Tag: Bayelsa Govt
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Obey Supreme Court order, Bayelsa Govt urges RMAFC
The Bayelsa Government has urged the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to obey the Supreme Court order over the disputed Soku oil and gas fields, which ownership is in contention between Bayelsa and Rivers States. Gov. Douye Diri made the call on Thursday when he received a fact-finding team from the federal agency…
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Odioma Crisis: Bayelsa Govt. reads riot act to Council of Chiefs, sets up 6-man committee
The Bayelsa Government has given members of the Odioma Council of Chiefs in Brass Local Government Area (LGA), the option to either withdraw their membership of political parties or resign outright from the traditional leadership council. This is even as the state government constitutes a six-man peace and reconciliation committee to look into the immediate…
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Bayelsa Govt. drags Agip to court, demands N1.6trn compensation for 2013 oil spill
The Bayelsa State Government has dragged Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt over an oil spillage from the company’s SBM Sirius, in Brass Local Government Area of the state. The government filed an originating summon through the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kemeasuode Wodu. According to…