Bayelsa
3 days ago
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has expressed concern over rising cases of kidnapping and other violent crimes in Bayelsa State.
5 Jul
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has congratulated the state’s teams that won the just-concluded Nestle Milo National Secondary Schools Basketball Championship in Lagos.
4 Jul
Igbomotoru community in Southern Ijaw Council of Bayelsa State has protested alleged killing of indigenes by security operatives attached to Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) surveillance contractors.
30 Jun
Compared to last year, there is a significant drop in states’ investment in the health sector, backed by a budget decrease from average 11 per cent in 2020 to 4.65 per cent in 2022.
26 Jun
To actualise this, the Bayelsa State-born environmentalist, social thinker, entrepreneur and lawyer, who later turned engineer, recently embarked on a 14-day sojourn into the deep rainforest of Bayelsa.
26 Jun
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), yesterday, confirmed an oil wellhead leak at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 18, operated by an indigenous operator, Eroton Exploration
14 Jun
Confusion has continued to trail the approval of airlines for the 2022 hajj operations, as some states rejected the selection of a particular airline to convey their pilgrims
12 Jun
Bayelsa State government has revealed that the contractor that would construct phase one of the Nembe-Brass senatorial road projects had been mobilized to move to the site.
9 Jun
Ijaw Youth Council (lYC) and Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) have expressed concerns over the dumping of refuse on the road linking Gbarain
4 Jun
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Friday in Abuja disclosed that it had concluded arrangements to commence the transportation of 2022 intending pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on June 9.
3 Jun
Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has again called on churches in the country to boost their end-time messages by focusing more on the gospel of salvation
28 May
Concerned Ijaw stakeholders have called on the Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, to as a matter of urgency give an update on the revocation and subsequent re-allocation of Atala oil
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