Tag: bayelsa
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Governor Diri National Scrabble Championship to hold next month in Bayelsa
One of the biggest and richest scrabble event in Africa, the
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Final year student killed over N500 levy in Bayelsa
The police command in Bayelsa says it has begun a manhunt for the killers of one Francis Palowei, a final year student of the Niger Delta University (NDU), Amasoma, over N500 levy. The command’s Spokesman, ASP Musa Mohammed said on Wednesday in
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Court jails 4 kidnappers of Bayelsa’s ex-commissioner 40 years each
State High Court sitting in Ogbia, Bayelsa on Thursday sentenced four men to 40 years imprisonment each for the kidnap of the former commissioner for Trade and Investment, Mr Federal Otokito. The convicts are Kingsley Obhesi, 24, Joshua Abi 32, Gift Damene, 38 and Powell Inegite, 36.
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Baylesa: Oil communities, firms differ on migration to PIA template
Oil communities in Bayelsa have resisted moves by oil firms to suspend social obligations under the old Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) for the new template in Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021. The PIA directs the operating firms to set aside three per cent of t
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Bayelsa: JTF uncovers 50 illegal refining sites at Biseni forest
The Joint Military Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, has uncovered no fewer than 50 illegal refining sites within the Biseni forests in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa. The Commander, Rear Adm. John Okeke, who led the operation, told newsmen that illegal refining
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Diri swears in 14 Commissioners, Revenue Chairman
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Monday, swore in 14 new commissioners and the newly-elected chairmen of the eight local government councils in the state. The governor also swore in the chairman of the state Board of Internal Revenue, Mr Daniel Iniekezimene.
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Court dismisses suit seeking Diri’s disqualification, awards N500,000 fine
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that the suit lacked merit as the plaintiff had failed to prove the allegations
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Sylva, APC lose bid to stop Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal
The Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed a fresh motion filed by All Progressives Congress, (APC) and its governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva asking the panel to recuse itself from handling their petition challenging the election of Gov. Douye Diri. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Adekunle Adeleye dismissed the motion after listening to arguments from…
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Reps to investigate NDDC over alleged abandoned shoreline project in Bayelsa
The House of Representatives has mandated the Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to liaise with NDDC to investigate alleged mismanagement and abandonment of the Amassoma Community Shoreline Protection Project in Bayelsa.
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Court adjourns suit seeking to disqualify Bayelsa gov, Diri
A Federal High Court , Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the suit seeking the disqualification of Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, until March 18 for hearing. The suit, which was listed on num