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Bayelsa to set up environmental guards

Ihesiulo Grace 20 June 2021 0

AHERHOKE OKIOMA, YENAGOA. To check deforestation and other environmental infractions, the Yenagoa government will soon set up a body to be known as Bayelsa State Environmental Vanguard. Governor Douye Diri, who disclosed this during the celebration of this year’s World Environmental Day

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Court reinstates 8 permanent secretaries sacked by Wike

Ihesiulo Grace 31 January 2020 0

The National Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state on Friday voided the sack of eight permanent secretaries by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state. The Rivers state government had in 2015 sacked the eight permanent secretaries, the state head of service and the state accountant general, among others. The sacked permanent secretaries are Samuel […]

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Corps members not victims in Yenagoa shooting, says NYSC Coordinator

Ihesiulo Grace 8 January 2020 0

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Bayelsa said on Tuesday that the scheme did not record any casualty in the shooting of a commercial bus driver and another person by a policeman in Yenagoa. A mobile policeman on Monday evening shot a driver with Peace Mass Transit and one person at Ekeki in Yenagoa. […]

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Polling units open early in Yenagoa amid tight security

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2019 0

Polling units across Yenagoa opened early amidst tight security on Saturday for the conduct of the Bayelsa governorship election

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Religious leaders sue for violence free governorship poll in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 26 October 2019 0

Religious leaders in Bayelsa have called on the electorate to support campaign for peaceful Nov. 16, governorship poll in the state. They made the call during a one day Sensitisation Forum on Saturday in Yenagoa for religious leaders ahead of the governorship poll in the state. READ ALSO LG poll: Low turnout of voters in […]

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Bayelsa APC governorship primary holds today

Ihesiulo Grace 4 September 2019 0

Tunde Opalana – Abuja The governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state will eventually hold today as court sets aside order stopping it. A High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, yesterday set aside an interim order stopping the All Progressives Congress (APC) from conducting its governorship primaries in […]

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Jonathan , Dickson are democrats, they will only Back Sellable Candidate, Says Okoko

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2019 0

Patrick Okohue A frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Bayelsa State, Mr Keniebi Okoko, Thursday described former President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Seriake Dickson as patriots and visionaries, who will only support a marketable candidate. Speaking in Yenagoa, the state capital, Okoko, a businessman and philanthropist, said as two leaders

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Abdulsalami Abubakar commends Dickson over rate of development of Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2019 0

Patrick Okohue Former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, has expressed surprise at the fast rate of development of Bayelsa and its capital, Yenagoa, under the leadership of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. A statement by the Special Adviser to Governor Dickson on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, stated that Abdusalami, made the comment while […]

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Truck driver commits suicide in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 26 June 2019 0

A 45 year-old truck driver, Oliver Osieme, committed suicide inside his room at Etegwe community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa yesterday June 24th. Oliver recently fell into depression after losing his job. His truck had developed a major fault which required so much money for him to fix it. Yesterday while his […]

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Group Commends Appointment Of Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, Mobilises Support For PMB’s reelection

Ihesiulo Grace 6 February 2019 0

The Buhari Supporters of Bayelsa heartily congratulates Prof. Nelson Brambaifa on his recent appointment as the Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta development Commission (NDDC). The group in a press statement signed by its National Coordinator Comrade Braye Odiowei Major in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, said the appointment was a good omen for the region as […]

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Many feared dead, as local boat explodes in Yenagoa river

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2018 0

There was pandemonium in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital on Monday, as no fewer than seven persons including women and children were feared dead after a local market boat in which traders were travelling exploded at the popular Swali market. The boat had barely left the Swali Jetty before it exploded and burst into flames. […]

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Nature takes effect as 5 IDPs give birth in flood camp

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2018 0

No fewer than five Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Igbogene camp, Yenagoa Local Government Area, the Bayelsa State capital, have given birth within the last four weeks since the ravaging flood rendered many homeless in the state. The IDPs numbering over 2000 are currently taking refuge in Igbogene main camp, which has six camp extensions […]

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I’ll soon write about my 2 -year detention by DSS – Abiri

Ihesiulo Grace 22 August 2018 0

A journalist and Yenagoa-based publisher standing trial for alleged involvement in militancy, Mr. Jones Abiri, on Tuesday said that following his experience in detention for over two years by the Department of State Service (DSS), he has concluded plans to write a book titled : “My prison journey “. Abiri arrived the Nigerian Union of […]

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4 killed as cultists renew rival clashes in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2018 0

A suspected cultist, Mr. God-do-well, from Delta state, has been murdered in cold blood by rival cult gang members in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital. God-do-well, aged 34, was cut and left in the pool of his own blood by a rival gang numbering about 40 at the Bayelsa state slaughter site, Swali ultra modern […]

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Ex-Gov’s aide defiles minor as court reminds him in prison custody

Ihesiulo Grace 28 July 2018 0

A former Security Adviser to former Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva, Chief Richard Kpodo, was on Friday arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court in Yenagoa, over his alleged involvement in the rape of minor. The accused was charged with unlawfully detaining one Teke Blessing on June 20 at Etegwe, Yenagoa,with an intention to defile her.nHe was […]

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Peace Corps member arrested for robbery, drug peddling

Ihesiulo Grace 15 June 2018 0

A member of the Peace Corps of Nigeria has been arrested in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital in connection with robbery and drug peddling. The arrest was made by the combined team of police detectives from the Bayelsa State Police Command and officers of the state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), […]

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3,000 students ‘walk against cultism’ in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2018 0

Over 3000 secondary school students at the weekend participated in an anti-cultism campaign tagged, “Walk Against Cultism” in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, as part of activities marking the 2018 Children’s Day celebration. The walk, which commenced from the popular Ekeki Motor Park and terminated at the Peace Park, was aimed at sensitising youths on

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NLC backs Dickson over Bayelsa civil service reforms

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2018 0

…as low turnout mar celebration Bayelsa workers Tuesday, gathered in Yenagoa, the State capital to mark the May Day Celebration with a declaration of support for the ongoing Civil Service reforms embarked upon by the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson. Though the 2018 Workers’ Day celebration in Bayelsa State recorded a low turnout, as the […]

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Govt Assure Bayelsans of Portable Drinking Water Soon

Ihesiulo Grace 20 April 2018 0

…Sets Commissioning Date for Water Projects Bayelsa State Government has said that the people of the State would soon be enjoying portable drinking water. Addressing Government House correspondents on the outcome of the state Executive Council meeting, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso Markson disclosed that, the decision to provide

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500 cultists renounce in Bayelsa as Police arrest 16yrs old girl firearms supplier

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2018 0

About 500 cult members in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, Monday renounced their membership of various cult groups allegedly involved in violent crimes and other criminal activities in some parts of the State. The event, which was organised by the State Security outfit known as Bayelsa Volunteer headed by Comrade Douye Koroye, was organised as […]