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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

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Dickson swears in 24 new Special Advisers

Ihesiulo Grace 14 March 2018 0

A former chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, Nathaniel Ngo-Sylva was among the new set of 24 Special Advisers sworn into office on Tuesday by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa in Yenagoa. Ngo-Sylva was among the former APC members who recently defected to the PDP, and while inaugurating them, Dickson said […]

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Dickson yet to visit storm ravaged Biseni one week after disaster

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2018 0

One week after a devastating rainstorm hit communities in Biseni Clan in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa, the State Governor, Seriake Dickson is yet to visit the area to commiserate with the people with a view to providing succor for them. The member representing Yenagoa/ Kolokuma/ Opokuma Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon […]

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Send relief materials to storm ravaged community, lawmaker urges Bayelsa govt

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2018 0

The Lawmaker representing Yenagoa Constituency 3 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Gentle Emelah has appealed to the state government to urgently come to the aid of the people of Biseni Clan who lost their buildings and properties to a violent storm which swept through their community on Monday evening. The lawmaker who […]

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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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#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

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2015 governorship election violence: 900 displaced Peremabiri residents return home

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

No fewer than 900 residents of Peremabiri Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, who fled after the 2015 governorship election violence in the state have returned home. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the displaced persons returned to the community on Monday in more than 10 passenger-boats to the […]

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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 […]

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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.

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Unrest at Okaka Estate, Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 18 August 2017 0

Reports of ongoing gunfire exchanges between rival youth gangs suspected to be political thugs currently along Isaac Boro Expressway by Okaka Estate, Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. More to follow

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Rivers: Troops Averts Farmers-Herdsmen Clash, Destroys Illegal Refinery

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2017 0

Troops of 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Rivers have destroyed an illegal refinery at Buguma, Rivers, to checkmate crude oil theft, illegal bunkering and refineries. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, the army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman said that the troops also discovered and destroyed tanks containing crude oil and four boats […]

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1 killed, Many Injured As Bayelsa’s Ex-militants Protest Against Gov. Dickson

Ihesiulo Grace 14 March 2015 0

One person is confirmed dead, while eight others were injured in Friday’s protest by ex-militants in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital against Governor Henry Seriake Dickson over his alleged plans to hijack the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) surveillance contract for the state owned security outfit, Izon Ebi. Ex-militant leaders from other Niger Delta states