Niger Delta

Authorities of the Bayelsa State Police Command has announced the dismissal of Sergeant Obrientele Ebiarede over his alleged involvement in the recent abduction of a State High Court Judge, Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro. Sergeant Obrientele Ebiarede is an Indigene of Foutorugbene community in Ekeremor Local Government area of the State. The …

Former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council, Comrade Tarinyo Akono, has strongly criticized the purported suspension of the Okpoama Kingdom Chiefs Council Executive, led by High Chief Nathan Egba-Dienegha. The suspension followed a controversial Ibekobiriya meeting held on July 26, 2025, at Okpo Square, which …

A medical practitioner, Samuel Adebola, won the star prize of one million Naira at the fifth edition of the Governor Douye Diri National Scrabble Championship held last weekend in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The Ogun State-based doctor clinched the coveted trophy in the Masters Category, beating stiff competition from …

  By Our Reporter    The umbrella body of Ijaw Elders, the Ijaw National Congress (INC) has rejected a proposed bill in the Senate seeking to permanently elevate the Ooni of Ife and Sultan of Sokoto as the exclusive Co-chairmen of the Traditional Rulers Council in Nigeria. The INC said …

The Community Development Committee (CDC), Chairman of Elebele Community in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has charged the management of Renaissance Africa Energy Nigeria Ltd (former Shell Petroleum Development Company) to up its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with its host Communities. He gave the charge while speaking …

The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has expressed deep appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for his huge support for the programme’s peacebuilding process in the Niger Delta. Otuaro spoke on Wednesday while delivering his remarks at the opening ceremony for the second batch of the Leadership, …

A group, the Federal University of Agriculture Support Committee, has raised a total of N232.562 million for the take-off of the newly established Federal University of Bassambiri, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Delivering a keynote address at the fundraising ceremony in Yenagoa, the chairman of the Federal University …

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has urged universities to embrace technology in order to produce innovators for Nigeria. Governor Diri also challenged policy makers and education managers to develop and update curriculum at all stages of learning to meet realities of the digital age. He called on universities …

…Calls for Arrest of Troublemakers A group, the Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders Forum for Peace & Development has sent a letter to President Bola Tinubu and all service Chiefs over the alleged attempt by some groups of aggrieved former militant leaders to provoke security infraction in the region …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has called on employers of corps members to provide financial support for transportation and accommodation, or to pick up corps members from orientation camps, as a means of enhancing their welfare and service delivery. The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier-General OO Nafiu, through the Deputy Director, …