By Ebi Kemelayefa The leadership of Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSTCOM, has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for giving a nod to the release of N98 billion gas flare funds to host communities in Niger Delta, to manage. In Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, while briefing newsmen during the inauguration of the HOSTCOM new executives for Bayelsa State, the National chairman of

By Ebi Kemelayefa Minister of State for Petroleum and former Governor of Bayelsa state, Timipre Sylva has given hope to the people of  Niger Delta of his willingness to attract development to his state and across the Niger Delta.   It was during his thank-you-tour to Nembe, Twon-Brass and Okpoama, that Sylva bared his mind and

The Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Uche Anozia, has expressed concern over the rising involvement of youths in criminal activities, election violence and thuggery in the state. According to him, though the politicians offer the youths money and engage them to perpetuate violence and hijack ballot boxes during election, he has noticed that Bayelsa

-We didn’t burn houses but curbing Bayelsa for our missing personnel By Ebi Jones The Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, has  comdemned the invasion of Azagbene Community in Ekeremor LGA of Bayelsa State by the the military Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe on July 23. In a press briefing made available to GbaramatuVoice the

By Ebi Jones A fire outbreak has burnt a Bayelsa State-owned radio station, Glory FM. The fire occurred at about 11am on Tuesday, July 2 2019. It was believed that the fire broke out from the control room of the station. Details were that the fire affected the accounts office, live studio, recording studio, control

By Loveth Ojogun Ijaw Women Connect (IWC) Worldwide, in strong terms, has condemned what it described as the unwanton disruptions of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), 2019 General Elective Convention on June 29 2019, at Ijaw House Yenagoa, by hired thugs suspected to be working in favour of some persons who were bent to impose

–it is a sacrilegious act – Igali, Interim Steering Committee Ag Chairman By Brakere Birinimighan A former Police Affairs Minister, Chief Broderick Bozimo has called for reconciliation among different Ijaw stakeholders following the Saturday’s disruption of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) convention by thugs. He made the call on Monday July 1, 2019, as hundreds of

By Brakere Birinimighan A coastal community in Bayelsa State, Nembe, has applauded the completion of the N24 billion Ogbia-Nembe Road built by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, which will be commissioned soon. The applause was made by the chiefs from the area, saying it has opened entree, especially through the land, since the community began.  The Nembe

By Daniel Domotimi Bayelsa State has witnessed the presence of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for farmers affected by the 2018 flood in the State. While considering distributing seedlings to the affected farmers,  the Agency’s Team Leader in the state, Mr Eric Ebhodaghe told our correspondent in Yenagoa on Wednesday, May 1, that over

By Daniel Domotimi Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has given Bayelsans a shocking revelation that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who will emerge as his successor, would be chosen through concentrated prayers and consultations. The governor disclosed this on Saturday, April 20 2019, night at the monthly Praise Night and the

By Shina Badmus Four children have lost their lives after inhaling poisonous carbon-monoxide fume expelled from a generator that powered their house. According to residents of the area, the children inhaled the fumes expelled by the generator that powered their home. All four children, who were still in primary school, had just finished the term’s

The police in Bayelsa State have arrested some suspected armed robbers, who specialised in robbing residents in Yenagoa, the state capital, using a commercial tricycle. The Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident on Sunday, said some of the robbers were shot during a gun battle with policemen. He identified one out

An entrepreneur in the oil and gas sector, Mr. Keniebi Okoko, has identified poor mental disposition of many people in Bayelsa State as the cause of poverty in the midst of plenty. Okoko, who spoke in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on yesterday in Yenagoa, said that poverty of the mind is

By David Owei When Prince Abraham Donokoromo (aka Isaba Abraham), started hobnobbing with musicians at the age of 12 years, his parents were vehemently against the idea. They advice that he should find something more serious doing. He stuck to his dream and today his parents are so proud of him that they have taken

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment Prof. Nelson Brambaifa as Acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). A statement by Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Bayelsa Information and Orientation Commissioner, said on Tuesday that the appointment of Brambaifa was in line with the principle of rotating positions among Niger

The Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has announced the appointment of the immediate past acting Director General of the Department of State Services (DSD) Mr. Matthew Seiyefa, as the new pro-chancellor and chairman of governing council of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma in Southern Ijaw Local Government. Mr. Seiyefa, who only recently retired from

The Bayelsa State Government has moved against the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mukan, deployed to the state by the Inspector- General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Kpotun Idris. The deployment of Mukan by the Force Headquarters had attracted criticisms by the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bayelsa elders, alleging

All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State and the state government were yesterday engaged in diatribe over an alleged fraud in the International Cargo Airport built by the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson in the state. The party threatened that it would jail the governor after his tenure over the matter. The APC described the

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has said his administration is not in a hurry to reopen shut schools in the state because of the need to protect children who are vulnerable to waterborne diseases. Dickson had ordered the closure of primary, secondary and tertiary schools in the state on September 29 as a

Flood has taken over parts of Otuoke Community, hometown of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Otuoke is located in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa and one of the communities mostly affected by flood disasters. Some residents of the community now use canoes to assess their