Flood: Bayelsa govt extends school resumption date
Bayelsa State Government, through the Ministry of Education, has extended the 2024 flood break resumption date by one week. This…
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Cancer, bizzare sicknesses common in Bayelsa due to oil spillage – Gov Diri
Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri, has decried the prevalence of cancer and other bizarre ailments that are now common in…
CNG: NNPC signs gas supply deal for $3.3bn methanol plant in Bayelsa
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited signed a partnership with Shell, TotalEnergies, and Agip, to complete a historic agreement…
Nigerian Navy apprehends three with illegally refined AGO in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy said its personnel of Operation DELTA SANITY has apprehended 3 individuals in possession of 2 fibre boats…
Oil theft: Troops deactivate illegal refining site, others in Bayelsa
Troops of the Nigerian Army, 6 Division, in conjunction with other security agencies, have deactivated one illegal refining site in…
Save Nigeria, probe Bayelsa N45bn Secretariat contract – Adeyanju to EFCC
Activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju, on Saturday called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate the N45 billion…
Shell blames oil thieves for leak in Imiringi community, Bayelsa
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, SPDC has said that the reported oil spill from its facility in the…
Bameyi close to Bayelsa United switch
Former Flying Eagles captain Daniel Bameyi is close to sealing a move to Nigeria Premier Football League side Bayelsa United.…
Tragedy: 20 die as cargo boat explodes, sinks in Bayelsa waterways
Over 20 persons have been reported dead after a wooden cargo boat, identified as ‘Godbless Dickson’, exploded, and burst into…
Darkness hits Bayelsa as vandals attack two TCN towers
Darkness has hit Bayelsa State as two towers belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, along the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132…
August 1: Bayelsa APC calls for counter-protests
The All Progressives Congress, APC has urged its members in Bayelsa to shun the proposed nationwide protest, calling instead for…
NPFL: Akwa United to participate in Bayelsa pre-season tournament
Akwa United will participate in a pre-season tournament in Bayelsa, DAILY POST reports. The tournament will start on Monday August…
Armed men trail, murder businessman in Bayelsa
A businessman identified as Mr. Cletus Alake, was on Monday morning found brutally killed, by some unidentified armed men at…
Bayelsa governor, Diri commissions hotel in Abuja
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has commissioned a hotel, Trend’s Place Hotel and Suites, in Abuja. Speaking at the commissioning,…
Bayelsa: Stop junketing, face governance – Sylva’s aide blasts Diri
Julius Bokoru, the Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has…
Four kidnappers get 40 years jail term each in Bayelsa
A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Ogbia Local Government Council Area has sentenced a four-man gang that kidnapped the…
Alleged Certificate Forgery: Court discharges case against Bayelsa Senator, Konbowei
An FCT High Court sitting in Apo has discharged Senator Benson Friday Konbowei (PDP-Bayelsa Central) charged with certificate forgery. Konbowei…
Residents butcher whale washed ashore Bayelsa beach
Residents of Okpoama kingdom in Brass Island, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, butchered a giant fish suspected to…
Diri sends names of 13 commissioner nominees to Bayelsa Assembly
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Wednesday, forwarded the names of 13 nominees for appointment as Commissioners to the Bayelsa…
Protest in Bayelsa as policeman allegedly kills cab driver over N100 bribe
There was a protest in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Thursday, following the alleged killing…
Bayelsa guber verdict: My victory will spur me to do better – Diri
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, has said that his victory at the tribunal will propel him to serve the…
Police declare 13 youths wanted over violence, threat to peace in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Police Command Force, on Thursday, declared thirteen persons wanted over an alleged threat to peace in Yenagoa,…
Generator fumes kill 7 friends inside studio in Bayelsa
Residents of Ebi’s Mechanic Road, Amarata area in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, were on Tuesday thrown into…
Flood: NEMA cautions Edo, Delta, Bayelsa residents
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has advised residents of Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states against blocking drainages and waterways…
Ex-Rep drags Wabote to EFCC over disbursement of funds for NCDMB projects in Bayelsa
A former member of the Federal House of Representative from Bayelsa State, Isreal Sunny-Goli, has filed a petition before the…
Gov Fubara: Sen Dickson Leads Bayelsa Delegation On Peace Mission
SENATOR Henry Seriake Dickson, CON, former Governor of Bayelsa State on Monday led a Bayelsa State delegation of royal majesties,…
Bayelsa man, 40, found dead in a brothel
The lifeless body of a yet-to-identified man was on Tuesday found in a brothel where he allegedly lodged with a…
Bayelsa SWAN rejects China Acheru’s caretaker committee
Some aggrieved members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, Bayelsa State chapter, on Tuesday distance themselves from China…
Okuama killings: Soldiers comb Bayelsa communities for suspects, syndicates
Peremabiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area and Akassa kingdom in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State were reportedly…
Eid-el-fitri: Bayelsa Police Command assures of security, felicitates with Muslims
The Bayelsa State Police Command, has assured residents of adequate security ahead of the Eid-el-fitri celebration across the state. The…
BREAKING: Scores killed as angry soldiers raze houses in Bayelsa over Okuama massacre
Troops of the Nigerian Army have stormed Igbomotoru community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, razing houses…
BREAKING: Gov Diri arrives Bayelsa Election Petitions Tribunal to witness proceedings
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has arrived the State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja to witness proceedings.…
Opu-Nembe crisis: Bayelsa community writes Tinubu, demands justice for victims
Leaders of the Opu-Nembe community in Bayelsa State, South-South Nigeria, have written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, pleading with him…
Reps to investigate NDDC over alleged abandoned shoreline project in Bayelsa
The House of Representatives has mandated the Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC to liaise with NDDC to investigate…
Gombe United coach blames fatigue for loss in Bayelsa
Gombe United chief coach Alhaji Kwairanga has saluted Bayelsa United after their matchday 20 clash in Yenagoa. Bayelsa United defeated…
Seven suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Bayelsa
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested seven suspected internet…
Navy arrests, three fishing trawlers, crew members in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, FOB, Formoso, on Thursday, handed over three fishing trawlers and their crew members to…
NSCDC arrests 8 suspected oil thieves in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested eight suspects in its fight…
Agip petition led to arrest, 2 years detention of Bayelsa youth activist – Police tell court
The Bayelsa State Police Command has opened up on the circumstances that led to the illegal arrest and two years…
Oil theft: Vessel arrested with 88,000 litres of stolen crude in Bayelsa
Operatives of Tantita Security Services Limited, in collaboration with security agencies in Nigeria, have arrested a vessel laden with about…
Bayelsa re-run election: INEC declares AGPA winner of Yenagoa Constituency 2 seat
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Amakoromo Waikumo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, winner of the…
Police adopt technology to cub crime, extortion among personnel in Bayelsa
Authorities of the Bayelsa State Police Command have declared readiness to sustain the peace and zero crime level in Yenagoa…
‘No reason to introduce Chinese language in schools’ – LP’s Eradiri tells Bayelsa govt
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, has called on the Douye Diri-led administration…
Alleged cyberstalking: Court grants Bayelsa blogger, Saint Mienpamo bail
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted bail to the Bayelsa-based news blogger and owner of…
Navy hands over seized trawler, 13 crew members to Bayelsa govt
The Nigerian Navy, NN, on Saturday, handed over a fishing trawler, MFV Lady Jessica ll and 13 crew members to…
Court warns DSS on delay tactics in Bayelsa youth activist’s unlawful detention suit
Justice Ebiyon Duke Charlie of the Bayelsa State High Court, on Friday, warned the Department of State Security, DSS, against…
Probe alleged N50bn earmarked to bribe judges in Bayelsa guber dispute – Group urges EFCC
Bayelsa State stakeholders under the platform of Ijaw Renaissance Movement, IRM, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…
Drama as police whisk away accused from Bayelsa court
There was mild drama at a Magistrate court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State when a trader arraigned for alleged breach…
Gov Fubara visits Diri to end property issues between Rivers and Bayelsa
Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has expressed readiness to work with his Bayelsa State counterpart, Governor Douye Diri for…
Child marriage: Bayelsa govt summons four-year-old girl’s parents, groom, others
The Bayelsa State Government has invited parents of a four-year-old girl and the 54-year-old man involved in a purported marriage…