Bayelsa State

Nwanlia was standing trial alongside 32-year-old Gideon Atama and Clever Ovo over allegations of conspiracy, kidnapping and the murder of the three victims in Kalaba community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.

On October 1, 1996, Bayelsa State was created alongside five other states by the late General Sani Abacha led military government. Out of the old Rivers State came a new political entity, a homogenous Ijaw state, whose people had, for decades, yearned for greater control over their affairs and a government closer to their communities.

PenCom named Bayelsa State governor as Nigeria's most friendly governor in pension reforms The state has amended its pension laws and improved pension institutions The state is geared towards adopting a contributory pension scheme Diri posited that his...

August 12, (THEWILL) — There is something deeply unsettling about an unfinished public project. It is not simply an incomplete structure. It is a promise interrupted. Here, the promise has a name: the Proposed Convocation Arena of Niger Delta University,...

Delta, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom shared N242.63 billion in the first quarter, accounting for about 75.4 percent of the N321.90 billion derivation funds distributed to Nigeria’s 11 oil-producing states. Delta emerged as the biggest beneficiary with N101.60 billion,...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned until October 5 the trial of five men accused of concealing the whereabouts of former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, after proceedings could not commence because the court did not...

July 18, (THEWILL) — I have argued and advised in various fora that scholars and students of political science and development studies need to study the leadership and development style and strategies of Gov. Douye Diri because of their...

July 9 (THEWILL) — Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, says he is confident that the newly-constituted interim board of Bayelsa United will deliver on its assignment. ‎ ‎Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Dr Peter Akpe, last week Thursday, during the weekly...

July 07, (THEWILL) — The Peoples Democratic Party PDP) has reprimanded the Bayelsa State government, challenging it to address issues of hunger and poverty in the state instead of engaging in propaganda to distract the people. The PDP, while noting...

June 30 (THEWILL) — The Bayelsa State Government will on Wednesday arraign the alleged prime suspect in the June 2025 kidnapping of Bayelsa High Court Judge, Justice E.G. Omukoro, in what is expected to be the first major prosecution...