Bayelsa
12 Apr
The Nigerian Navy (NN) have arrested two suspected oil thieves, one tank truck used for crude oil theft and a Mazda saloon car loaded with 1,300 illegally refined products, in Bayelsa State.
8 Apr
Thirty-five members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), mobilised for the 2023 Batch A, Stream II service year in Bayelsa, have been sanctioned by the Corps for various offences against the service code.
22 Dec
In a bid to ensure the well-being of the citizenry, the House of Representatives has called on the authorities to tackle the ravaging effects of gully erosion in Yenagoa, Obogoro, Famgbe, Ikolo and other communities within and around the Ikoli River in Bayelsa State. These decisions followed adopting a motion sponsored by Hon. Oboku Abonsizibe…
13 Nov
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, declared the winner of the Saturday, November 11 governorship election.
13 Nov
Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH at Naval Base, Yenagoa in an effort to rid its Area of Operation of criminality, illegalities and illegally possessed weapons has sustained operations and aggressive patrols geared towards curbing the menace of Sea Robbery and piracy as well as Crude Oil Theft (COT) within Nigeria’s Maritime Environment.
12 Nov
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the adjournment of the collation of results for the November 11, 2023, Bayelsa State Governorship Election.
12 Nov
There is massive protest ongoing at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over alleged concocted election results from Nembe Bassambiri. Top Bayelsa-based civil society operatives, women groups, youth groups, state and National Assembly members and other concerned citizens gathered at the office of INEC to protest alleged move by the top leadership…
11 Nov
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State and at various polling units in Imo and Kogi States.
11 Nov
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced uploading the election results of the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship election results on its INEC Result Viewing portal.
11 Nov
The Bayelsa Labour Party, LP, Governorship Candidate Engr Udengs Eradiri, has decried the high level of vote buying, stating that the exercise has been a compromise.
11 Nov
The managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr.Samuel Ogbuku, has hailed the electoral process as peaceful.
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