Tag: Yenagoa
Sabotage responsible for power outage – Okupe
Doyin Okupe, Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, has attributed the drop in the nation’s power supply to…
Six-year old son of ex-commissioner abducted
A six-year-old son of a former Commissioner in Bayelsa state, Chief Godknows Powell, was on Wednesday kidnapped by gunmen. The…
CAAN Awards: Sean Kingston, Mafikizolo, Others Storm Bayelsa Tonite
Tonight Friday 22 November all roads lead to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State for the maiden edition of the Caribbean American and…
How Anna Banner Bagged Most Beautiful Girl Crown
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE/ Yenagoa Last night 20 July, 18-year old Anna Ebiere Banner was crowned the new Most Beautiful Girl in…
14 suspected oil thieves remanded in prison
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Federal High Court siting in Abuja on Thursday remanded fourteen suspected oil thieves in prison…
JAMB candidate arrested with pistol
Nigeria’s drug czar, the NDLEA on Friday confirmed the arrest of a 26-year-old man in possession of a French-made pistol…
Late Justus Esiri, Ugbomah, Effah Shine At AMAA
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE/Yenagoa Late veteran actor Justus Esiri last night emerged the Best Actor in Africa at the ninth annual Africa…
Jonathan: Attitude not corruption Nigeria’s challenge
President Goodluck Jonathan claimed today that Nigeria’s biggest challenge to good governance is not corruption, but the attitude of Nigerians.…
Azazi: Jonathan, Amaechi pay glowing tributes at burial
General Andrew Owoye Azazi, Nigeria’s former National Security Adviser who died in a military helicopter crash 15 December was buried…
Flood victims protest in Bayelsa
Alleging government lack of compassion and insensitivity, thousands of flood-displaced persons in relief camps in the Bayelsa capital, Yenagoa, on…
Gunmen Kill Policemen
Unidentified gunmen in a black colour Sport Utility Vehicle shot at three policemen, killing two of them while one was …
2 Killed In Cult Clash
The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed that two persons died when two rival cult groups clashed in Yenagoa. The…
Attempt To Burn Down Church Foiled
A middle-aged man whose name was given as Wisdom King is now chatting with the men of the State Security…
Motorists Worried As Erosion Threatens Goodluck Jonathan Bridge
Motorists have expressed concern over the erosion threat at the ‘Ekole Bridge’ named after President Goodluck Jonathan in the Swali…
Gov. Sylva Hiding John Togo —Ex-Militant Alleges
Ekpein Appah, the Obubra Camp Administrator for the rehabilitation of former militants has alleged that the Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre…
JTF Confirms One Dead After Gun Battle
Men of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta shot dead one person on Saturday in Bayelsa,…
Ebebi Is Yet To Resume Duty 24 Hours After Judgement
It’s been a waiting game in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, today to see if Mr Premebowei Ebebi would resume as Deputy…
Sylva Promises To Collaborate With CBN
Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has expressed his administration’s preparedness to collaborate with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,…
Registration Tragedy: 15 Die As Boat Capsizes
At least 15 persons are feared dead as their boat capsized at the Nembe creek in the deep coastal area…