Bayelsa State

The Bayelsa State Government has expressed dismay at the extent of damage that oil exploration has caused and the attentant neglect by international oil companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta. The Commissioner for Environment, lselema Gbaranbiri, made this known...

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged African leaders to stop blaming their woes on the colonial era but rather make deliberate efforts to develop their countries. Governor Diri represented by his deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, spoke...

July 14, (THEWILL) - The Bayelsa State Government has urged the contractor handling the Obogoro shoreline protection project to speed up completion, expressing dissatisfaction at the slow pace of work at the project site. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr....

July 13, (THEWILL) - .The Bayelsa State Government has expressed dismay at the extent of damage oil exploration has caused and the attendant neglect by international oil companies (IOCs), operating in the Niger Delta. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr lselema...

July 13, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Bayelsa State Vigilante Security Service have apprehended an 18-year-old boy, Promise Okpo, over alleged burglary and theft of mobile phones worth a million naira. The culprit, a native of the Okordia community...

July 12, (THEWILL) - The Chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council, His Royal Majesty, King Bubaraye Dakolo, the Benanaowel of Ekpetiama Kingdom, Agada the IV, on Tuesday, launched two books: ‘Once A Soldier’ and ‘The African Voice’. The...

July 11, (THEWILL) - Ex-agitators in Bayelsa state, on Tuesday, barricaded the liaison office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, demanding that Esther Boro, the Bayelsa state Liaison Officer of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, must go or no staff will...

July 10, (THEWILL) - Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has restated the call for oil companies, operating in the state and corporate bodies, to invest in sports development. He made the call at the closing ceremonies of the 3rd...

July 10, (THEWILL) - The Bayelsa state governor, Senator Douye Diri and other prominent Nigerians are among the galaxy of dignitaries expected at the book launch, authored by HRM King Bubaraye Dakolo, the Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama kingdom, Agada iv...

July 09, (THEWILL) - There is rising tension and confusion in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, following the forceful arrest of the Minority Leader of the State House of Assembly and member representing Nembe Constituency 2, Chief Edward Irigha-Brigidi. Irigha-Brigidi...