…sources believe that he committed suicide because he was frustrated A man suspected to be insane has reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself at the flyover near the NNPC filling station on the Sanni Abacha Expressway in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Sources claimed that passersby found the victim’s corpse dangling on the rail of
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Flood: 1.3 million people affected in Bayelsa, BYSEMA reveals
…The flood affected 300 communities across the eight LGAs of Bayelsa The Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency(BYSEMA) says flood has affected no fewer than 1.3million people in the state. This is according to data released on Monday by BYSEMA in Yenogoa. The agency said no fewer than 1.3million were displaced and compelled to seek refuge
Read moreINEC releases gov election timetable for Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi
…Timetable and Schedule of Activities has also been uploaded to the Commission’s website The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has released timetable and schedule of activities for Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state governorship elections. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Festus Okoye disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. INEC
Read moreJob scam, sexual assault: Man, 50 in Police net
‘The suspect usually disguised as a staff of Government House, Yenagoa, and lured his victims with the promise of job opportunity and employment’ A 50-year-old man who specialises in luring unsuspecting female job seekers to a hotel and sexually assaulting them has been arrested by operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command. The state Police
Read moreEx-official arrested for accusing state govt of diverting N3 billion
The police have arrested a former official of the Bayelsa State Government who accused Governor Douye Diri’s administration of diverting N3 billion agricultural loan. The former official, John Idumange, headed a state-run radio station, Radio Bayelsa, and was also an aide to the former governor of the state, Seriake Dickson. The N3 billion loan was
Read moreBayelsa Guber: Court Announces Date To Hear Diri’s Appeal on Sack
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, has announced September 14, 2020, as the date to hear the appeal filed by the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, challenging his sack by the tribunal. Some factional members of the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP), brought an application to be joined as parties in the appeal. ANDP’s
Read moreWife Of Vijah Opuama, Bayelsa Guber Candidate, Pleads IGP To Release Husband After His Arrest In Court
The wife of Vijah Opuama, the Liberation Movement candidate in the last Bayelsa governorship election, Cherry Opuama, has asked the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu to release her husband, according to a report by SaharaReporters. It was gathered that Opuama was arrested within the premises of the election petition tribunal in Abuja, on August
Read moreBREAKING: Tribunal Nullifies Election of Gov. Diri, Orders Fresh Election Within 90 Days
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Monday nullified the election that produced the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), candidate, Senator Duoye Diri, as Governor. The Tribunal held that the election was unlawful due to the exclusion of the ADP and its candidate, King George, from the November 16, Governorship Election. Meanwhile,
Read moreBREAKING: Tribunal Dismisses Petitions Against Bayelsa Governor, Deputy
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed two petitions challenging the victory of Governor Duoye Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, in the last election in the state. The petition were filed by the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and the United Peoples Congress (UPC). The tribunal’s three-man panel held that the petitioners’ failed
Read moreBayelsa Guber: Palpable Tension As Tribunal Delivers Judgment Saturday
There are obvious fear and vivid apprehension currently in Bayelsa, as the state’s Governorship Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja is set to deliver judgement on Saturday, August 15, 2020. The case judgement is between Vijah Opuama vs the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), People’s Democratic Party, Senator Douye Diri and Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Vijah Opuama
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