Bayelsa State
Two suspects linked to the sending of the Beretta pistol and bullets waybilled from Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, to Effurun, which led to the extrajudicial killing of Oghenemene Ogidi by ASP Nuhu Usman, have been arrested by the area command. The identities of the suspects were not disclosed after they were brought in on Wednesday […]
Following the dismissal of Officer Nuhu Usman and three others involved in the extrajudicial killing of Oghenemene Ogidi at Effurun, the case file has been forwarded to the Attorney General of the Federation for prosecution. This was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Anthony Placid, on Sunday at the Force Headquarters in […]
The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Oborawharievwo Ewhrudjakpo, has been reported dead. The deputy governor had earlier collapsed on Thursday and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital before succumbing to death at the age of 60. The Bayelsa State Government and the family are yet to issue any statement concerning Ewhrudjakpo’s death. […]
Every report circulating out there that the former Governor of Bayelsa State and ex-Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, is being linked to plotting a coup is nothing but a baseless claim from politicians who are scared of my principal. This was contained in a statement released by Julius Bokoru, […]
Three weeks after an alleged military coup was plotted to dethrone the current administration by some Army officers, Navy, and Air Force who have since been detained in an undisclosed location by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), another raid has been conducted at a former minister’s residence in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday. Sources disclosed that […]
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 […]
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