A passenger boat capsized near Okoroma in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa on Thursday in an accident involving a cargo boat. The occupants of the passenger boat swam to safety, but the cargo boat sank. Mr Tari Dikuma, Assistant…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted an appeal panel to consider appeals arising from the conduct of ward congresses in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo. Its National Organising Secretary, Mr Umar Bature stated in Abuja on Monday that the party’s…
There are doubts over the exit of Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva. Sylva, 58, reportedly submitted his resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. He is expected to contest in the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary election…
Leadership and members of Ogbia Communities in Bayelsa, have applauded the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, for Wednesday’s kick off of Oloibiri Museum and Research Centre Project. The Chairman, Otuabagi Council…
Fourteen of the 18 registered political parties in Nigeria signed an agreement at the INEC office in Yenagoa on Friday to conduct themselves peacefully in Bayelsa during the coming elections. Some of the parties that signed the peace pact were…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun a cash swap policy in Bayelsa, through agents, to distribute the newly-redesigned naira notes to rural communities. Reports state that the CBN recently made arrangements with super agents, as well as mobile…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun a cash swap policy in Bayelsa, through agents, to distribute the newly-redesigned naira notes to rural communities. Newsmen reports that the CBN recently made arrangements with super agents, as well as mobile…
The Dean of Student Affairs at Niger Delta University, Amadoma, in Bayelsa, died in a car crash on Saturday, the police stated on Sunday. Police spokesman in Bayelsa, SP Asinim Butswat, stated that police found the dean in his incinerated…
Operatives of the Anti-kidnapping unit of the Bayelsa State Police Command said it has arrested a notorious armed robbery suspect impersonating a military officer. A statement issued to reporters, on Thursday, through the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Asinim…
Residents and fishermen in Koluama II community, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Rivers State of Bayelsa State have raised the alarm of the use of toxic dispersants to contain ongoing oil spills at an oilfield operated by Conoil Producing…
