The former Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and seven other governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state have entered into a peace pact to accept […]
He is one of the newest entrants in the race to Creek House in Yenagoa who is giving other aspirants sleepless night as JOY EMMANUEL writes. The race for Bayelsa Government House is becoming more […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that a fresh collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs)ahead of Bayelsa and Kogi states governorship elections would commence from September 2. In a press release from the […]
The member representing Sagbama\Ekeremor Federal Constituency of Bayelsa state, Hon. Fred Agbedi has described as a ‘fairy tale’, the decision by the state Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson to present three persons as his preferred aspirants […]
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has sacked the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River State, Dr. Frankland Briyai. Briyai had announced his resignation on Thursday. He said he wanted to contest the forthcoming Bayelsa governorship […]
The Cross River Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Frankland Briyai, Thursday resigned his appointment with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to join the Bayelsa governorship race. Briyai, who had served as Cross River REC […]
The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson Wednesday, launched a 600 hecters New Yenagoa City with the presentation of lands to former presidents that have served the country including Goodluck Jonathan and Abdulsalam Abubarkar. Also gifted […]
A governorship aspirant in the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa state CP Diseye Nsirim-Poweigha (retd.) has called on the federal government to release more funds to security agencies to keep the nation safe. Nsirim-Poweigba, who […]
The chairman of the Bayelsa state Board of Internal Revenue (BIR), Hon. Nimbofa Ayawei, one of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship aspirants for the November 16 gubernatorial elections in the state, says he has […]
The Bayelsa state government’s alleged removal of the governorship campaign posters of the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe in some parts of Yenagoa, the state capital has […]
Youths in Bayelsa state have started to discover their talents in order to be self-reliant and contribute meaningfully to the development of the state as a result of the movie titled: ‘January 28’. At the […]
Ahead of the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa state, a socio-political group, Better Bayelsa Initiative (BBI) has canvassed support for Senator Emmnauel Paulker to occupy the Creek Haven come February, 2020. The coordinator […]
Ahead of the November 16th Bayelsa governorship election, an aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Deputy Governor of the State, John Jonah said his driving force is passion for […]
A socio-political group “Make Bayelsa Great”, created by professionals in pursuits of good-governance and social justice in order to advance the cultural, social, economic, and political well-being of the Bayelsa people said it is appalled […]
The race to Bayelsa State Government House at the Creek Haven in Yenagoa has begun, symptomatic of another ritual of installing a new governor. It also has a signification: it is a time to interrogate […]
A governorship aspirant in the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa state, Keniebi Okoko, has said his is the God’s anointed candidate to move the state forward. Okoko, who stated this Friday after he purchased […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to implement aspects of local and foreign observers’ recommendations on the 2019 general elections requiring the commission’s administrative action, the commission’s chair, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said. […]
The Bayelsa Police Command has confirmed the death of a 78-year-old woman, Mrs Ayoko Owoko, in the custody of kidnappers in the creeks of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state. Mr Asinim Butswat, […]
A 300 level medical student of the Niger Delta University (NDU), Uzakah Timi Ebiweni, has allegedly committed suicide in Bayelsa state. According to reports, Ebiweni took a plunge into a river close to the university […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering the appeal from the Bayelsa state government for the shift of the November 2, 2019 governorship election in the state. This was as the Commission is poised […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) yenagoa zonal office has withdrawn 20 Corps Member serving in Famgbe Community, Bayelsa State, over activities of armed youths terrorising the community. A community source who craved anonymity said […]
At last, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has refused to assent to the bill seeking pension for former lawmakers from the state as proposed and passed by the Assembly. The State Commissioner for Information, […]
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Wednesday expeditiously passed a bill that would enable each member, past and serving, receive N100,000 monthly life pensions for all present and past members of the assembly. The […]
Popular Bayelsa Journalist Jones Abiri has been released from the alleged custody of Department of State Security (DSS) in Abuja. According to his lawyer, Samuel Ogala, Abiri who was arrested on Saturday was released on […]
The Governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson, has asked Nigrrians not to blame the Nigerian Army for performing its duties during the last general elections. The governor stated this on Saturday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State […]
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