Tag: Bayelsa
FirstBank introduces agent banking to Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta communities
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has extended the Agent
Banking campaign to 14 major markets and business points across Bayelsa, Cross
River and Delta States.
The...
Man chops off brother’s hand in Bayelsa on Christmas day
A yet-to-be-identified man was said to have cut off his
brother’s hand when the two of them engaged in a fight on Christmas day at
Otatubu,...
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Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, has withdrawn his ambition to return to the Senate for a second term in 2019.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...