The Eagle Online recalls that in 2022, Governor Douye Diri invited Osinbajo to flag off the 630-metre Angiama–Oporoma Bridge across the River Nun to link the Southern Ijaw headquarters by road.
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News of the accident filtered in soon after the accident occurred, with claims of casualties in the incident put at over 10.
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 16, AIG Johnson Oluwole Adenola, alongside the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, CP Iyamah Daniel Edebor, conducted a surprise assessment of the checkpoints as part of efforts to sanitise highway policing in the state.
The governor formally joined the APC on November 3 after defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) without his deputy.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four-day medical mission commenced on Thursday at the Primary Healthcare Centre in Ofoni.
The coalition on Sunday faulted Tompolo over his recent visit to the state and the secret meeting with ex-President Jonathan
His defection on Thursday came less than 24 hours after Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State equally dumped the PDP for the APC.
Speaking during the commissioning and handover ceremony, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, described the project as part of the commission’s corporate social responsibility.
Nancy, who originally hailed from Imo State and relocated to Ughelli in Delta State, owns a small business at Edepie in Yenagoa, where she was assaulted on August 29, 2025.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer for Bayelsa Command, Mr Musa Mohammed, said the manhunt was a result of public outcry in the petition raised by Miss Nancy Wilfred of Ighvie Town, Ughelli, in Delta State, on her ordeal at the hands of the suspects.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports eight suspects, including six males and two females, were paraded by the Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa, Francis Idu.
The council also said its enforcement team arrested five persons for allegedly engaging in illicit activities.
Speaking during the distribution exercise, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, noted that the distribution of palliatives demonstrates the commission’s resolve to align its social interventions with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
It was learnt that the lifeless body of the middle-aged man was discovered inside his vehicle early Friday morning.
Bayelsa garnered 30 gold, 12 silver, and 13 bronze medals five days into the festival in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to maintain a comfortable lead.
The riverine state currently tops the standings with a total of nine medals, six gold, two silver, and one bronze, reflecting a strong start across various sporting disciplines.
This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai.
Douye Diri, as a pragmatic leader with a daring and committed spirit for transformation.
The trainees acquired skills in aquaculture, bee keeping, goat rearing, snail and cassava/plantain farming and grass cutter technology.
He said President Bola Tinubu is behind the projects in his Agudama/Ekpetiama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area.