President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that he will address three major requests tabled by Gov. Duoye Diri of Bayelsa, with “promptness and immediacy.” Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, in a statement in Abuja, said the president made the pledge while responding to an address by the governor during...
Bayelsa State
Operatives from the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja have arrested a man, identified as John Lyon, who is a notorious kidnapper and is well known for boasting about his money online. According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the culprit who has been terrorizing the state of...
The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) says the gas leak on its facility in Bayelsa has been brought under control. This is contained in statement by a Spokesman of the company, Domenica Spina. The company stated that the line had been depressurised and iwas currently being repaired. Agip said...
Suspected ritualists beheaded a 37- year-old security man at a place of worship in Bayelsa on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victim was guarding the place of worship at Elebele community in Ogbia Local Government area of the state when he was murdered. A...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Yenegoa – Bayelsa State Government has called for better collaboration with The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) to enable more investments and to give more value to people of the state. The state’s Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the call during a business...
No fewer than eight passengers in Yenagoa bound speedboats have been abducted by suspected sea pirates along Brass-Yenagoa waterways in Bayelsa State. About 15 passengers were on board the boat and it was also learnt that they were returning from a burial they had attended over the weekend. Eight...
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital has ruled that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election. The presiding judge, Justice Isa Hamma Dashen gave the judgement on Friday. Justice Dashen also held that Jonathan’s right to vie for the...
BY EMEKA CHIKWE, Yenegoa – Energy company, Shell, has inaugurated the second and final phase of its comprehensive health care projects for Oloibiri and other communities in Ogbia Local Government area of Bayelsa State. “Corporate Social Responsibility means doing well. What you have done today means you’re doing well....
BY EMEKA CHIKWE, Yenegoa – The Bayelsa State Police Command on Friday said its Anti-kidnapping unit have arrested a gun-running gang in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesman, Asimin Butswat, who disclosed this in a statement, said its operatives acting on a tip-off on...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says he is the most prepared of all aspirants in the 2023 presidential election. Osinbajo made the submission on Thursday in Yenagoa when he paid a courtesy visit to the Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers in continuation of his consultations ahead of the 2023 presidential...
A suspected cable thief was served a plate of noodles while being punished in Agorogbene community, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The suspect identified as Preye Ayase and his accomplice, Ringo Tareladei, were caught red handed vandalising electric cables connecting Ogobiri and Agorogbene communities in Sagbama on Wednesday, April...
Bayelsa state team at the weekend in Abuja led the first edition of National Para Sports Games with 93 medals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Bayelsa won 31 gold, silver 30 and 32 bronze to clinch the premier position with 93 medals in the maiden National para...
Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), is seeking partnership with communities and traditional rulers to combat crude oil theft and kidnapping in Bayelsa. Irabor stated this on Wednesday, when he paid a courtesy visit to King Edmond Daukoru of Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa, before interacting with...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Health of Mother Earth Foundation, (HOMEF) has raised concern over another oil spill by Agip PLC at Lasukugbene, a community in Southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa State following the burst of pipelines. The foundation in a statement signed by the Media/ Communication Lead, Kome...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Bayelsa State Government in accelerating telecommunications infrastructure deployment, digital literacy and skills in the State. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, reiterated this...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Italian energy group Eni said it would lift a force majeure on exports of Nigerian Brass River crude oil this week after it completed repairs to a pipeline damaged by a blast. The group had cut oil and gas exports from its Brass Export...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Crude oil supply trouble got worse with Shell and Eni both declared force majeure on key oil flows from Nigeria, threatening to disrupt supplies in a market that is already being impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Force majeure is a foreseeable circumstance that...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari is unwilling to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Following the refusal of the president to sign the document over the mode of primaries, the National Assembly had on January 31 transmitted the reworked bill to the...
The Federal High Court in Yenagoa on Monday adjourned until March 22, hearing in a N 700 billion oil spill compensation suit filed by members of Aghoro I community in Bayelsa. The people of Aghoro I in Ekeremor Local Government Area (LGA) in Bayelsa sued Shell Petroleum Development Company...
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa and his Rivers counterpart, Gov. Nyesom Wike, have predicted victory for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election. Both governors spoke on Monday when Wike visited Diri at the Government House in Yenagoa. According to Diri, only PDP can rescue...