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  • Buhari to inaugurate Bayelsa Airport August 27

    Buhari to inaugurate Bayelsa Airport August 27

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    Olaotan Falade
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    President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate the Bayelsa State International Cargo Airport located at Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state on August 27. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, and the Managing Director of Bayelsa Airline, Capt. Henry Ungbuku, confirmed the development when the commissioner toured the project on…

  • Police rescue two kidnapped girls in Bayelsa

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    Femi Ajasa
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    The Police in Bayelsa State said they had rescued two female teenagers, abducted by a gunman in Agbura, near Azikoro village in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Saturday in Yenagoa by Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Asinim Butswat, said the girls were rescued by the police…

  • Gunmen attack NAF helipad in Bayelsa, kill airman on duty

    Gunmen attack NAF helipad in Bayelsa, kill airman on duty

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Unknown gunmen have attacked a helipad belonging to the Nigerian Air Force in Igbogene, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. It was gathered that an airman on duty at the security post was killed in the attack which occurred at the early hours of Sunday. The gunmen, who reportedly scaled the fence of the helipad, made away with…

  • Gunmen free abducted Agip’s staff in Bayelsa

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    Olaotan Falade
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    An oil worker abducted during a Joint investigative Visit (JIV) on April 19 at an oilfield operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Kalaba community has regained freedom. Community sources in Kalaba and Ayambele in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa said that the victim was dropped off by his abductors on Friday near…

  • BREAKING: Gunmen assassinate Gov Dickson’s aide [Graphic photo]

    BREAKING: Gunmen assassinate Gov Dickson’s aide [Graphic photo]

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    Gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed Ebikimi Okoringa, an aide of Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson. Okoringa, who was recently inaugurated as a Special Adviser to Governor Dickson was shot dead at his hometown in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. The victim, a former Acting Chairman of the local government was attacked…

  • 135 teams to participate in Gov. Dickson’s Football Cup tournament

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    Bayo Millz
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    Bayelsa Government on Wednesday said that no fewer than 135 teams registered to participate in the 2018 Gov. Seriake Dickson’s Football Tournament scheduled to kick-off on April 22. Gov. Seriake Dickson, who spoke during the official draws and kits presentation to the teams in Yenagoa, reiterated government’s commitment to sports development. Dickson said the state…

  • Protest: Student drowns in Bayelsa

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    Bayo Millz
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    Ekowe, a student of Public Administration at the Federal Polytechnic ,Bayelsa State, simply known as Ade, has drowned in a river close to the institution. Ade reportedly drowned in the river bordering the polytechnic on Sunday, was said to have gone to the river to take his bath and to fetch water for domestic use…

  • Bayelsa threatens to sue FG over $1bn ‘security fund’

    Bayelsa threatens to sue FG over $1bn ‘security fund’

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Bayelsa State Government has threatened to sue the Federal Government if it refuses to deduct the 13 per cent derivation component of the $1 billion Excess Crude Account funds it plans to withdraw to tackle insecurity in the country. Recall that Governor Seriake Dickson had earlier demanded that the 13 percent derivation component of…

  • Bayelsa suspends seven secondary school students for practicing cultism

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Bayelsa Government has announced the indefinite suspension of seven senior secondary school students for engaging in cult related activities. The Bayelsa Commissioner for Education, Jonathan Obuebite made the disclosure in a statement issued in Yenogoa on Saturday. According to Obuebite, the students were reported to have attacked and injured a fellow student at the…

  • Pandemonium as gunmen invade Bayelsa community, kill three, injure two

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    Olaotan Falade
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    There was pandemonium Monday at the Ayama community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State as unknown gunmen suspected to be sea pirates invaded the community killing three persons and injuring two others. TheNewsGuru.com gathered that the incident occurred abou9 pmpm on Monday. The suspected pirates, said to be about 10 persons, reportedly stormed…