Energy News

P/Harcourt disco explains blackout in 4 states

Ihesiulo Grace 20 June 2018 0

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED), has blamed the persisting blackout in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers on ruptured of gas-bearing pipelines to power stations in the states. Manager of Corporate Communications of the company, Mr John Onyi, made this known in

Crime

Police nab suspected gun runner in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 20 June 2018 0

The Police Command in Bayelsa said on Tuesday that it had arrested a suspected gun runner who sold an AK 47 riffle for N500,000 and a Berrata pistol for N250,000. DSP Asinim Butswat, Spokesperson of the command, told journalists in Yenagoa that the suspect was arrested in a sting operation on June 16 at a […]

Politics

2019: Why APC may fail – party chieftain

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2018 0

Berates Oyegun for poor leadership   A chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, Chief Perekeme Kpodo, has said that the party will fail in the forthcoming general elections if the reconciliation by the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, fails.   Kpodo, who spoke in an interview on […]

News

Ijaw youths warn amnesty boss against politicizing scheme

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2018 0

Youths under the auspices of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, on Friday, warned the new Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Quaker Dokubo, against using his office to fund political ambition.   They urged Dokubo to pay attention to the core mandate of the amnesty programme particularly the educational component of the scheme. The […]

Business

Bayelsa, Bristow Helicopters sign MOU for transportation

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2018 0

. Commuters to travel direct from Yenagoa to Lagos, Abuja, others The Bayelsa Airlines, on Wednesday signed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Bristow Helicopters, to provide quality aviation services in the state. Speaking at the signing ceremony at the newly inaugurated Grand Pavilion and Boat Club, Oxbow Lake, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital, the […]

News

Chiefs, Elders, Youths back journalists for Assembly race in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 18 January 2018 0

In what appears to be a new dimension to the forthcoming State Assembly election in Bayelsa, a Pan-Nembe Youth Organization, Save Nembe Group (SNG), has thrown its weight behind the current Vice-chairman of the Bayelsa state council of Nigerian Union of Journalists,(NUJ) Comrade Samuel Numonengi. The group, after a joint council meeting held in Yenagoa […]

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Christmas Day Tragedy, Policeman shoots colleague in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 27 December 2017 0

Barely four days after an armed robber mistakenly shot dead a gang member in Bayelsa, a Policeman attached to Bayelsa Police Command in Yenagoa, has mistakenly shot and killed a colleague in a gun duel between the police and suspected cultists. Daily Times learnt that the incident took place on Monday at Obele area of […]

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Delayed salary, fuel scarcity combine to make Christmas bitter for Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 25 December 2017 0

Bayelsa residents, particularly civil servants would not have fun celebrating this year’s Christmas as the twin evil of salary delay and strangulating fuel scarcity combine to take shine off the celebration. Despite a directive by Gov. Seriake Dickson for December salary to be paid before Christmas thousands of civil servants in the state are yet […]

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Bayelsa: Gunmen kidnap Paramount ruler’s wife, Principal

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

Unknown gunmen on Saturday kidnapped the wife of the paramount ruler of Ayakoro Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa, Mrs. Tina Inegbagha. The gunmen also made away with the Principal of Government Craft Development Centre, Ayakoro, Mr. Egele Jack. A member of the monarch’s family, Mr. Majesty Inegbagha, who confirmed the development to […]

Interviews

Bayelsa 2019 elections is going to be more complex than before –Ekiyor-Welson

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2017 0

Dr. Konrad Ekiyor-Welson is a university don and Executive Director, Campaign for Development and Democracy in Bayelsa, (CDDB), an NGO fighting for the political emancipation of Bayelsa people. In this interview with our Correspondent, CHRIS EZE in Yenagoa, he says CDDB has raised the bar of political awareness among Bayelsans such that politicians are scared […]

Features

Jonathan, Dickson and intriguing politics of Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2017 0

The story that is gaining currency in some quarters in Bayelsa State as the nation approach the peak of political activities ahead of the 2019 general election is that the governor of the state, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson is perfecting plans to defect to another political party where he would have no problems installing a […]

News

Crocodile Smile II: Army Destroys 46 Illegal Oil Refineries in South-South

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2017 0

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that its troops had destroyed 46 illegal oil refining camps and barges, discovered in Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, and 6 Division Spokesman, Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, stated this in a release, while giving a summary of Operation Crocodile Smile II which was […]

News

Robbers, Cultists escape from Police custody in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2017 0

No fewer than 42 suspected armed robbers and cultists detained by the Special Anti Robbery Squad cell (SARS) in Yenagoa on Tuesday broke free from detention and escaped. A Policeman attached to the SARS who was drafted to cordon off the facility said that they were still taking stock of the number of inmates that […]

News

Controversies as Cameroonian ‎die of strange ailment in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

Akam James, Yenagoa Controversy continued to trail the death of a 37year old Cameroon national who was confirmed dead in Ogboinbiri Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa after suddenly falling ill with suspected strange ailment and died in his lover’s home. The Cameroonian, names withheld, was a patent medicine dealer‎ and popularly […]

News In Brief

#DTNalert: Policeman kills 13-year old in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2017 0

A Police Corporal, identified as David Napoleon, attached to the Bayelsa State Police Command, has shot and killed a 13-year-old student in Kpansia community, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. More to follow

Politics

Violence mars election of NDU Alumni Association

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

Niger Delta University Alumni Association NDUAA election held on Saturday at Law faculty in Ovum, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State was disrupted as some of the members alleged that the process had been compromised, leading to hijack of accreditation materials and destruction of ballot boxes and papers. What began as a peaceful process with accreditation that began […]

Health

Bayelsa monkeypox patient takes life in hospital

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

A monkeypox victim on admission at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (UNDTH), Okolobiri, Bayelsa State has committed suicide. It is now understood that the unnamed victim hung himself in the early hours of Monday. Speaking on the development at a joint press conference by the state information and health commissioners, Daniel Iworiso-Markson and Prof. […]

News In Brief

Robbery suspects nabbed in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

Three suspected armed robbery suspects have been arrested by the Special Anti- Robbery Squad of the Bayelsa State Police Command. The three suspects were arrested over the weekend while trying to escape after a robbery incident along Captain Ayeni Street, in the Bayelsa state capital, Yenagoa.

News Top Stories

FG confirms 3 out of 17 cases of Monkey Pox in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

* Wants Nigerians to avoid self-medication. Says suspected case should be reported to nearest hospital Ibeneme Ebelechukwu, Abuja. The federal government Monday said it has received a laboratory confirmation of three cases of Monkey Pox virus from the World Health Organization (WHO) regional laboratory in Senegal out of the 17 suspected cases reported from Yenagoa […]

News In Brief

Oil rig fire causes casualties

Ihesiulo Grace 29 September 2017 0

Casualties have been reported following a fire outbreak at an oil rig operated by Consolidated Oil, an indigenous oil firm at Akassa, Brass LGA of Bayelsa state. The exact cause of the inferno is still unknown. Update: the fire has been brought under control and put out. A statement from Consolidated Oil says the cause […]