A passenger boat capsized near Okoroma in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa on Thursday in an accident involving a cargo boat. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that occupants of the passenger boat swam to safety, but the cargo boat sank. Mr Tari Dikuma, Assistant Secretary of...
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Dr Kola Oredipe, the New Media Director to the Bayelsa Governor, has attributed the peaceful atmosphere experienced in the state during the recently held elections to the disposition and personality of Gov. Douye Diri. Oredipe spoke in Yenagoa at a media parley held at the Secretariat of Federated Correspondents’...
Brig.-Gen. Sadisu Yakasai, the Commander, 16 Brigade, Nigerian Army/Sector 2, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), says the joint military force is winning the war against crude oil theft and militancy in the Niger Delta. Yakasai spoke on Sunday during the end of the year 2022 West African Social Activities (WASA)...
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. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CBN recently made arrangements with super agents, as well as mobile money operators to swap...
Arimieye Thomas, an internet journalist, has since come under attack after he revealed that he ate a chimpanzee in Bayelsa State. The journalist took to his Twitter page to reveal that he had killed a chimp. He wrote: “The chimp had been gunned down by a hunter.” Thomas went...
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Friday pledged to end incessant lecturers strikes and resultant closure of the nation’s universities, if elected. Speaking in Yenagoa, during the party’s campaign in Bayelsa, Obi also promised to clean all the environmental pollution in the state, as well as other...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Friday, met with former President Goodluck Jonathan at his Yenagoa residence in Bayelsa State. Obi and Jonathan, as of the time of this report on Friday evening, were in a meeting behind closed doors amid the LP candidate’s...
The Bayelsa government on Wednesday confirmed it got N90 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) from the Federal Government as of October 2022. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ECA is a fund warehouses oil revenue in excess of budget benchmark of crude oil prices for...
The Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (LPPCC) in Bayelsa, on Friday visited the Igbo Traders Union leadership at the Swali Mini Market in Yenagoa to mobilise support for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the 2023 general elections. The state coordinator for the LPPCC, Mr Alagoa Morris, who...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has disbursed N100,000 loan each to 42 youths in Bayelsa State to embark on sustainable agricultural development. Speaking during the inauguration on Friday in Yenagoa, the Director-General of NDE, Abubakar Fikpo, commended the beneficiaries for their determination drive throughout the training which lasted...
Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent signing into law, of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) on Monday August 16, 2021, after years of back and forth movement,- an Act which provides legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian Petroleum Industry and development of host communities, my recent ‘sojourn’...
His Highness, Amos Poubinafa, traditional ruler of Tungbo town in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa now sleeps in his car as floods have sacked him from his palace. “I have been sleeping in my Toyota Sienna for two weeks since the flood ravaged the palace. “It reached the...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that his government would retool Nigeria’s disaster awareness apparatus if given the opportunity. Atiku, according to his verified social media account (Twitter), said this when he visited Yenagoa, the Bayelsa Capital, to have a personal experience...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced the airlift of relief materials to flood victims in riverine communities in Bayelsa. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According...
Flood has taken over major 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...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Western zone, has urged Federal Government to bring crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region culprits to justice. Alhaji Dele Tajudeen, Chairman, IPMAN Western Zone, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. Tajudeen...
The Liquified Petroleum Gas Retailers (LPGAR) says the shutting down of the Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas (NLNG) processing plant may lead to increase in cooking gas price. Mr Umudu Michael, National Chairman, LPGAR, branch of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), told the News Agency...
The unending flood across Bayelsa has continued to wreak havoc as it had washed up several corpses at Azikoro Government Cemetery in Yenagoa, raising health concerns from the offensive odour in the neighbourhoods. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the flood, which has displaced hundreds of thousands...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the devastation caused by flood in Bayelsa, urging all emergency bodies to provide all necessary assistance to the state. About 700,000 persons have been displaced by floods in 300 communities and villages in 5 LGAs of the...
A 16-year-old boy Temedi Yerimene, has drowned in the ravaging flood at Igbogene Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the flood pushed the remains of the teenager into a deep canal in the area and they have yet to...