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Bayelsa, Headlines, Niger Delta, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, has described the failure of Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to respond to the killing of 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor by a policeman at a check-point in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, last week, as an embarrassment to Nigerians and the international community. In a statement by Comrade Joseph Evah, the Ijaw group […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
As the race for the Creek Haven Government House of Bayelsa enters the critical stage, the quest of Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson to unseat incumbent Chief Timipre Sylva has recieved a major boost, as notable Bayelsa elders are now trowing their weight behind his candidacy. A statement made available to Daily Sun said the elders […]
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Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
A combined special squad of the Nigeria Police Force and the Intelligence Unit of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) has commenced investigations into the resurgence of a militant group involved in series of kidnapping and sea-piracy in Bayelsa State. According to checks, the investigations were ordered following intelligence reports that a prominent member of […]
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Bayelsa, State News
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Fear has gripped oil companies operating in Bayelsa State as an explosion rocked the oil facility of the Italian oil giant, ENI group in Nembe Local Government Area. According to investigations, the 18-inch pipeline was said to have been blown up with dynamite by unknown people fueling panic over the resurgence of militancy in the […]
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Bayelsa, State News
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Despite the success that characterised the nation 51st independence anniversary, residents of Yenagoa, the capital city of the Bayelsa State trembled in fear, as a police patrol team attacked some youths on Imgbi Street, off popular Punch Road around 8.00 p.m, on Saturday, firing shots at close range at youths who were celebrating. A source told the […]
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Bayelsa, Cross River, State News
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Barring last minute change of mind by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), two of its state governors currently enjoying tenure extension courtesy of an Appeal Court order may not seek re-election. The governors are Liyel Imoke of Cross River State and his Bayelsa counterpart, Timipre Sylva. The appellate court had extended the tenure of […]
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Bayelsa, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Bayelsa State has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Governor Timipre Sylva administration and the eight local government chairmen to implement the N18,000 minimum wage or face industrial action. Sylva, however, at various fora had expressed the readiness of his government to pay the minimum wage and followed it […]
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Bayelsa, State News
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
The Federal Government, on Monday, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, inaugurated the 2010 Universal Basic Education (UBE) community initiated self-help projects, with the disbursement of N94 million to 125 communities in the state. Addressing the people while inaugurating the scheme at the state banquet hall, the Minister of State for Education, Chief Ezenwo Wike, affirmed that the […]
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Bayelsa, Boko Haram, Cross River, Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), United Nations
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
ABUJA -Three weeks after the United Nations House bomb blast, the UN Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Daouda Toure , Wednesday announced the names of UN members of staff and other non UN persons killed in the August 26 bomb attack. Mr. Daouda Toure confirmed that 23 persons were killed in the attack of which […]
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Bayelsa, Cross River, Governors, Plateau, Sokoto, State News
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
•For Kogi primary, sale of form begins Monday Governors of Ada-mawa, Bayelsa, Cross River and Sokoto states hitherto beli-eved to be standing as candidates of their party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the rescheduled gubernatorial elections in their states have more hurdles to cross after all. It emerged yesterday that they are to face PDP […]
