The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident occurred on December 4 when one of the speed boats conveying 11 police personnel from Yenagoa to Southern Ijaw capsized at Oporoma.
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The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency says it has concluded investigations on oil spill from Well 13 at Angiama in Bayelsa State.
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has urged the Federal Government to issue operational licence to the Airport inaugurated in the state on Monday.
The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 78-year-old woman, Ayoko Owoko, in the custody of kidnappers in the creeks of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.
Reginald Dei, a Photo-Journalist attached to Bayelsa Government House, who was shot during the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections, is dead.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that both Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and ex-Governor Timipre Sylva had earlier accused each other of masterminding violence that trailed the polls in the state.
Military and community sources in Bayelsa State have described some media reports of militants’ attack on an oil pipeline in Koluama 1, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state as “fake news.”