Tag: bayelsa
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Hoodlums strip, abduct police boss in Bayelsa [Photo]
Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Federal SARS, Kola Okunola, has been taken hostage by thugs allegedly loyal to a former governor and the member representing Brass Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. The Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Kemela Okara, said that the thugs led by Sunny Goli and…
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Election Violence: Army arrests 15, recovers arms in Bayelsa
The 16 Brigade of Nigerian Army in Yenagoa has arrested 15 armed thugs during the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa and Ex-Gov. Timipre Sylva had earlier accused each other of masterminding violence that trailed the polls in the state. Major Jonah Danjuma,…
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Police dismiss man who shot undergraduate in Bayelsa
The Police Command in Bayelsa State has dismissed a sergeant Timadi Emmanuel, who allegedly shot and killed Tariela Nikadae, a 20-year-old undergraduate of Petro-Chemical Engineering, Niger Delta University, Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that on Nov. 23, Sgt. Emmanuel, attached to a patrol team in Akenfa Division, while on patrol on Tenacious Road,…
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Cultists kill 16-year old undergraduate in Bayelsa
Suspected cultists yesterday killed a teenager in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, in a bid to snatch her mobile phone. The 16-year-old girl, Siefa Fred, a 100 level student of the state-owned Niger Delta University (NDU) was shot dead while running an errand for her mother in the state capital. Fred, who was at home following the…
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Why I can’t order opening of Bayelsa schools now – Dickson
The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, at the weekend ruled out immediate reopening of schools, which were closed by the government following the flood disaster. Dickson, who spoke in a media chat in Yenagoa, said there was a need to protect children from water borne diseases. But the governor assured the people of…
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2019: Former Bayelsa Gov, Sylva speaks on alleged plans to dump APC
Former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva has debunked insinuations that he was on his way out of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sylva in a statement signed by his Media Assistant, Julius Bokoru, also described as inconsequential, the recent defection of his former Campaign Director, Media and Publicity, Chief Nathan Egba, to the…
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Ex-Bayelsa governor Sylva denies dumping APC for PDP
Former Governor of Bayelsa and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, has denied defecting from the party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sylva governed Bayelsa between 2008 and 2012 under the platform of the PDP, but joined the…
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Flood: Osinbajo visits Bayelsa, reinstates FG’s support for victims
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday flew over some parts of Bayelsa State to asses the flood situation, describing it as a major disaster. Osinbajo made the assertion when he, Governor Seriake Dickson and some Federal Government officials visited internally displaced persons camps in the state on Friday. The VP was accompanied on the visit by…
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Four abdructed oil workers in Bayelsa regain freedom
Abducted four members of a Joint Investigation Team probing the cause of an oil spill at Agip’s facility in Azuzuama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have regained their freedom. Major Ibrahim Abdullah, Spokesman of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, said on Wednesday in Yenagoa that they were freed following pressure…
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SPDC undertakes clean-up of Bayelsa, Delta communities
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) says it is undertaking the clean–up of areas recently affected by oil spillage in two Niger/Delta communities. The company’s Media Relations Manager, Mr Bamidele Odugbesan, said on Sunday in Lagos, the exercise had reached 95 per cent completion. Odugbesan stated that the affected areas were in…