Bayelsa State

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Opu-Nembe following amid a crisis rocking the community. The governor, in a closed-door meeting with members of …

Troops of 5 Battalion operating under 16 Brigade, Nigerian Army have captured an armoury following a raid operation on a militant camp in the Ijaw South Local Government Area of …

Cleaning up decades-long oil pollution and restoring environmental health in just one of Nigeria’s crude-producing states, Bayelsa will cost at least $12 billion, investigators said on Tuesday. Bayelsa state, home …

The Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, has confirmed the resignation of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva. Ahmad, in a tweet on …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Screening Committee for Bayelsa State has screened and cleared Senator Douye Diri for the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. The screening …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the decision on the next set of political office holders should be the prerogative of Nigerians through the democratic process and not a decision to …

The Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri has condemned the destruction of voting materials in the Ogbia Local Government Area (LGA) of the state by suspected thugs. While voters were casting …

The police command in Bayelsa State has arrested a suspect in connection with the destruction of some voting materials in some wards in the Ogbia Local Government Area of the …

Scores of traders in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Saturday shunned voting in the governorship and state assembly elections as they continued trading in the famous Tombia market in …

Tempers flared in Yenagoa on Saturday as angry youths protest the non-availability of electoral materials at various polling units in the Bayelsa State capital. As of 4pm at Ward 1 …