The Bayelsa State Government has declared Friday a work-free day and ordered the closure of markets ahead of the visit of President Bola Tinubu to the state. The state Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, disclosed this on Thursday in Yenagoa, the state capital. She said, “As we all know that the the…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited said it has in the past week uncovered no fewer than 83 illegal refineries in the Niger Delta. The NNPCL disclosed this on its social media on Tuesday, adding that 15 illegal pipeline connections were also discovered within the same period. “In the past week, 15 illegal pipeline connections…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday, said some of its officials on election duty were held hostage in the Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. “The Commission is closely watching the situation in Brass LGA of Bayelsa State where our officials are held hostage,” the commission said in a statement on its…
Suspected political thugs attacked the residence of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Chief Diekivie Ikiogha, in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa, the state capital. They were said to have thrown an explosive believed to be dynamite into the building around 2 am. Similarly, two unidentified persons were also reported to…
A private warehouse in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital used by the state government to store foodstuffs and other materials was on Sunday invaded by some residents of the state capital who stole food items and others. The items included bags of rice and garri as well as cartons of noodles and…