The Bayelsa State Government says it is targeting 150 million Naira monthly revenue from activities of the state environmental sanitation authority. This is part of efforts to boost its internally generated revenue. According to ChannelsTV Chairman of the Bayelsa Environmental Sanitation Authority, Robert Enogha, disclosed this in Yenagoa at the inauguration of the state Environmental Authority […]
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The Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, says it has busted a militants’ camp in Bayelsa State, killing a suspected notorious militant. The killed militant, whose name was given only as Edoboy, was said to be one of the notorious kingpins on the wanted list of security agencies that had […]
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It has been revealed that the Federal Government deducted a total sum of N32bn from allocations of states from the Federation Account in the month of April 2016 for different debts they incurred especially through loans. In a report by the Economic Confidential, Osun state was worse hit by the development and ranks number one, […]
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Niger Delta militants on Thursday blew up two extra oil pipelines in Bayelsa State, threatening to bring oil production in the country to a halt. A militant group that calls itself the Niger Delta Avengers, which has claimed responsibility for most of the attacks since the beginning of the year, said it had attacked two […]
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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bayelsa has sanctioned 16 filling stations in the state for engaging in various sharp practices. Mr Asuquo Antai, Operations Controller of DPR in Bayelsa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa on Sunday that the marketers were sanctioned for overpricing, under-dispensing and product diversion. Antai said […]
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[su_dropcap]T[/su_dropcap]he crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State since its loss of the December 5, 2015 governorship election has deepened. A faction of the party headed by its state chairman, Mr. Tiwei Orunimighe, on Saturday, suspended the leader of the party and its governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva. The Orunimighe’s faction also suspended four […]
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BAYELSA State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Chief Timipre Sylva alleged yesterday that the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conspired with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to “rig” him out of the election. According to Nation, Sylva, who vowed to challenge what he described as the procured victory of the […]
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The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has disclosed that its operatives apprehended 40 suspected oil thieves, destroyed 106 illegal refineries along the recovery of a cache of arms in 2015. According to the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr. Desmond Agu, the command recorded an appreciable success in […]
Read More A governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Chief Timipre Sylva, has urged Bayelsa people and Nigerians to see the New Year as a new start in their individual and collective quests for development. He made the call in a New Year message issued by his Media Adviser, Mr Doifie Buokoribo, in Yenagoa on Friday. The candidate, who […]
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The Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, has put the average statistics of the voters that took part in the December 5, 2015 governorship election at 40 per cent, contrary to the claim of the opposition candidate, The Punch report. The governor, who said this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, […]
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