. Shell, Host Community bickering on impact of Aghoro spill stalls JIV report   Members of Aghoro, a coastal settlement along Ramos River in the Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has raised an alarm over the intimidation f its community leaders involved in the investigation of an... Read more

Chief Style Benjamin,  National Chairman of Host Communities  of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) on Sunday dissociated the group from ongoing fraudulent jobs and contract scams in Bayelsa.  Benjamin said in Yenagoa  that fraudulent people were using the name HOSTCOM to defraud unsuspecting people in Bayelsa and across... Read more

Residents in Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital on Monday expressed concerns over increased oil exploration activities in the past one month. Some residents who spoke on the development, frowned at indiscriminate seismic activities by oil firms in residential area in Yenagoa and the adverse impact of materials used... Read more

Chief  Perekeme Richard Kpodo, a former Security Adviser to Ex-Gov. Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa being tried for alleged rape at State High Court  7 in Yenagoa was on Friday denied bail. Kpodo was earlier on July 27 arraigned before a Magistrate court in Yenagoa for the same offence and... Read more

The leadership of Ohanaeze in Bayelsa on Sunday dissociated itself from the purported endorsement of former vice President Atiku Abubarka who visited the state in June to canvass support. Ohanaeze noted that it was against the objectives of the pan Igbo Socio cultural group to delve into partisan politics... Read more

Dr Simon Amaduoboha, a University Lecturer has decried poor attitude to the environment and lack of remediation projects to cushion the adverse impacts of oil exploration in Niger Delta region. Amaduoboha, a Senior Lecturer at Niger Delta University in Bayelsa stated this on Friday at the opening of a... Read more

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called for a Joint Investigative Visit (JIV) to ascertain the cause of a fire incident at Conoil’s field at Koluama, Bayelsa on May 26. The fire which started on Saturday morning engulfed an oil rig owned by Depthwize Nigeria an... Read more

Chief Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, Coordinator of Ohanaeze Youth Wing in South South says the group was persuading Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to adopt peaceful means and embrace dialogue. Arthur-Ugwa who spoke in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Yenagoa said that Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership was worried about the... Read more

The Joint military force deployed to protect oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta has confirmed a fire incident at an oilfield operated by Conoil in Koluama Southern Ijaw Local Government in Bayelsa. The fire which started on Saturday morning engulfed an oil rig owned by Depthwize Nigeria an oil... Read more

The Bayelsa Command of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Saturday said that it has arrested a girl child trafficking syndicate and freed two victims in Bayelsa. Mr Godwin Nwachukwu, State Commandant of NSCDC in Bayelsa said during a press conference at the Command’s headquarters in Yenagoa... Read more