Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday, said huge investments in the construction of the East-West road might not yield lasting returns unless proper management structures

Barely some weeks after youths across the country took to the streets to protest against police brutality, another bizarre show of brutality has triggered unrest in Yenagoa metropolis, capital of Bayelsa State

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said his administration cherishes its relationship with the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), as the maritime sector possesses great potential

Unidentified gunmen attacked the Toru Orua country home of immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson on Wednesday night, but men of the Nigeria Police repelled the midnight attack.

Rivers United goalkeeper, Theophilus Afelokhai, who was the hero in his team’s final day victory over Bayelsa United at the Second Governor Nyesom Wike Pre-Season Championship

MOSIEND flays Assembly’s approval of N17b for Diri A coalition of 45 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) has sued Governor Douye Diri, four commissioners, and the Bayelsa State House of Assembly at the High Court, Yenagoa over the state’s finances, loans obtained, and debt profile from 2015 to date. The aides listed as respondents in the suit…

With over 140 diagnosed cases of breast cancer and 30 deaths recorded between January 2018 and October 2020 in Bayelsa state, the Ethanrose foundation is set to take a breast cancer awareness campaigns to every community in the state. In collaboration with the wife of the state governor, Barrister Patience Ama Diri, the foundation held…

Sir: The staff of the University of Africa, Toru-Orua owned by the Bayelsa State government hereby cry out over unpaid salaries. The staff which includes lecturers, non-academic, adjunct and sabbatical staff, numbering over 35 who were engaged between December 2019 and February 2020 are being owed salaries for 10, even 11 months, due to no…

There was a mild drama in the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, yesterday, over the suit seeking to disqualify former Governor Seriake Henry Dickson from contesting the Bayelsa West Senatorial District by-election. Eneoriekumoh Owoupele, who hails from Sagbama Council Area as Dickson filed the suit at the Abuja division, but was transferred to the…

Anon-governmental organisation, the Core Advocate For Genuine Change and Peace Initiative (CAGCPI), has urged the Bayelsa State Government to urgently intervene and save communities impacted by flooding in the state. Its Director General, Jacob Brave Obekuma, in a statement in Yenagoa, blamed the situation on government’s negligence, saying Bayelsa was among the states that received…

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has directed the state’s Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to fix the collapsed portion of the bridge on the Edepie-Otuasega-Imiringi road in Ogbia Council Area of the state.  Diri, who gave the directive at the weekend during an inspection of the failed portion, said he asked the ministry to carry…

A pastor and his female assistant, on Saturday night, were burnt to death when a 40-year-old lover, identified as Etifa Obukulubu, set on fire the home of his girlfriend over suspicion of cheating at Igbogene community of Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.   While his girlfriend was lucky to escape the attack, the pastor,…