Bayelsa imposes new covid-19 curfew
The Bayelsa state government on Friday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew as a renewed efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The state commissioner for information, orientation and strategy , Ayebaina Duba, who announced the development, said the curfew will take effect from May 16 and will be in force until further notice. Urged motorists to […]
Bayelsa bans street trading
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has ordered the removal of illegal structures and traders around all markets in the state capital. Governor Diri gave the order on Wednesday at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Yenagoa. He said the pronouncement was necessitated by the resurgence of clashes between rival cult groups at the Swali market […]
Insecurity: We don’t want troublemakers in Bayelsa – Diri
Police arrest gunrunner in Bayelsa
Shell spills 213 barrels of crude in Bayelsa community
Bayelsa Airport receives approval to commence flight operations
Police arrest suspect over murder of NDU student
Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a student of the Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island. The suspect identified as African Innocent, a 300-level Accounting undergraduate of the University, Wilberforce Island, was arrested yesterday for allegedly having a hand in the murder of James Okunmakpeye. It was reported […]
NDU student shot by unknown gunman on campus
A young man has allegedly been shot at the Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma, Bayelsa state. Sources say the gory incident happened in front of the Faculty of the Management Sciences at the new campus of the institution. The victim, identified as James, a 200-level student of the university was rushed to the sick bay […]
One dead, several injured in Bayelsa’s cult clash
Police nab two for possession of live cartridges in Bayelsa
Operatives of the Anti-kidnapping unit of Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested two men in possession of live cartridges and a bag of Indian hemp in Bayelsa state. Solomon Ibe and Chris Amuka were arrested at Ovom Waterside, Yenagoa prior to a tip off to a police. The suspects were arrested while trying to ferry […]
Bayelsans protest against David Lyon, Agip Oil Company
Bayelsa govt, Community disagree over murder of ex-militant
Bayelsa State government and the indigenes of the Bilabiri Community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday differed over the circumstances that led to the death of a suspected militants’ leader, Frank Brake-Ere Seide, also known as Sea Lion, during a bloody dispute over leadership and control of the Community Development Committee […]