UNICEF and the Bayelsa government on Monday flagged off a school enrolment drive to reduce the rate of Out of School Children in the state which currently stands at 265,000. The commencement of the campaign was preceded by the inauguration of a 15 member Enrolment Drive Committee by Commissioner... Read more
The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta on Tuesday decried the spate of ‘fake news’ fabricated to diminish the operations of the joint force. Major Ibrahim Abdullahi, Spokesman of the JTF told our Correspondent that the frequency of the false reports indicates... Read more
Chief Richard Kpodo, former aide to Ex-Governor Timippre Sylva standing trial for alleged rape of a 26 year female cashier has appealed a court ruling on his allegations against trial judge. Justice Kate Abiri, Chief Judge of Bayelsa had declined an application brought by Kpodo to have his for... Read more
Justice Kate Abiri, Chief Judge of Bayelsa has declined an application to have the rape trial of Chief Richard Kpodo, a former Security Adviser to Ex-Governor Timipre Sylva to another judge. It would be recalled that the ongoing trial of Kpodo, charged for rape of a 26 year old... Read more
The KEFFES Rural Development Foundation (RDF) at the weekend, inaugurated some 20 projects in eight communities hosting the operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited in Bayelsa. It was learnt that the 20 projects were implemented at a total cost of N241.43 million over the last two years. KEFFES, is an... Read more
G24 Embasara Foundation, a Bayelsa based civil society group on Friday bemoaned the imposition of candidates by dominant parties in the recently concluded party primaries in the state. G24 Ambasara Foundation expressed its dismay in a statement signed byDenzel Amagbe Kentebe, Chairman Board of Trustees and Iniruo Wills, Co-convener and made... Read more
Artisanal fishermen in the Niger Delta on Tuesday urged the federal government to prevail on Shell to obey the courts and pay a $3.6 bn imposed by regulators for the Bonga spill incident. National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NODRA) had in March 2015 imposed the fined on... Read more
The Niger Delta Youths Coalition for Peace and Progress (NDYCPP) on Tuesday applauded the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) for its strategy of involving Nigerians in its Train-7 expansion. . Mr Tiedor Olayinka President of NDYCPP said in an interview that plan to implement the Nigerian Content Policy in... Read more
Residents of Akemfa a suburb in Yenagoa on Saturday blocked all access roads to protest the killing Tariela Nikadae, a 20 year old undergraduate by a member of a Police Patrol Team on Friday. Policemen in patrol vans load people from their neigbourhoods and sent to detention centre near... Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa says the ‘astronomical’ rise in cost of the Bayelsa Cargo Airport from N40 to N80 billion was worrisome and indicates diversion of public funds The APC said on Monday that the reaction of Bayelsa government to its allegations of using the project... Read more
