okowa, others in Bayelsa as Dickson takes oath as Gov
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, accompanied by his wife, Edith, Sunday led top government functionaries…
Dickson to amend Bayelsa criminal code, warns against ransom to kidnappers
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Friday in Yenagoa, read a riot act to criminals with a stern warning…
Perm. Sec. in Police net over alleged attempt to sell baby
A serving Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa, Dr Wisdom Sawyer, has been arrested by the Police over alleged attempt to sell…
Bayelsa Executive Council ratifies 2016 fiscal estimate
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa State Executive Council has approved the 2016 fiscal estimate tagged Budget of Transition with emphasis…
Dickson planning to declare himself re-elected, APC alleges
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Sylva-Igiri Campaign Organisation of the APC has called on security agencies to ensure no one uses…
9 Jan. Election: Gov Dickson decries proliferation of arms
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, southern Nigeria, has decried the proliferation of arms in the state ahead of the…
Police promote 15 officers in Bayelsa Command
The Police Service Commission has promoted 15 officers serving in the Bayelsa Police Command, the Commissioner of Police in the…
Don’t reduce minimum wage, Gov Dickson warns
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the welfare of civil servants, assuring…
Nullification of my election a temporary setback — Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has described the nullification of his election by the Appeal Court…
IYC warns FG against arresting Tompolo
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, the umbrella body of the Ijaw ethnic nationality worldwide has warned that…
Bayelsa Governorship poll: PDP activates structures to defend mandate -Metuh
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has activated its structures across the country to defend the party’s mandate in a democratic…
Gov Dickson seeks support for credible polls
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson wants the international community and all lovers of democracy to actively…
Relieved Siasia vows to win Olympic ticket
With the travails of his mother over, Chief Coach of Nigeria’s U-23 Dream Team, Samson Siasia says his mind is…
Siasia cries out: I’m distracted by my mom’s abduction
Taiwo Adelu Chief Coach of Nigeria’s U-23 Dream Team, Samson Siasia has cried out to Nigerians that the abduction of…
INEC assures of hitch-free poll in Bayelsa
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said it had improved on its logistics and was ready to conduct…
Mom’s kidnap: NFF Hails Siasia’s strong character
Taiwo Adelu Secretary General of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, has commended coach of the U-23 Dream Team,…
Gov Dickson rounds off campaign with mega rally 28 November
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday said its candidate in the 5…
As Kogi goes to the polls
The electorate in Kogi State, northcentral Nigeria, will go to the polls on Saturday, 21 November, to elect a new…
Mother of Sylva’s running mate regains freedom
Madam Ebifieghe Igiri, 105, mother of Wilberforce Igiri, running-mate to Timipre Sylva in the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa, has…
1000 Ijaw APC youths defect to PDP
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt [email protected]> Ahead of December 5 Governorship poll, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, says 1000 youths…
Will APC allow credible elections?
By Bola Bolawole Credible elections are a fulcrum of democracy. Without it, democracy cannot be said to be alive and…
Okowa, Delta people mourn Alamieyeseigha
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Condolences have continued to pour in over the death of Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the former Governor of Bayelsa…
Gunmen kill oil worker in Bayelsa
Unidentified gunmen on Friday killed an oil worker at the Kolo Creek Oilfields operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)…
Debt recovery: Doyin Okupe gets temporary reprieve
Akin kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, south west Nigeria, has adjourned till 27 October this year,the debt…