Tag: bayelsa
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Bayelsa police launch ”discreet” investigation into killing of undergraduate by jealous lover
The police in Bayelsa on Wednesday launched a ”discreet” investigation into the alleged killing of an undergraduate of the Niger Delta University (NDU), murdered by her soldier boyfriend. SP Asinmin Butswait, Police Public Relations’ Officer in Bayelsa in a statement said that Mr Mike Okoli, the Commissioner of Police, gave the order in Yenogoa. The…
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Bayelsa Judicial Panel awards N21bn against Police
The Bayelsa Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and other Related Offence has awarded N21 billion to victims of extra-judicial killings perpetrated by the police and other security operatives. Chairman of the Panel, rtd. Justice Young Ogola, disclosed this while submitting the report to Gov. Douye Diri in Yenagoa. Justice Ogola said the panel…
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Police uncover plan by IPOB to set up cells in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has uncovered plans by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (lPOB), to set up cells in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mike Okoli, made the revelation in a statement released in Yenagoa on Thursday. He also warned members of the public in the…
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You’re on your own, Bayelsa Governor tells aide who allegedly insulted Buhari
The Bayelsa Government on Tuesday dissociated Gov Douye Diri from alleged inciting comments by one Bodmas Kemepadei, a social media aide to the governor saying the views expressed were his personal opinion. Mr Kola Oredipe, Director, New Media, Bayelsa State Government refuted the comments in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Yenagoa. Oredipe noted…
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Pirates assassinate five-year-old girl, shoot speedboat driver in Bayelsa
Gunmen alleged to be sea robbers have attacked a speedboat and murdered a five-year-old girl in Bayelsa State. The deceased, identified as Comfort, her sibling and their mother, Lovina Isegu, were allegedly aboard the speedboat with six other passengers. They were traveling from the Swali Market Waterfront in Yenagoa, the state capital, to Koluama 1…
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TRENDING VIDEO! Angry youths attack Bayelsa’s King Diete-Spiff’s palace, set cars on fire
A video has emerged on the internet, which captured how angry youths attacked the Amayanabo of Twon Brass, HRM Alfred Diete-Spiff and destroyed properties in his palace in Bayelsa State. According to reports, started on the 16th of May, 2020 but snowballed into chaos on 18th, May when some youths hijacked a supposed peaceful protest…
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Man kills roommate, sells body parts to Pastor in Bayelsa
4-year-old Okpegboro Avwerosuo who hails from Ughelli North, Delta State, has allegedly killed his roommate in Sagbama Town, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. He was also said to have sold the vital organs of the deceased to a pastor who is currently at large for ritual purposes. According to a neighbor who pleaded…
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[BREAKING] COVID-19: Bayelsa imposes dusk to dawn curfew
The Bayelsa State Government has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in the state from 8pm to 6am daily. The Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mr Ayibaina Duba, in a statement on Friday, said the curfew was part of the measures to prevent the spread of the surging trait of the new variants of…
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Bayelsa primary school teachers lament that April salaries did not reflect new promotions
Primary school teachers in Bayelsa have expressed disappointment that their April salaries did not reflect increases following promotions, despite the pledge by Gov Douye Diri. According to official sources, the state government made available about N200 million and had promised to commence the implementation of salary increases following the promotion of primary school teachers who…
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Popular Bayelsa based baker strangled to death in his apartment
The Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa, CP Mike Okoli, has ordered investigations into circumstances leading to the death of a popular Bayelsa based baker. The Police disclosed this in a statement on Monday by the Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Asinim Butswat. According to reports, the Rivers born cake baker, was found dead…