A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking disqualification of Mr Timipre Sylva from contesting Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship poll.
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A former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli, has accepted the ruling of the Election Petition Tribunal which upheld the February 25, 2023, House of Representatives election, Hon. Marie Ebikake, as a member of the Brass/Nembe Federal Constituency of the state.
Otuoke community in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa have called on the Federal and State Governments for intervention against predicted flooding.
The journalists who were brutally assaulted on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, in Bayelsa state have told IPC’s Centre for Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ) that it was a needle-eye escape from the jaws of death.
ASHENEWS reports that operatives of the Police Strike Force have arrested eight suspected hoodlums terrorizing Nembe Bassambiri community in Bayelsa state.
The Bayelsa state government on Sunday linked Saturday’s shootout between the police and armed youths in Nembe-Basambri to the forthcoming Nov. 11 governorship election in the state.
The Bayelsa Development Initiative (BDI) has criticized the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government in the state for failing to address the ecological challenges confronting the state’s coastline communities.
Bayelsa state governor, Douye Diri says coastal communities in the state are in danger of being submerged by the Atlantic Ocean and called on the federal government to assist in pilling the areas.
The Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), on Thursday uncovered three reservoirs used for the storage of illegally refined fuel in Bayelsa.
The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a 32-year-old man, Ebimotimi Freeborn, who was accused of stealing bread.