Tag: Bayelsa
Bayelsa police sack sergeant for allegedly killing undergraduate
The Bayelsa State Police Command has dismissed Sergeant Timadi Emmanuel, who allegedly shot and killed 20-year-old Tariela Nikadae, an undergraduate of petrochemical engineering at...
Army begins Operation Crocodile Smile III in Bayelsa
The 16 Brigade of the Nigerian Army on Friday commenced Operation Crocodile Smile III exercise across some states of the Niger Delta, to stem...
Flood sacks Goodluck Jonathan’s hometown in Bayelsa
Flood has taken over parts of Otuoke, the hometown of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa State.
Otuoke is located in Ogbia Local Government Area...
Ben Murray-Bruce withdraws from senate race
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, has withdrawn his ambition to return to the Senate for a second term in 2019.
The 62-year-old...
Flood submerges road in Goodluck Jonathan’s hometown
The Otuoke-Onuebum Road in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa has been taken over by flood, with vehicles now forced pass through Elebele Road.
Otuoke...
Former Bayelsa deputy speaker, SAN buy form to replace Ben Bruce...
A former Deputy Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Ayebaesin Edoghotu-Omoh, has purchased and submitted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination form...
People didn’t know the level of my mother’s influence – Seriake...
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has said that although his late mother played a very important in his life, people did not know how...
Seriake Dickson’s aides escape death as thugs disrupt PDP meeting
Two aides attached to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, Godswill Ziriki and Adolphus Ofongo, escaped death on Wednesday when hoodlums attacked a Peoples...
Seriake Dickson’s mother dies at 72
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has lost his mother, GoldCoast Dickson, at the age of 72.
The governor in a statement signed by his Chief...
The Voice Nigeria winner declares intention to run for political office
Winner of The Voice Nigeria 2017, Daniel Diongoli, popularly known as Idyl, has declared his interest in running for a political office in his home...