Bayelsa State

May 08, (THEWILL) — The Nembe communities at Okpoama and Ikensi in Brass and Nembe Local Government Areas (LGAs), respectively, have bemoaned recent oil leaks and subsequent pollution from Oil Mining Lease (OML 29) oilfields. It was learnt that the...

May 08, (THEWILL) — Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has advised the outgoing Prof. Benjamin Okaba-led executive committee of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) and the electoral committee not to proceed with the advertised inauguration of a...

May 07, (THEWILL) — The leading aspirant for the Ogbia Constituency II seat in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Anyam Kaiser Otobo, has promised equitable representation if elected...

April 28, (THEWILL) — The reasons for the current crisis brewing in the Ogboinbiri community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa state have emerged. This was contained in a press statement signed by Easter Day Ayibatairi, the...

April 22, (THEWILL) — As political consultations are rife for the choice of consensus candidates for the All Progressives Congress (APC) across Bayelsa State, political stakeholders from the Ogbolomabiri axis of Nembe Local Government Area have intensified calls...

April 19, (THEWILL) — The Bayelsa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has passed a resounding vote of confidence on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, in recognition of what it described as...

April 17, (THEWILL) — Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) has awarded scholarships to 600 host community students in Bayelsa State, as the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) called for deepened collaboration between communities and the surveillance firm to...

April 13, (THEWILL) — Armed operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday took over Ijaw House along Sani Abacha Road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, forcefully halting the scheduled National Executive Council...

April 09, (THEWILL) — Yenagoa is abuzz with activity as Bayelsa State prepares to host President Bola Tinubu this Friday, April 10. The landmark visit will see the President commission several high-impact projects, including the historic Angiama-Oporoma Bridge and...

April 09, (THEWILL) — The Bayelsa State Government has disclosed that in the next three weeks, Bayelsans will be told who will manage the Gas Turbine built by the Prosperity Administration. Speaking on Tuesday in Yenagoa during a stakeholders meeting,...