The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate in the Nov. 11, 2023 Bayelsa governorship election, on Monday, seek the disbandment of the state’s election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja over alleged undue bias. The APC and…
The House of Representatives has mandated the Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to liaise with NDDC to investigate alleged mismanagement and abandonment of Amassoma Community Shoreline Protection Project in Bayelsa. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion…
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a middle aged man for allegedly beheading his girlfriend. The incident took place in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Saturday. The man, identified as Tony, reportedly…
The Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH, has intensified the Operation Cordon and Search within its area of responsibilities in Bayelsa. The troops discovered and destroyed illegally refined products in the patrols between Jan. 22 and 29. Commodore Olushina Ojebode, the Commander,…
By Bassey Williams, Yenagoa Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command have commenced investigation into the discovery of the decomposing body of a mother of three children in a gutter along the Akali street in Yenagoa Local Government Area of…
By Bassey Williams, Yenagoa A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced Erenyanate Wealth Godday, ‘M,’ 32years old to 10 years imprisonment for unlawful possession of firearms. The convict, Erenyanate Wealth Godday, an indigene of Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe…
The Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate in Bayelsa, Udengs Eradiri, has approached the election petition tribunal, seeking the disqualifications of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate, Senator Douye Diri, and his APC counterpart, Chief Timipre Sylva. Eradiri, who rejected the…
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Wednesday, presented the 2024 budget of N480.99 billion to the state House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget christened: “Budget of Sustainable and Shared Prosperity,” Diri said that the figure was made up…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday arrested 14 people during the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states. These individuals were accused of participating in illegal vote buying, which can undermine the fairness of elections. The…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its personnel to monitor the Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale said in a statement on Friday in Abuja that the aim of the…
