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Bayelsa drags EFCC to court over Alamieyesiegha loot (So it can be re-looted?)

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Sunday, March 9th, 2014

Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson | credits: transformationwatch.com Bayelsa State Government has asked an Abuja Federal High Court to order the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to immediately remit to it the N1.4bn, and another $1.3m recovered from a former governor of the state, Diepreye Alamieyesiegha. The suit was filed by one Mr. […]

Suspected hoodlums disrupt NUJ meeting in Yenagoa

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Friday, February 21st, 2014

By SAMUEL OYADONGHA, yenagoa No fewer than 15 hoodlums Thursday invaded the conference hall of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Yenagoa and disrupted the union’s planned emergency meeting. But the intervention of the police prevented the situation from degenerating into bloodbath as four of the hoodlums were arrested. The union […]

Bayelsa attack: MEND claims responsibility

Posted by admin Bayelsa, General Politics, Latest Politics, State News Sunday, February 9th, 2014

Militants The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta said on Sunday that its fighters attacked two police gunboats at Peremabiri, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The group said the gunboats were escorting a former militant leader, Mr. Eris Paul, popularly known as Ogunboss. MEND said Ogunboss, other ex-militant leaders and […]

Ex-militant leader, 20 policemen escape death in gun attack

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News Sunday, February 9th, 2014

From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa An ex-militant leader, Eris Paul ( a.k.a Ogunboss) and 20 policemen escaped death yesterday when they were attacked by armed men at Peremabiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The policemen in two gunboats were detailed by the state Commissioner of Police, Hillary Okpara, to escort the ex-militant […]

The face of wickedness – girl locked up in cage by dad for 30 months

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Friday, January 24th, 2014

■ Parents put teenage daughter in a cage for two and half years From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa Tongues have begun to wag in Bayelsa following the discovery of a 16-year-old girl, Blessing Olokumo who had been locked up in a cage for the past 30 months by her parents over an alleged witchcraft induced illness. […]

18-yr-old girl dies of abortion as Police nab lover, quack nurse

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

BY DAYO JOHNSON AKURE — DETECTIVES in Ondo State have arrested a quark nurse over the death of an 18-year-old girl, Omolayo Afolabi, who she helped to terminate a two-month pregnancy in Iju/Itaogbolu area of the state. Also arrested by the police is Joseph Endurance, the deceased lover said to have been responsible for her […]

Bayelsa Policeman shot to death in error

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Nigerian Police Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

Yenagoa – The Police in Bayelsa on Tuesday confirmed that a mobile police officer had been shot to death in error.The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Mr Alex Akhigbe, who confirmed the incident, described the death of the policeman an unfortunate.“He was mistakenly shot by a member of the Nigerian Security and Civil […]

Sea pirates kill 2 in Bayelsa, kidnap 2 Agip workers

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Saturday, January 11th, 2014

From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa Suspected sea pirates have attacked and killed two passengers at Ekowe, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. This is even as another gang of suspected sea-pirates have kidnapped two senior staff of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) along Ogbia / Brass River. Investigations revealed that the passenger boat was […]

Half-nude women protest against Shell in Bayelsa

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Tuesday, January 7th, 2014

YENAGOA—Hundreds of half-nude women in Peremabiri community in Bayelsa State, Niger Delta, yesterday, staged a protest against non-implementation of an existing agreement by Shell. The women disrupted movement of workers into the oil platforms and boat houses operated by Shell in the area, alleging non-implementation of the memorandum of understanding Shell entered into with the […]

Bayelsa: Dickson’s aides defect to APC

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Bayelsa, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Sunday, January 5th, 2014

At last, the defection train has hit President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state of Bayelsa with some aides of Governor Seriake Dickson dumping the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress. Also, loyalists of former governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, have shifted allegiance to the APC in Bayelsa. The APC in the state is chaired by […]