The Bayelsa Government on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the non-receipt of its share of the N1.6 billion from the Federal Government for the states affected by 2012 flood disaster.
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The Nigerian Communication Commission says it will impose appropriate sanctions on any telecom operator that allows the illegal masking of international calls.
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 Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa, Austin Iwar, said the command would maintain zero tolerance for corruption and human rights abuse.
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board on Friday said it had commenced a 10-year development plan aimed at creating 300,000 jobs in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has urged Islamic faithful across the country to pray for Nigeria’s unity as they celebrate the Eid el-Kabir.
Pan-Igbo group, Ohaneze, has again warned that Nigeria may not endure as an entity if political restructuring of the country is not carried out.
The Police Command in Bayelsa has confirmed the theft of a set of three-year-old twins on Monday by unknown persons at a motor park in Yenagoa.
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps in Bayelsa on Sunday warned oil thieves and pipeline vandals in the area to steer clear of the infrastructure or risk crackdown by the law.
Don Awunah, the state’s Commissioner of Police, said on Friday in Yenagoa during the decoration of the officers that the elevation was also imperative to nation building.
The birthday is scheduled for Saturday (tomorrow).
He said the total savings from the salaries of the council staff and primary school teachers in the local government area amounted to about N42 million naira monthly.
Siasia gave the commendation in Yenagoa at the official draws for the round of 16 of the competition, and his presentation as the Tournament’s Ambassador by the organisers.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that most shops and major businesses were closed in Yenagoa and Kaiama, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, the home town of the late activist.
Sylva who spoke with reporters in Yenagoa after the party’s congress, said the party had put the house in order to ensure that it took over power in the state in the 2020 governorship poll.
Danjuma said that the release followed the confirmation of the test conducted on the product in Port Harcourt which showed that product was sourced from an illegal refinery.
Community sources in Kalaba and Ayambele in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa said that the victim was dropped off by his abductors on Friday near Igbogene area of Yenagoa.
Gowon, who attended a special prayer summit in Yenagoa, said that he had prayed and hoped at the end of the Nigerian Civil War that the country would not go through that path again.
He said during the Restoration Cup Draws and Kits Presentation Ceremony in Yenagoa, that if nothing was done fast, the condition might affect the chances of the state-owned teams from using the newly-renovated stadium.
The youth leader told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Yenagoa that the bill would help curb unemployment among youths.