Yenagoa
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 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, […]
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 […]
Residents of Aeroplane Road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State and Bomadi Local Government of Delta State have raised an alarm of floating corpses as the flood continues to ravage parts of the country. This came as several communities in Bomadi, Patani and Burutu local government areas of Delta State were yesterday sacked by the ravaging […]
A Niger Delta environment and peace advocate, Chief Sheriff Mulade, has said that the appointment of a sole administrator to run the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was alien and a contravention of the enabling laws establishing the commission. Mulade, who was reacting to a Federal Court Judgment in Yenagoa, […]
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 […]
A judge of the Delta State High Court, Anthony Okorodas, has said DNA tests have recently revealed that he is not the biological father of three children from his marriage with his former wife. Mr Okorodas, who was appointed a judge in 2018, disclosed this in a statement which he issued on Thursday, January 28. […]
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