Bayelsa state

Breaking: Former Petroleum Minister Timipre Sylva Declared Wanted

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Governor of Bayelsa and former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva,...

Breaking: Bayelsa Gov. Diri Quits PDP

Bayelsa Gov. Douye Diri has resigned from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), according to a post on Facebook by his Chief Press Secretary,...

Gunmen strike in Bayelsa, abduct high court judge

Some yet-to-be apprehended gunmen invaded Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Saturday, abducting a state high court judge, Justice E.G. Umokoro. He was...

Team Bayelsa’s Female Basketball Team Claims Third Straight Gateway Games Gold

By Samuel Akpan in Abeokuta The Bayelsa Female Basketball team continued their dominant run, successfully defending their title at the 22nd National Sports...

Court halts Pro-Wike rally in Bayelsa, adjourns until April 11 for hearing

A scheduled April 12 rally in support of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, in Yenagoa, has been put on hold...

Cult Violence Claims Life in Bayelsa as Man is Fatally Stoned

A brutal cult clash in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, claimed the life of 30-year-old Dariepngton Watson on Wednesday evening. Watson, a member...

Supreme Court upholds Gov. Diri’s election

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the re-election victory of Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The apex...

18 days to Bayelsa guber poll: INEC removes APC candidate, Sylva’s name from contestants’ list

Following court’s judgment, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the names of Timipre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver, of...

IPAC to INEC Chair: Use Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa polls to restore electorate’s confidence

The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to use the forthcoming off-season...

I’ll not succumb to intimidation, blackmail or buckle down –Sylva, Bayelsa APC guber candidate

Chief Timipre Sylva, the Bayelsa APC Governorship Candidate for the November poll, says he will not succumb to intimidation or blackmail in the...

Buhari’s ex-Minister, Sylva, picks APC’s ticket for Bayelsa guber poll in November

The immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has won the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary...

Pres. Buhari felicitates Sylva at 58

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday congratulatedthe Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva on his 58th birthday,. In a birthday message,...

20 days after, oil spill ravaging Opu Nembe in Bayelsa uncurtailed

  More than 20 days after an oil spill which resulted in inferno broke out in Opu Nembe Community at the Southern field...

We are now second-class citizens in our own country, laments Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark

  “What type of country to do we belong to? We produce all the resources in this country and for me to benefit...

Just in: Supreme Court upholds Bayelsa Gov. Diri’s 2019 election

  Several months after, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Governor Duoye Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, held on November 16,...