•Timaya Afrobeats singer Inetimi Alfred Odon, popularly known as Timaya, has raised the alarm over the reported destruction of farmlands by Fulani herdsmen in his home state of Bayelsa. He called on the government to take urgent action, describing the situation as heartbreaking, reports The Guardian. The Dem Mama crooner also spoke against ope...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Aggrieved women of Yenizue-Gene and Okutukutu communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, yesterday, barricaded the Melford Okilo Road in protest of alleged rape, harassment and destruction of their farmlands by Fulani herdsmen. For several hours, the protesters halted vehicular movement as they laid s...
•Governor Douye Diri Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dame Didi Walson-Jack, yesterday, expressed delight over the construction of a new nine-storey civil servants secretariat by the Bayelsa State government. Mrs. Walson-Jack said when completed, the iconic structure would go down in her memory as an exciting legacy of Governor Dou...
•South-South governors meet in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital today Governors of the South-South geopolitical zone today met in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital over economic and security issues plaguing the region. In attendance at the meeting were Governors Bassey Otu (Cross River), Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta), Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers...
•Nigerian lawyers in Bayelsa under the aegis of The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yenagoa Branch, have sent a protest letter to the Commissioner of Police (CP), Bayelsa State Command, Mr. Francis Idu, over the alleged harassment, molestation and intimidation of a lawyer, Mr. Bodiswowei Oyomowie, by officers of the Puff Adder Unit of the Comm...
•Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State The Bayelsa State Government has officially announced the immediate and indefinite closure of all forest activities within the state’s forests, effective from 1 January 2025. In a statement today, the state Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Ebi Ben Ololo, stated that the government’s decision was in line ...
•Late Mrs. Elizabeth Bidei The Bayelsa State Government has announced the tragic loss of Mrs. Elizabeth Bidei, a member of the State Executive Council and Commissioner for Women Affairs. A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Orientation, and Strategy, Hon. Mrs. Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, expressed deep condolences to the bereaved f...
•Governor Diri The Bayelsa State Government and the chairmen of the eight local government areas in the state have acceded to the demand of organised labour to pay the new N80,000 minimum wage to workers in the unified local government service. The state government, which had earlier approved the N80,000 minimum wage for workers in […]...
•Bayelsa school flood The Bayelsa State Government through the Ministry of Education has extended the 2024 flood break resumption date by one week. This is to allow flood water that took over most schools in the state recede, reports Daily Trust. The state government had earlier scheduled the schools to resume from flood break on […]
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has revealed that the Force has successfully recovered N10 million allegedly extorted from a group of young Nigerians by four officers in Bayelsa State. The officers, identified as ASP Emmanuel Ubong and Inspectors Nse Okon, Adiewere Collins, and Kuromare Marin...
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