Bayelsa State
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 […]
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 […]
Four jailed 160 years for abducting Bayelsa ex-commissioner
A Bayelsa High Court sitting in Ogbia Town, Ogbia Local Government Area of the state has sentenced four kidnappers to 40 years each, amounting to 160 years. The four men had kidnapped the former Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Federal Otokito, on January 20, 2022, and demanded ransom payment. Delivering judgment in Suit No OHC/4C/2022 […]
Seven found dead in Bayelsa music studio, by generator fumes
Residents of Ebi’s Mechanic Road in the Amarata area of Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, were plunged into mourning on Tuesday after the decomposing bodies of seven friends were discovered in a music studio apartment. The tragic incident is believed to have been caused by generator fumes in the studio, owned by one of […]