Tag: Bayelsa
INEC: Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa guber polls hold November 11, 2023
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated November 11, 2023 for the conduct of governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states.
The tenure...
APC accuses Gov Diri of using police to persecute Bayelsa members
The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused the state governor, Douye Diri, of using the state police command and the...
Jonathan’s country home flooded
Flood has taken over major parts of Otuoke Community, hometown of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa.
The residence of the former president in Otueke...
Flood washes up corpses at Bayelsa cemetery
The flood ravaging Bayelsa State has washed up several corpses at Azikoro Government Cemetery in Yenagoa, the state capital.
The situation has raised health concerns from...
Flood: Buhari orders emergency agencies to help Bayelsa
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all federal agencies dealing with rescue and disaster management to offer all needed assistance to Bayelsa State over flood...
3 dead, residents displaced as flood submerges Bayelsa community
The Ayakoro settlement in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa has been submerged by flood, leaving no fewer than three people dead.
The death toll...
Diri laments: NDDC abandoned over 1,700 projects in Bayelsa
Bayelsa State Governor, Sen. Douye Diri, has described as “unacceptable”, the 1700 abandoned projects of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) that litter different...
Gunmen abduct Jonathan’s cousin
Gunmen have abducted Mr Mike Ogiasa, a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, in Bayelsa State.
Ogiasa, a former cabinet member in the administration of...
Court declares Jonathan eligible to contest 2023 presidency
The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Friday, held that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the...
Bayelsa chair: Jonathan not yet APC member
The chairman of the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Dennis Otiotio, says former President Goodluck Jonathan has not joined...
