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Stop seeing politics as dirty, Gov. Diri urges Christians
Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri, has advised Christians to actively participate in politics and stop seeing it as dirty if they want to positively impact on the society. Diri gave the advice while speaking at the end of a two-day programme of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, tagged “Light Up Bayelsa Holy Ghost Rally”, at…
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Diri rules out payment of ransom for kidnapped Bayelsa commissioner
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has ruled out the payment of ransom to secure the release of the Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Mr Federal Otokito. Otokito was kidnapped on Thursday at his country home, Otuokpoti in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. A statement by Diri’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, on…
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Late Ekpebu, first African Harvard graduate for state burial – Bayelsa govt
Bayelsa state government says late Ambassador Lawrence Ekpebu, the first African graduate from the prestigious Harvard University in the United States, will be given a state burial. Ekpebu, who also attended another Ivy League institution in the United States, Princeton University, hailed from Okoloba Community, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, of Bayelsa. Governor Douye Diri,…
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Pirates attack, kill 3 in twin attacks on oil facilities in Bayelsa, kidnap 7
Gunmen, suspected to be sea pirates, in the early hours of Sunday attacked two oil installations, killing three and abducting seven oil workers in Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (ANAN) learnt that the pirates ambushed their unsuspecting victims in Okoroma and Ogbokiri-Akassa communities of Nembe and Brass Local Government areas of Bayelsa. Sources close…
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35-year-old landlord kills tenant’s 3-month-old baby in Bayelsa
A quarrelsome thirty-five year-old landlord, Oyeinmiebi Selekowei and his mother have landed in Police net for killing the three-month-old
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Teenager arraigned for circulating nude video of retired Bayelsa Perm. Sec.
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday arraigned a teenage girl before the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, for circulating the nude video of a retired Bayelsa permanent secretary on social media. In the one-count charge, prosecuting counsel, Mr Victor Uchendu, told the court that the accused engaged in cyber-stalking by circulating the retiree’s nude…
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Bayelsa High Court strikes out community’s stay of execution over chairmanship tenure
The Bayelsa High Court sitting in Yenogoa has struck out a stay of execution order by Koluama 1 community over chairmanship tenure administration on oil bloc 1 and 11. The presiding judge, Justice M.A Ayemieye in her ruling struck out the stay of execution order which clearly violates the Constitution of the eight communities in…
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Abductors release father of LG boss in Bayelsa
The Police Command in Bayelsa has confirmed the release of Chief Gbalipre Turner by his abductors. The 70-year-old father of the Chairman of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa, Marvin Turner, was abducted on Sept. 5, at Kpansia, Yenagoa. In a statement on Saturday, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Asinmi Butswait, said the…
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Dickson’s statement on PIB will plunge Niger Delta region into crisis – Bayelsa APC senator
Lawmaker representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo has urged Niger Delta senators not to instigate violence in the region by making malicious and unfounded statements over the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The lawmaker made the call at a news conference on Friday…