Smart card reader has rejected the thumb print of Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, amidst reports of delays in arrival of election materials in some parts of the state. Dickson was however allowed to vote at Ward 2 unit 5 in Orerewari, Toru Orua, Sagbama Local Government Area at about 10.35 am after several unsuccessful […]
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Buhari vows to probe $16 billion power sector expenditure
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday vowed to probe the $16 billion invested in the power sector by his predecessor in office, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. He pledged that every kobo would be recovered and anyone found wanting exposed. Speaking during an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the president stated that he was unrelenting […]
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Police arrest man for murder of his 2 children
Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa The Police in Igbogene community, a suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, have arrested a man for the murder of two of his children. The suspect, Samuel Sunday Otasi, aged 42, was said to have given the children Sniper to drink after tying them to a tree in the forest. The […]
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4 injured as petrol tanker collides with tricycles in Yenagoa
No going back on raid of criminal hideouts in Bayelsa – CP
The Police Command in Bayelsa says it is committed to protection of lives and property in the state and will not backslide on raiding of criminal hideouts. Mr Mukan Joseph, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said this in Yenagoa on Wednesday, while addressing a group of students. The students had staged a protest […]
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Anxiety in Bayelsa over withdrawal of Op. Doo Akpo
Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa There is now palpable anxiety, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, over the sudden withdrawal from major streets patrol vans and operatives of the state security outfit, Operation Doo Akpo. Operation Doo Akpo, a creation of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson in his bid to fight crime and criminality in the state, has […]
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Robber mistakenly shoots gang member in Bayelsa
Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa A suspected armed robber was on Monday arrested by an angry mob after his colleague mistakenly shot him while they (the robbers) were trying to escape after an operation at Imgbi Road, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Investigations revealed that the four-man robbery gang at about 9:00p.m. pretended as customers and entered […]
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BIM/MASSOB protest in Bayelsa, tells Igbo elites to embrace Biafra
Renewed cult war claims four in Bayelsa
A renewed cult war in Swali, a suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, at the weekend, claimed four victims at a popular market. One of the suspected cult members, Mr. God-do-well, was inflicted with several machete cuts. A rival gang, numbering over 40, on Friday, left the 34-year-old from Delta State, in the pool of […] …
