The Police Command in Bayelsa says it is committed to protection of lives and property in the state and will not backslide on raiding of criminal hideouts.
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The Bayelsa Police Command on Wednesday said it has dismissed a Police Sergeant who shot and killed a 20 year-old undergraduate, Tariela Nikadae, on November 23.
Bayelsa Police Command on Monday said it had arrested four suspected killers of a police officer attached to Anti-terrorism Unit in the state.
The All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa on Thursday said that borrowing by the State Government to fund the N80 billion International Cargo Airport in the state did not make economic sense.
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.
CAMAC Basketball Club of Yenagoa has won the inaugural edition of the Total National Division 2 League after defeating fellow Atlantic Conference side, Brave Hearts of Calabar, by 84 points to 81.
Rivers Angels made it three titles on the trot with a 1-0 victory over last year’s victims Ibom Angels in the final of the AITEO Cup women’s competition at an impressive Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa on Tuesday evening.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Juliet Sunday’s 48th minute goal gave Rivers Angels the victory.
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.
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has assured flood victims in Bayelsa and Rivers States that the Federal Government is committed to alleviating their pains.
The Bayelsa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Monday pledged its commitment to disaster management to mitigate the he current floods in the state.
No fewer than 150,000 persons have been displaced by flood in Bayelsa, the National Emergency Management Agency on Sunday disclosed.
The Returning Officer, the All Progressives Congress presidential primary in Bayelsa, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said the party leaders in the state had adopted option A4 election pattern.
Traders in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital, have urged the three tiers of government to listen to workers’ demand over the new Minimum Wage for the betterment of the nation’s economy.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP. Asinim Butswat, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa.
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday threw his weight behind the presidential ambition of Senator David Mark, saying the former senate president will strengthen the bond of unity in Nigeria.
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed utmost confidence in the ability of a frontline Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), to perform creditably if given the chance by providence to be the country’s president in 2019.
The immediate past chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State, Chief Tiwe Oruminighe, has called on security agents to investigate the stockpiling of arms by some politicians.
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.
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.