Tag: bayelsa
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Keep the Presidential Amnesty Programme going – Diri tells FG
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Friday appealed to the Federal Government to jettison any plan to end the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), saying the programme is yet to achieve its objectives. Diri insisted that PAP is yet to achieve its mandate, saying even the disarmament phase of the scheme has not been fully realised…
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Floods: Ijaw slams Humanitarian Affairs Minister’s comment, demands apology
The Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, on Friday, slammed the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Mrs Sadiya Farouq that “Bayelsa State is not among 10 worst hit states affected by flood disaster, describing the remark as reckless and provocative. Recall that the Minister had said Bayelsa State, which is reeling under…
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BREAKING: INEC fixes date for Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa Gov polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi governorship polls for November 11, 2023. The Commission approved the timetable at its weekly meeting on Tuesday. It fixed primary elections by parties for March 27 to April 17, 2023. According to a statement by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information…
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Flooding: Nigeria’s out-of-school children increase by 1.5 million
Deadly floods have submerged communities in Nigeria, killed over 600 persons and displaced over a million people after the government failed to act on earlier warnings, posing a setback for the country’s education target as schools are forced to shutdown. The government of Anambra and Bayelsa states explained that the closure of both public and…
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Flood sacks ex-president, Jonathan from his Otuoke home in Bayelsa
The immediate past president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan’s Otuoke home in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa state has been overtaken by rampaging flood. The governor of the state Duoye Diri during a visit to Otuoke on Friday, lamented the level of destruction caused by what he described as an “attack by the natural disaster”…
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Floods: Diri says 1m displaced, approves break for civil servants
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Tuesday said that so far, one million residents have been displaced by the ravaging floods, indicating that the worrisome phenomenon has created a humanitarian crisis beyond the capacity of the state. The governor has announced a one-week break for civil servants except those on essential duties.
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Bayelsa Gov, Diri cries out, says flood has also taken my house
Nobody is spared as Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has lamented that his private building at Sampou Community in Kolokuma/Opokuma local government area of the state has been taken over by the ravaging flood in the state. Diri, who undertook an on-the-spot assessment of the flood situation in some communities, bemoaned the…
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MILLIONAIRE KIDNAPPER: Lyon denies being part of kidnap operations
A suspected millionaire kidnapper, John Ewa, alias John Lyon, terrorizing Bayelsa state but based in Abuja, has denied being part of kidnap operations, saying ” I was misled to show them where this person is”. The former banker (Lyon) was reportedly arrested by officers of Operation Puff Adder following the kidnap of Danjuma Emeije, a…
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Traditional Sports: Bayelsa wins first gold in Ayo
Seun Aiyedun of Bayelsa, on Tuesday won gold medal in Ayo competition of the 2022 National Open Traditional Sports. Newsmen reports that Aiyedun won all the four games in the male single category in day one of the competition played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. Aiyedun defeated Pave Andoka of Edo in…
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SAD! Maria Raphael, a Taekwondo athlete crushed to death by truck in Nasarawa
She was crushed to death, according to death in a report monitored by TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) The deceased, who won a silver medal for team Nasarawa in the just concluded Bayelsa Open Taekwondo, was crushed by a truck in Lafia, the state capital, on Friday. The deceased lost her life after purchasing some items from a…