The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rescheduled the date for the screening of aspirants for the Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi States governorship elections to March 1....
These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Only enemies of Nigeria will vote for Atiku, Tinubu as president – Obasanjo Former...
Police operatives in Bayelsa have arrested a suspected armed robber, Kaizer Freeman, in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Asinim Butswat, who confirmed...
Police on Monday arraigned a journalist, Nengi Owei-Ilagha, at the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, for alleged defamation of a member of the Police Community Relations Committee...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has lamented the rising out-of-school children in the state. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) had in...
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Friday, met with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Obi, who was accompanied on the trip...
The presidency has backed the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, on the statement credited to her about the flood situation...
The Bayelsa State government has disputed the Federal Government’s claim on the flood situation in the state. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social...
The Bayelsa State Government has called on its federal counterpart to work closely with flood prone states in the planning and implementation of feasible measures to...
The people’s democratic party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has donated fifty five million naira to victims of flood in Bayelsa State. Speaking at the Government House,...
No fewer than five host communities in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State have received relief materials from the United Nigeria Airline in a bid to mitigate the effects...
The Otuoke country home of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has been submerged by the raging flood that has devastated...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has called for the Federal Government’s intervention in the devastating flood ravaging the state. Diri, who made the call in...
Residents of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have been thrown into panic after several corpses were washed up from the Azikoro Government Cemetery by flood that wrecked havoc...
Former militant leader and founder of the Niger-Delta People Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has once again, attacked the founder of the Movement for the...
The Bayelsa State government on Thursday confirmed 13 monkeypox cases in the state. The Director of Public Health in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr. Jones...
Suspected ritualists on Thursday beheaded a 37- year-old security man at a worship centre in Bayelsa State. The victim was guarding the worship centre at Elebele...
At least six persons including a National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) member died in a boat accident in Bayelsa State on Saturday. The Chairman of the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week abandoned the zoning arrangement and threw its 2023 presidential ticket open to all the six geopolitical zones in the...
The community ruler of Otuokpoti community in Bayelsa state, Chief A.C.T Wongo, has been sacked by the state Governor, Douye Diri, on Monday evening. Wongo was...
Police operatives in Bayelsa have arrested three teenage boys for alleged attempted ritual killing in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Asinim Butswat,...
Gunmen, on New Year’s Eve, attacked a passenger boat travelling from Yenagoa to Twon-Brass in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The gunmen were said...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Thursday signed the state’s 2022 budget of N314.465 billion into law. The governor presented the 2022 appropriation bill of...
The Bayelsa State government and two regulatory agencies investigating the November 5 oil spill in the Nembe community in the state have disagreed on the cause...
Suspected pirates on Monday abducted a Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) operative and four contract staff working in an oilfield in Koluama area of...
The Federal Government on Tuesday mandated AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company Ltd. (AEEPCo), to stop the operation of an oilfield in Bayelsa State. This was...
A police officer, Sgt. Governor Akpoboloukeme, on Thursday, stabbed his colleague to death in Bayelsa. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ben Okolo, who confirmed the incident...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Wednesday presented the 2022 Budget proposal of N310.7 billion to the state House of Assembly in Yenagoa. The governor...
The Bayelsa State government on Friday ordered all schools in the state to reopen for the 2021/2022 academic session on October 25. The state’s Commissioner for...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Sunday described the late former Head of State, Sani Abacha, as a hero to all the people of the...
Police operatives in Bayelsa have arrested two suspected kidnappers at Adagbabiri community, Sagbama local government area of the state. The spokesman of the state police command,...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved ₦38.4 billion for the completion of road projects in five states in the country. The Minister of Works...
Five persons died on Thursday in a ghastly motor accident along Tombia-Amassoma road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The spokesman of the state police command, SP Asinim...
In this edition of SportsBusiness, Ripples Nigeria’s Ben Ugbana takes a look at the recent cash rewards handed to sporting heroes in Bayelsa state, including Olympic...
Police operatives in Bayelsa have arrested two suspected armed robbers in the state. The spokesman of the state police command, Asinmin Butswait, who disclosed this in...
A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered the All Progressive Congresses (APC) in Imo State not to go ahead with the congresses...
To overcome banditry, insurgency and other security challenges in the country, the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has called on security agencies to invest more time...
According to the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) the Nigerian economy received $8.41 billion in investment between January and March 2021. In a statement posted on...
Nigeria’s Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) have concluded arrangements to stage a tune-up tournament for Nigerian wrestlers ahead of...
The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris on Tuesday disclosed that the £4.2m looted by ex-Delta State Governor, James Ibori, has been returned to the...
The Bayelsa State government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the state in a bid to prevent the spread of the new variants of COVID-19. The...
The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has revealed that investments into Nigeria witnessed a significant increase in the first three months of the year. According to...
It was mixed fortunes for Nigerian states, as 18 states out of 36 including federal capital territory recorded negative Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2020. This...
As part of efforts to protect the forest reserves and rare plant species in Bayelsa State, the governor of the state, Duoye Diri, has banned all...
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, has ordered an investigation into circumstances surrounding the death of a youth on Thursday, in Ovom community, Yenagoa Local Government...
A 56-year-old man, Christopher Chiabata, who beat his wife to death with a pestle has been arrested by the police in Onuebum Community in Ogbia Local...
Health workers in Bayelsa will begin an indefinite strike on Friday over non-payment of salary arrears by the state government. The Chairman of Medical and Health...
The Bayelsa State Police Command said on Monday four members of rival cult groups died in a shootout at Lobia community, Southern Ijaw local government area...
Three police operatives on Friday drowned in a river in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State. The policemen, who were deployed to Bayelsa for...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said on Sunday the All Progressives Congress, (APC) would clinch two senatorial seats in the December...
