Bayelsa State Government has commenced community by community tracking and profiling of all projects awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with a view to ascertaining those abandoned and uncompleted since inception.

Bayelsa State Government has presented empowerment items, including start-up packs, to 366 pioneer trainees under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) programme.

Unless the Federal Government takes a decisive step, the much talked about General Assembly of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), scheduled for Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on August 16, may not see the light of day.

Governor Douye Diri has assured of Bayelsa State’s collaboration to tackle oil theft, which he stressed, poses a serious threat to the Niger Delta region.

Former Commissioner for Information and Orientation under the administration of a former governor, Seriake Dickson, of Bayelsa State, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, yesterday, warned abductors of former commissioner for Special Duties (Federal Projects) in the state, Mr. Mike Ogiasa, saying they would face the wrath of the law.

Bayelsa State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BioCubaFarma Consortium of the Republic of Cuba for the establishment of vaccines and pharmaceuticals production plant in the state.

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has stressed the need for concerted efforts in implementing policies and programmes aimed at protecting the environment to promote healthy living.

Former spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force, John Awunah, has been confirmed dead. Awunah, who is the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of ZONE 16, Yenogoa, Bayelsa State died on Monday morning. “Yes, we lost him,” the current spokesman of the police, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi told our correspondent via a text message. Adejobi…

Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins in the early hours of Wednesday stormed the residence of a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Frank Oputu and shot him dead in cold blood.

The Police Command in Bayelsa has been thrown into mourning, following the sudden death of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Asufi.

Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, ministers of hydrocarbon and energy in key African countries, indigenous and international oil companies are set to canvass investment to Nigeria, leveraging the Petroleum Industry Act.