Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, Governor Seriake Dickson and other notable Ijaw leaders are to attend a stakeholders workshop in Yenagoa on May 22, ahead of the upcoming November 16 Gubernatorial election in Bayelsa.
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The Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party says candidates for the July 27 Local Government poll in the state would emerge through consensus.
Election into Local Government Councils in Bayelsa State will hold on July 27, 2019, according to Dr. Perekeme Bertola, Chairman of the state’s Independent Electoral Commission.
The Bayelsa chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress says its struggles have yielded significant improvement on the well-being of workers in the state within the past four years.
The Bayelsa Government on Thursday announced a total of N13.2 billion gross inflow from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee.
The Police Command in Bayelsa State has confirmed the kidnapping of Wellington Magbisa, father of the Chairman of Sagbama Local Government Area of the state, by gunmen.
The State Minister for Petroleum Resource, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said that the legal action instituted by Nembe communities in Bayelsa over the renewal of the lease for OML 29 will not disrupt oil production.
The people of Nembe-Bassambiri in Bayelsa on Tuesday urged the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, to halt the renewal of lease for OML 29 to Aiteo pending the outcome of a substantive suit before the court.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has put on hold the supplementary elections in Brass Constituency 1 following a court order to include omitted units in the area.
Suspected cultists have killed two corps members and critically injured another during an attack on their residence in Bayelsa.
The Bayelsa chapter of All Progressives Congress has denied allegations linking it to the killing of a Navy personnel during Saturday’s House of Assembly election in the state.
The Commission of Inquiry on election violence set up by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has commenced sitting.
The Bayelsa Police Command on Monday confirmed reports that a Deputy Commissioner of Police deployed for election duties in Brass area of the state was manhandled by thugs.
A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa has ordered the Joint Military Task Force code named, “Operation Delta Safe”, to release two women including a nursing mother in their custody pending the determination of the suit.
The Mobility Command of the Nigerian in Bayelsa said that no fewer than 155 ex-servicemen benefited from its medical outreach to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance Day in the state.
The Bayelsa State Police Command on Wednesday said it averted a serious crime by arresting a two-man armed robbery gang that ambushed customers near commercial banks in Yenagoa.
Four persons have been critically injured in a ghastly motor accident involving a tanker laden with petrol and two commercial tricycles known as “Keke NAPEP”.
Air Vice-Marshal Napoleon Bali, Air Officer Commanding, Mobility Command, Nigeria Air Force, Yenagoa, says NAF is committed to equipping its personnel with the right knowledge for quality service delivery.
President Muhammadu Buhari says succour is on the way for farmers negatively impacted by the excessive rains of this year.
Succour is on the way for farmers negatively impacted by the excessive rains of this year, President Muhammadu Buhari has promised.