Tag: Bayelsa
Tribunal nullifies Diri’s election as Bayelsa governor
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has voided the election of Duoye Diri as governor of Bayelsa State.
The tribunal nullified the election on...
Pregnant woman, 3 others shot dead in Bayelsa
Gunmen have killed four persons including a pregnant woman in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
The pregnant woman and one other were killed at a new...
8 health workers among 54 new coronavirus cases in Bayelsa
Eight health workers are among 54 coronavirus cases recorded on Tuesday in Bayelsa and announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the...
Bayelsa records third coronavirus death
Bayelsa Task Force on COVID-19 has confirmed a third fatality in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Chairman of the task force, Inodu Apoku, announced...
Bayelsa records second coronavirus death
Bayelsa State Government said it had recorded second death case of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19).
Director of Public Health, State Ministry of Health, Jones Stow,...
Bayelsa seals Winners Chapel, 5 others for breaching COVID-19 protocols
Bayelsa State Government has sealed six churches in the state for breaching “operational protocols” required to conduct services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state government...
Governor Diri lifts ban on burials in Bayelsa
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has lifted the embargo on funerals with stringent coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols as a measure to decongest mortuaries in the...
Abductor of Bayelsa teenager, Ese Oruru, jailed 26 years
A Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has sentenced Yinusa Dahiru, who abducted a teenager, Ese Oruru, to 26 years imprisonment.
Justice Jane Inyang...
Bayelsa confirms 4 new coronavirus cases as members of same family
Bayelsa State Government has said that four household relatives of a coronavirus index case in the state have tested positive for the virus, bringing...
Diri meets Buhari first time since inauguration
President Muhammadu Buhari met Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja for the first time since the governor’s inauguration...