•Oil spill Oando Plc has disclosed that it has recorded four operational oil spill incidents between October 2024 and the present date. The company also confirmed the completion of repair works on oil spill incidents that occurred along the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Exploration and Production Ltd (NNPC E&P)/Oando pipeline in ...
•Late Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (retired) A former Military Administrator of Bayelsa State, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (retired), has died at the age of 70. The retired naval officer, originally from Ipoti-Ekiti in Ekiti State, passed away yesterday, Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Apapa, Lagos, reports Daily Independent. A joint statement issue...
•Cultists Two graduates of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, have been hacked to death by suspected cultists at the Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. One of the victims was identified as Ayaokpo Sinclair from Tombia community, while the identity of the second victim had yet to be confirmed as of [&hell...
•Cultists The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed that the recent killing of Olotu Wanemi Omubo, the leader of the notorious cult group known as the Bobos, was executed by members of his own group. This incident occurred on a Thursday along Good News Street in Azikoro town, located in the state capital, reports The […]
Oil producer Oando Plc said three sabotage attacks had targeted its pipelines in the oil-rich Bayelsa State over the past week. In a statement as reported by Reuters, Oando, which now owns Eni’s former unit Nigerian Agip Oil Co, said late yesterday, said the incidents involved the 18-inch Tepidaba-Brass crude oil pipeline in the Brass [&hellip...
•FCT Minister Nyesom Wike The much-anticipated political rally by The NEW Associates, earlier scheduled for Saturday, April 12 in Yenagoa, has been postponed to April 26, 2025. The event, widely seen by political observers as a pro-Wike mobilisation, was expected to draw significant attention amid rising political undercurrents in Bayelsa Stat...
•FCT Minister Wike and Governor Diri of Bayelsa The High Court of Bayelsa State, sitting in Yenagoa, has issued an order restraining associates of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, from holding a mega rally in the state pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The proposed rally is scheduled for [&helli...
There is growing political tension in Bayelsa State, ahead of the April 12 mega rally for appreciation of President Ahmed Tinubu and in support of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The organisers are also planning to inaugurate a political group: ‘The new Associates’, Bayelsa chapter, reports Daily Trust. However, G...
•Diri and Wike The organisers of the rally in support of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, have dared Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, vowing to go ahead with the rally that the number one citizen in Bayelsa kicked against. During a meeting with Bayelsa Elders and Security agencies, on Wednesday, […]
•Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has warned those planning a mega rally and inauguration of a group loyal to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, that such gathering is capable of causing crisis in the state. Diri, who also raised the alarm about a plot to […]

