Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Monday adjourned the trial for seditious publication of a former General Manager of Radio Bayelsa, John Idumange, to July 19th, 2021 Idumange had alleged in a publication that Bayelsa State Government officials had diverted agricultural loans amounting to N3 billion. But the Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice…
Gunmen Kill Police Inspector at Seriake Dickson’s Country Home
Some yet unknown gunmen who made an unsuccessful raid on the country home of Seriake Dickson, a former Bayelsa State Governor in Toru-Orua, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday night ended up killing a police inspector who kept guard at the place. In a statement by the Bayelsa State Police Public Relations…
Niger Delta Varsity Owes N1bn, as ASUU Threatens Strike
The Niger Delta University, NDU, owned by the Bayelsa State Government is indebted to financial institutions to the tune of N1 billion, being loans it took to augment subventions given it by Bayelsa State Government to pay salaries. The branch Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, NDU, Dr. Tonbara Kingdom disclosed this on…
Cultists Kill Two NYSC Members
Two active members of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, and a pupil of a private school in Yeagoa, Bayelsa State have been killed by some cult members. Media reports indicate that the cultist have been killing and robbing residents at will in the state capital under circumstances that seem to have overwhelmed the police…
EFCC Re-arraigns Sylva For Fraud
Timipre Sylva, Former Governor of Bayelsa State, on Monday took fresh plea over a six-count criminal charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Sylva is facing trial over allegations that he masterminded the illegal diversion of funds from the Bayelsa State treasury during his administration. The former governor was accused…
First Lady Commiserates With Bayelsa State
Patience Jonathan,the First Lady has commiserated with the Bayelsa government over the death of some prominent Peoples Democratic Party, PDP women leaders in the state. The women leaders died on Saturday in an auto crash in Elele, Rivers State. In a statement signed by Ayo Adewuyi, the First Lady’s Media Assistant, she prayed that the…
FIRS Arrests Tax Evaders In Bayelsa
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has apprehended about 20 people in Bayelsa State who did not pay up their annual taxes or remit Value Added Taxes collected for the government. The tax evaders have also been made to sign an undertaking to clear their debts before the New Year. This comes after intensified efforts…
Gunmen Kill Four Policemen, Abduct Six Oil Workers
Gunmen on a speedboat in Bayelsa State have killed four policemen and kidnapped six Nigerian Agip energy firm employees in an attack that happened on Friday, October 24 in the Nembe Creek area of the state. Mustapha Anka, spokesman for the military’s Joint Task Force in the region, said, “Four policemen who were escorting a…
‘I Want A Woman To Succeed Me’ – Dickson
Seriake Dickson, Bayelsa State governor, yesterday said he would want a woman to succeed him by the time he leaves office. Dickson, who spoke at the state secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Yenagoa, during the State Executive Council, SEC meeting, said, “when I have to vacate my seat at the end of…
Timipre Sylva’s Uncle Dies In Kidnappers’ Den
Benson Adigio-Eseni, 87, uncle to Timipre Sylva, former governor of Bayelsa State has died in the hands of his abductors, the Bayelsa State police command says. The police say one of the suspected kidnappers already in police custody, said Adigio-Eseni died on August 14 after suffering shock. The suspect, simply identified as Nelson, 27, said…
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