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Chinedu Okafor November 27, 2020

Policemen in Nigeria seem to be back to their old ways as they open fire on a crowd of market women

The year 2020 has been one big convoluted story with so many life changing twists and turns that would no doubt be discussed for generations to come. Asides a global…

Omoleye Omoruyi November 7, 2017

Police begin search for notorious armed robbers, cultists who escaped custody

A number of notorious armed robbers and cultists have reportedly escaped from the custody of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. According to The…

Omoleye Omoruyi July 24, 2017

Just In: Explosion rocks Bayelsa prison as inmates attempt jailbreak

An explosion has reportedly rocked a section of the Okaka Prison, Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital following failed attempts by six inmates to carry out a jailbreak. Details later….

Oludolapo Adelana August 13, 2016

20-year-old man rapes 5-year-old girl to death in Bayelsa

A 20-year-old man has raped a five-year-old girl to death in Bayelsa. According to a statement from the Spokesperson of the Bayelsa state Police Command, Asinim Butswat, the man, Timidou…

Adebayo Emuleomo July 7, 2016

New militant group threatens to blow things up unless…

One of the militant groups that recently emerged, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) has given a list of demands and an ultimatum with the threat to blow up…

Janeth J December 9, 2015

Bayelsa APC members protest cancellation of election result (PHOTOS)

Members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Yenagoa are protesting against the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the results of Southern Ijaw LGA in the state…

Kolapo Olapoju December 2, 2015

Don’t vote for ‘Poverty Development Party’ in Bayelsa election – Tinubu

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Poverty Development Party. Speaking at the mega rally of the ruling party in…

Adebayo Emuleomo November 30, 2015

Who attacked Jonathan? Bayelsa Police reacts

The Bayelsa State Police Command on Monday, November 30, disclosed that former President Goodluck Jonathan was not attacked in the state. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), Butswat Asinim, who spoke…

Janeth J September 8, 2015

To PDP governors, everything is falling apart in Nigeria

Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, believe Nigeria is moving into dictatorship under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. The governors, under the aegis of PDP Governors’ Forum, disclosed this on…

Kolapo Olapoju April 26, 2015

Oronto Douglas to be buried in Bayelsa on May 2

by Iyobosa Omoregie The former Senior Special Adviser to the President, Oronto Natei Douglas, who recently passed away, will have a 6-day long burial ceremony. The burial starts with an…

Kolapo Olapoju January 4, 2015

President Jonathan’s younger sister dies

by James Sambo The younger sister of President Goodluck Jonathan has died. The deceased, Mrs Nancy Jonathan-Olei passed away on Sunday, January 4, at a hospital in Yenagoa. The development…

YEditor October 24, 2014

How the JTF and Bayelsa LGA have found détente to fight oil theft

by Tony Tamuno The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta has announced that it has started cooperating with the Southern Ijaw Local Government Council of Bayelsa to curb…

Kolapo Olapoju October 15, 2014

Soldier runs amok, shoots fellow officer dead at close range

by Tony Tamuno A soldier has shot and killed a fellow soldier at the Onopa area of Yenagoa, in Bayelsa state. The incident occurred on the night of Monday, 13 October,…

Kolapo Olapoju September 23, 2014

Mama militant, 60-year-old oil thief nabbed in Bayelsa

by Azubuike Azikiwe A 60-year-old crude oil thief, Victoria Sorkibulor, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Bayelsa State Command. Sorkibulor, who is popluarly known as…

Kolapo Olapoju August 27, 2014

“Stop the criticism, President Jonathan is God-sent” – De Servant

by Kolapo Olapoju Stop criticising him, he is God sent”, this was said of President Goodluck Jonathan by a group called ‘De Servant’, on Tuesday, 27 August during a…

David Cyril August 12, 2014

Forget Ebola: Bayelsa health workers go on indefinite strike, abandon the sick

by David Cyril Today, an indefinite strike has been undertaken by the Health workers of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) yenagoa, Bayelsa State. As a result, this strike…

June 2, 2014

‘I told her to stay still’: Pastor burns 10-year-old niece’s face in Bayelsa

by 'Jola Sotubo A female pastor in Bayelsa has been arrested by the police after reports that she injured her young niece. Fine Oru, a pastor at the Heartbeat of…

January 22, 2014

Civil Defence officer shoots policeman dead in Bayelsa

by 'Jola Sotubo An offensive against robbers in Bayelsa went awry after an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) shot and killed a police officer. The…

January 1, 2014

How gunmen kidnapped 6-year-old son of ex-Bayelsa commissioner today

by Akan Ido A six-year-old son of ex-commissioner in Bayelsa, Godknows Powell has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Reports say the boy was abducted early this morning on Etegwe road,…

November 18, 2013

Sad news: INC President Sekibo slumps and dies

by Adeola Balogun The death has occurred of the President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Senator Tari Sekibo. Senator Sekibo passed on today after he reportedly slumped and died…

September 12, 2013

#StoriesWeHear: Man, 45, arrested over rape of minor

by Oge Okonkwo A 45-year-old man, an indigene of Edo state, has been arrested by operatives of the Bayelsa state police command for allegedly raping an 11-year-old female primary school…

August 31, 2013

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Rescue efforts continue as bridge collapses in Bayelsa

by 'Jola Sotubo Panic has broken out in Bayelsa State today after the collapse of the bridge linking the Igbogene and Okoloibiri communities in Yenagoa, the state capital. The incident…

June 10, 2013

Just terrible: Headmaster arraigned for inserting finger in 8-year-old pupil’s private parts

by Akan Ido The police is Bayelsa have arraigned a 55-year-old headmaster, Akpolagha Agbugiye, for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old pupil. Agbugiye who is the headteacher of a private nursery and primary school…

January 18, 2013

Opinion: Let me tell you what you will see if you take a trip to Yenagoa

by Bayo Olopohunda For a first-time visitor, what will forcefully unearth Yenagoa’s palpably unnatural guise are the slums that sandwich the town, hapless, luckless villages lying forlorn in the creeks,…

November 28, 2012

Bayelsa governor disciplines civil servants for ‘rumour mongering’, ‘making careless statements’, other offenses

by Isi Esene It was suspension galore in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, as governor Seriake Dickson disciplined some civil servants for various offences. Dickson, on Monday, suspended Akpoebi Ifidi, a civil…

September 30, 2012

Concerns rise over Seriake Dickson’s health as he prolongs UK trip

by Isi Esene The health condition of Nigeria's public officers have continued to be an issue of interest with speculation currently making the rounds that the Bayelsa State governor, Seriake…

September 27, 2012

Pregnant woman shot dead in police chase of armed robbers

by Isi Esene There was tragedy in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State yesterday as a pregnant woman was said to have been hit by stray bullets when men of the newly commissioned…

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