Bayelsa
Just In: Governor Diri Raises Alarm Over Planned Rally For Wike in Bayelsa, Issues Warning
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has raised concerns over a planned mega rally and the inauguration of a group loyal to Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. He warned that such a gathering could create tension and lead to a crisis in the state. Speaking in Yenagoa during separate meetings with the Bayelsa Elders […]
Bayelsa Women Affairs Commissioner is dead
Mrs. Elizabeth Bidei, the commissioner for Women Affairs in Bayelsa State is dead. The death of Bidei was announced in a statement by Bayelsa Commissioner for Information, Orientation, and Strategy, Mrs. Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai in a statement on Monday. While extending condolences to the husband of the deceased, Chief Jackson Bidei, and her children, Kokua-Obiyai said […]
Bayelsa working to address power challenges
The Bayelsa Commissioner for Information, Orientation, and Strategy, Mrs. Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, has said progress is being made to restore power to the state. Bayelsa was on July 29 thrown into darkness following the vandalism of the 132 KVA twin circuit transmission towers that fed the state. The commissioner said contractors handling the damaged transmission towers […]
Bayelsa LG APC Suspends Lokpobiri, Others
All Progressives Congress (APC) executives in Ekeremor and Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State have suspended key party members including the minister of state for petroleum, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and the 2019 governorship candidate of the state, David Lyon. Two serving commissioners in the PDP-led Bayelsa State government who are also APC members […]
Bayelsa APC suspends Lokpobiri, Lyon, others
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has suspended Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and the party’s governorship candidate during the 2019 election, David Lyon, over alleged anti-party activities. The party also suspended the state Commissioner for Power, Kharim Kumoko, Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Peres Biewari, former APC […]
Flights of fancy: Govs slammed for wasting N160bn on unviable airports
Six state governments including Ekiti, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Yobe, Nasarawa, and Bayelsa have spent about N160bn on airport projects that opposition politicians and aviation professionals classified as unviable. Stakeholders say the huge public funds expended on the facilities have amounted to waste. They condemned the state governors and asked Nigerians to hold them responsible for the […]
27 states, FCT yet to set up minimum wage panels
Twenty-seven states and the Federal Capital Territory have yet to set up committees to implement the recently approved N70,000 minimum wage. The states are Plateau, Kebbi, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Bayelsa, Delta, Osun, Ekiti, Zamfara, Benue, Enugu, Taraba, Gombe, Kogi, Enugu, Adamawa, Niger, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Katsina, Kaduna, Cross River and Yobe. However, […]
19 bodies recovered from Bayelsa boat mishap
Nineteen bodies have been recovered following Wednesday’s cargo boat accident along the Ezetu I community river in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The ill-fated boat conveying traders mostly women and their merchandise was said to have left the Ezetu I community on the Atlantic fringe around 3 pm on the fateful day […]
Police hunt ‘area boys’ for killing final-year Bayelsa varsity student over N150 levy
There is outrage in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State following the stabbing to death on Monday of a final-year student of the Niger Delta University. Community sources who spoke to our correspondent on Wednesday said the victim, Francis Palowei, was at the Sand Dump, a popular spot among the students for […]
Two robbers bag five-year jail term
A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced two persons to five years imprisonment for conspiracy, armed robbery, and unlawful possession of firearms. Believe Leisure, 36, and Jacob Doukumo, 42, with Suit Number BYHC/BHC/CR/1/2023, were arrested by the police on December 24, 2022, along Sangana Creek in the Brass Local Government Area of […]