Gov Diri directs levels 1-12 civil servants to resume work
By Enaibo Asiayei Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has directed all civil servants from grade levels 1-12 to resume...
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No vacancy in Bayelsa Govt House; Diri remains Gov until Supreme Court decides – Seriake
By Ebi Perekeme The immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Seriake Dickson, has declared that there is no vacancy...
Bayelsa Election: Diri vows to appeal tribunal judgement
By Ebi Perekeme The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has revealed that he will appeal the ruling by the tribunal...
Letugbene community shutdown Shell’s drilling operations in Bayelsa
By Ebi Perekeme A drilling rig belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has been shutdown by the people of...
OML host communities in Southern Ijaw ‘divide’ over interest
Host communities of the Operating Mining License (OML) 79 in Ekeremor and Southern Ijaw local government areas, Bayelsa State, have...
Bayelsa: Shell Nigeria in talks with host communities on development fund review
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has begun discussions with 12 host communities in Bayelsa which demanded upward...
Insecurity: Redouble efforts, Gov Diri charges security agents
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has charged heads of security agencies in the state to re-double their effort in tackling...
Bayelsa: Oil-producing communities demand $10m development funding
Aggrieved oil-producing communities in Bayelsa State under the auspices of the Iduwini, Mein, Kou, and Bassan Cluster Development Board have...
NDDC: IYC demands a return to Master Plan
The leadership of the pan Ijaw youth groups, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) worldwide, on Tuesday made fresh demands over...
IYC writes INEC over N’Assembly vacant seats in Bayalsa
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Central Zone, has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) requesting for bye-elections to...
We cannot afford to have an acrimonious IYC – Gov. Diri
By Ebi Perekeme Following last weekend’s election of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), at Oporoza, Gbaramatu kingdom, Delta State, the...
NNPC/Chevron JV, Bayelsa communities set N141.65m projects
The Dodo River Communities Development Association in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa on Thursday, July 9, 2020 inaugurated projects...
Gov Diri expresses anger to FG over school feeding
By Ebi Perekeme The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Douye Diri, has faulted the Federal Government for deliberately sidelining the...
Forty groups in N’Delta endorse Dickson for Bayelsa West Senatorial
By James Nanakumor Over forty representatives, comprising of the various organs administering the Aleibiri Federated Communities have endorsed former Bayelsa...
Oil giants gear up to recover part of receding shoreline in the N’Delta
The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and its Joint Venture (JV) partners, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Oando...
Bayelsa records 42 new Corona Virus cases
The Bayelsa State Task Force on Covid-19, says the State has recorded 42 new cases of Covid-19 in three days,...
Cult war allegedly claims five lives in Bayelsa
A bloody clash between two rival cult groups, Icelanders and Bobos, in Amarata area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital,...
Man earns hot water bath for slapping wife
A resident of Bayelsa State, Mr Oyinkro Miebode, has been bathed with hot water by his wife over a quarrel...
Doctor contracts COVID-19 in Bayelsa
By Ebi Perekeme A medical doctor has tested positive for COVID-19 in Bayelsa State, bringing the number of active cases...
Two buses loaded with Almajiri intercepted in Bayelsa
By Ebi Perekeme Bayelsa State government at the weekend intercepted two buses conveying 17 teenagers believed to be almajiris to...
Nine pastors arrested in Bayelsa for allegedly violating COVID-19 lockdown order
No fewer than nine pastors of various denominations have been arrested by the Bayelsa State Task Force on COVID-19 in...
Dickson under pressure to join Bayelsa West Senatorial bye-election race
By Ebi Perekeme Prominent Ijaw leaders have mounted pressure on former Bayelsa Governor Seriake Dickson to join the race for...
Gov. Diri visits boundary of Delta, Bayelsa on COVID-19 alert
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State on Friday made an unscheduled visit to the boundary points with Delta and Rivers...
COVID-19: Bayelsa extends lockdown for another 14 days
Bayelsa State has extended the lockdown of its borders for another two weeks. Governor Douye Diri gave the directive on...
Candidate seeks cancellation of Bayelsa election
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has ordered that Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri and...
N’Delta group gives nod to Pondei as Ag Managing Director of NDDC
By Ebi Perekeme A coalition of groups representing the nine states under the NDDC has congratulated with the Ag. Managing...
Alleged plan by Wike to sponsor protest at Sylva’s residence unraveled by Ijaw group
By Ebi Perekeme A group, Patriots of Ijaw Nation (PIN), has warned Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to stop a...
Bayelsa 2020 Budget: Let’s see ourselves as brothers, sisters – Douye Diri
The new Governor of Bayelsa state, Senator Douye Diri, says he will soon forward the 2020 budget proposal to the...
PANDEF sues for peace in Bayelsa
By Ebi Perekeme Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF has appealed to the people of Bayelsa State to accept the judgement...
Breaking: Police Impose Dusk-to-Dawn Curfew in Bayelsa
The Police in Bayelsa state have imposed three-day dusk to dawn curfew. This was announced by the Commissioner of Police...
Beware of sycophants, corrupt politicians, Frank charges David Lyon
...Calls for more women, youths in appointment Ahead of David Lyon's inauguration as the new governor of Bayelsa state, a...
Appointees embarrass Dickson over exclusion of salary
Some appointees of Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday, barricaded the entrance to the Government House in protest of...
Dickson begs FG to support Bayelsa airport
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson has appealed to the Federal Government to approve necessary permits to enable the state airport...
Bayelsa APC embarks on 3day fasting for Lyon
The All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State on Friday commenced a three-day prayer and fasting programme to usher in David...
Bilabiri: Our people still missing after military attack – Community leader
By Our Correspondent Some indigenes of the Bilabiri I and II communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State...
