Bayelsa State

The minister had alleged that the Dickson led administration had incurred the N800 billion domestic and 216 million dollars external from 2012 till date in spite of getting over N1.2 trillion from the federation account for the same period.

Bayelsa came behind Rivers and Delta in the report launched on Tuesday in Abuja by BudgiT, a budget transperency advocacy group.

The Shell Petroleum Development Company says no fewer than 610,000 people in the Niger Delta have so far benefitted from its free health interventions in the past eight years.

Tambuwal said that the Governor of Bayelsa State, the Henry Seriake Dickson, approached him in the heat of the tension that followed the incapacitation and death of former President Umaru Yar’Adua, in 2010, to work out the process that…

The President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comrade Abdulwaheed Odusile, has commended the Nation's Judiciary on the judgement quashing a criminal case levelled against a Bayelsa State-based journalist, Jones Abiri, by the Department of…

The Delta Government on Monday assured the corps members serving in the state of adequate security during the 2019 general elections.

Jonathan said the presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party was an experienced leader, capable of uniting the country if given the mandate next year.

Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Commissioner for Information in Bayelsa State, who confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, said the State Government was still assessing the damage caused by the disaster.

Rumson Baribote, an All Progressives Congress House of Assembly aspirant in Bayelsa State, has boasted that the party would dislodge the Peoples Democratic Party in the state in the 2019 general election.

Dickson also expressed shock that the President has failed to take any drastic action against leaders of the All Progressives Congress and their allies who cause mayhem in the state despite making several reports and complaints to him and…

The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has resolved the lingering leadership crisis in the Bayelsa chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

The Bayelsa Government says it is taking steps to ensure that the anticipated flooding expected in some states does not have adverse consequences on residents.

The state Chairman of the congress, Tari Dounana, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Yenagoa.

Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Bayelsa Commissioner for Information, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Yenagoa.

The Bayelsa State Government has established some dedicated call lines to enable residents in the state report cases of high-water level in their areas that could lead to flooding.

A Nigerian plastic-recycling company has won the maiden Shell Outstanding Achievement Prize in the 2018 Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators Awards.

A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State, Chief Tiwei Orunimiye, on Saturday led over 98 leaders and 5,000 members of the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party in the State.

The state Commissioner for Environment, Ebipatei Apaingolo, made the call on Thursday in Yenagoa, when a community-based group, Ondewari Health Education and Environmental Project paid him a courtesy visit.

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, Bayelsa Chapter, on Thursday started the distribution of farm inputs to 227 of its members on the CBN Anchor Borrowers’ Programme meant to empower farmers in the country.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Executive Chairman of the board, Dr Asiam Ikuru, disclosed this on Wednesday in Yenagoa during a news conference on the state of post-primary schools in the state.