Bayelsa State
The traditional ruler of Idjerhe Kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, King (HRM) Ovie Monday Obukowho Whiskey (Udurhie I), has declared full support for the creation of Ethiope State from the present Delta State, stating emphatically that the proposed state has the human and natural resources, administrative capacity, […]
Residents of Okpoama kingdom and neighbouring communities in Brass Island, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, are thanking God for sending them a giant animal that was washed to the Okpoama beach. In the early hours of Wednesday at the seashore of the Atlantic Ocean, a stranded whale that looked dead was seen […]
The Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, has laughed over the introduction of a Chinese language into the state school curriculum by Governor Douye Diri. Eradiri’s opinion was standing on the basis that learning a new language was not the issue but how beneficiary is the language going to […]
A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reversed the annulment judgement of Timipre Sylva, candidate of the All Progressive Congress, to fully participate in the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The judgement given by the Appeal Court on Tuesday has said Justice Donatus Okorowo, of the Federal High Court ruling was […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, last night from contesting for the November 11 election in Bayelsa State. The Court ruled that Sylva would be going against the 1999 constitution if allowed to contest again, following the petition brought by […]
A senator representing Bauchi North, Adamu Bulkachuwa had made claims that he uses his wife Zainab Bulkachuwa, position as a judge to favour his colleagues in the senate. Zainab became the first female President of the Court of Appeal to hold such a position. In 2007 she presided over the Sokoto State governorship […]
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has won the presidential election in Bayelsa State. Atiku won Peter Obi of the Labour Party and the All Progressive Congress candidate Bola Tinubu. Atiku won in five out of the eight local government areas with 68,818; Obi secured 50,076, while Tinubu polled 42,572 […]
Due to the scarcity of the new naira notes and the increasing rate at which point of sales (PoS) agents sell the new naira notes and the high charges for the withdrawal, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released emergency telephone numbers to the public to officially report any defaulter. The Director, CBN […]
Two residents of Yenagoa in Bayelsa State capital displaced by the flood and currently taking refuge in IDP’s camp located in Agbura, had given birth inside the camp. One 24-year-old housewife, Mrs Izougo, gave birth to a baby boy two days ago, while a 32-year-old Mrs Mercy Emeka, gave birth to her fourth […]
The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has paid tributes to Prof. Lawrence Baraebibai Ekpebu, renowned scholar and diplomat, who died on January 2, 2022. Ekpebu, who died at 86, was the first African graduate of Harvard University in the United States. Dikio, while paying a condolence visit to […]
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