Bayelsa State

Dr Samson Ayokunle, the President, Christian Association of Nigeria, on Tuesday urged desperate politicians to observer decorum and imbibe spirit of sportsmanship as the 2019 elections drew near.

The exercise, which commenced on Saturday, is scheduled to last a period of one week, and focused on communities mostly affected by the flood.

Shell Petroleum Development Company on Monday decried the high rate of vandalism on its pipeline network at its oilfields in Bayelsa resulting to oil leaks and pollution of the environment.

No fewer than 5,929 flood victims in Bayelsa and Delta recently benefited from food items and other relief materials donated by the Nigerian Army, a statement has said.

The Committee on Local Content has concluded plans to investigate 100 per cent foreign ownership of some multinational companies registered in Nigeria.

Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa have called on the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, to intervene in the internal crisis rocking the party to protect its chances in the 2019 elections.

Dickson, who spoke on a live radio programme monitored in Yenagoa, said this was because of the need to protect the vulnerable children from water-borne diseases.

Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has directed that all first class graduates who are from the state and have applied for jobs in the state civil service should be automatically employed.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Sylva governed Bayelsa between 2008 and 2012 under the platform of the PDP, but joined the APC since 2014 upon the formation of the party.

It is a replication of last year’s final match as Cup holders, Rivers Angels, and Ibom Angels clash at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa on Tuesday for the right to hold aloft and keep the AITEO Women’s Cup for the next one year.

Chief Charles Odunukwe, Vice President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, who brokered the truce, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa on Monday.

Chief Charles Odunukwe, Vice President-General of the group, made the call during a visit to flood victims at two Internally Displaced Persons Camps, at Igbogene area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Otuoke is located in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa and one of the communities mostly affected by flood disasters.

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has assured flood victims in Bayelsa and Rivers States that the Federal Government is committed to alleviating their pains.

A Paramount ruler in Rivers, King Bubaraye Dakolo of Ekpetiama Kingdom in Kalokuma/Opukuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa, has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently find a long-term solution to the perennial flooding in the Niger…

The Police Command in Bayelsa has intensified efforts to fish out the killers of a police officer in the state last Sunday night and ensure that they are all prosecuted.

The Nigerian Air Force says it has begun a five-day medical outreach for nearly 4,000 Internally Displaced Persons in Bayelsa.

It was a thrilling contest last weekend as representatives of the South South states of Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa grabbed the last four slots in the ongoing 2018 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show, being sponsored by Cowbell…

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar, who flagged-off the programme on Thursday at Igbogene IDPs camp in Yenagoa, said the essence was to support flood victims in the state.

Major Ibrahim Abdullah, Spokesman of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, said on Wednesday in Yenagoa that they were freed following pressure from the troops in search of the kidnappers.