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All Roads Lead to Bayelsa: Ebenanaowei of Ogboin Prepares to Mark 20th Coronation Anniversary

The Council of Amananaotu of Otuan, Amatolo, Amassoma, Uhweru, Ibedeni, Tantua, and the good people of the ancient Ogboin Clan cordially invite the public to a grand celebration of the 20th Coronation Anniversary of His Royal Majesty (HRM) King Oweipa Jones-Ere (JP), III, Ebenanaowei of Ogboin Clan. The celebration will be held on 8th June,

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Bayelsa Politics

Bayelsa Governorship Election: 2 Days to Go – GbaramatuVoice Dey Yan Di Mata

As we dey approach di Bayelsa Governorship election wey dem set for November 11, campaign activities dey reach dia climax with just 2 days wey remain unto di important day. The way wey people dey anticipate and dey ginger for di state dey clear, as candidates and political parties dey do all dem fit to

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Bayelsa News

‘I will NOT pay 600k for a self contain in Yenagoa…’- Bayelsans React to Escalating Rent in Yenagoa

The rent crisis in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, has reached a tipping point, and residents have taken to Facebook to voice their concerns about skyrocketing rental rates. Everyone seems to agree – housing costs have become a big problem. Preye John, a Facebook user, sparked a fiery debate about the high cost of housing. Preye John:

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Bayelsa Inside Niger Delta News

Bayelsa Man Sets New Guiness World Record For Climbing Ladder with Football

After Solomon completed a 60 km journey from Amassoma to Yenagoa with a football on his head, GWR said some people doubted his story. Inspired, Tonye decided to prove them wrong by setting a Guinness World Records title by climbing 150 steps on a ladder with a football on his head. Read Also: Lagos Assembly

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Bayelsa News

Fuel Subsidy Removal: Governor Diri inaugurates Bayelsa transport scheme, unveils 106 vehicles

Fuel Subsidy Removal: Governor Diri inaugurates Bayelsa transport scheme, unveils 106 vehicles Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has unveiled a new transport scheme in a bid to alleviate the suffering of commuters in the state occasioned by the federal government’s removal of fuel subsidy. Governor Diri, who inaugurated 100 cabs and six luxury

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BAYELSA 2023: Why I’m coming back as governor -Timipre Sylva [VIDEO]

BAYELSA 2023: Why I’m coming back as governor – Timipre Sylva The immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva, provided  insight to why he is in the race to govern Bayelsa. According to him, the need for efficient leadership

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Bayelsa Travel & Tourism

A view of the Niger Delta through the lens – Bayelsa Ox-bow Lake in pictures

A view of the Niger Delta through the lens – Bayelsa Ox-bow Lake in pictures The Ox-bow Lake is located in Yenegoa, the capital of Bayelsa state, Nigeria. It is a waterfront that presents a coastal view of the capital city, and it has facilities that make it a tourist delight at all times. The

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Bayelsa News

BREAKING: Douye Diri emerges PDP governorship candidate in Bayelsa for second term

BREAKING: Douye Diri emerges PDP governorship candidate in Bayelsa for second term Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in the state to contest November 11 governorship election for a second term in office. Diri, an incumbent governor of the state who was the sole

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Bayelsa News

BAYELSA GUBER: Timipre Sylva resigns as minister of state for petroleum resources

BAYELSA GUBER: Timipre Sylva resigns as minister of state for petroleum resources The Presidency has confirmed the resignation of the Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva ahead of the All Progressive Congress, APC, governorship primaries in Bayelsa state next month. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad in tweet in

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Again, David Lyon joins Bayelsa governorship race, picks APC’s N50m nomination form

Again, David Lyon joins Bayelsa governorship race, picks APC’s N50m nomination form Chief David Lyon, a former Bayelsa Governor-elect, has purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms at the cost of N50 million to re-contest the governorship election. Marlin Danier led other Bayelsa APC stakeholders to the party’s national secretariat

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Governor Diri swears in acting chief judge for Bayelsa state

Governor Diri swears in acting chief judge for Bayelsa state The Executive Governor of Bayelsa state, Senator Douye Diri, has sworn in Justice Matilda Ayemieye as the acting chief judge of the state. Ayemieye took the oath in an acting capacity at a brief ceremony conducted in the Executive Council Chambers in Government House, Yenagoa,

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Bayelsa Breaking News

Suspected pirates attack speedboat, abduct 8 passengers in Bayelsa 

Suspected pirates attack speedboat, abduct 8 passengers in Bayelsa  Gunmen, suspected to be sea pirates, have attacked a speedboat conveying 15 passengers and abducted eight of them in Bayelsa State. It was gathered a combined rescue team of marine police, community leaders and concerned persons rescued seven of the 15 passengers who were abandoned by

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Bayelsa Politics

Winners of Bayelsa State House of Assembly PDP primaries

PDP PRIMARIES: BAYELSA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY RESULTS 1. Chief, Mrs Ebizi Ndiomu Brown Declared winner Salga PDP Constituency 3 Primaries 2. KOLOKUMA-OPOKUMA CONSTITUTUENCY 1 Hon. Pamoh Werinipre emerges Winner of the Kolokuma-Opokuma Constitutuency 1 in the State House of Assembly Primaries. 3. OGBIA CONSTITUTUENCY 2! Hon. Gibson Munalayefa wins Ogbia Constituency 2 PDP Assembly

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BAYELSA: Ogbia youths lament devastating erosion in Anyama community

BAYELSA: Ogbia youths lament devastating erosion in Anyama community …Call for help from government, interventionist agencies The Ogbia Brotherhood Youth Council, (OBYC) worldwide, the apex youth organization in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has lamented the devastating effect caused by erosion in Anyama community. The youths on a working tour to the area

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Bayelsa Education

Bayelsan author calls on Nigerians to join her to build thriving educational system

Bayelsan author calls on Nigerians to join her to build thriving educational system The Author of “Easy Guide To Better English,” Idimie George, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has urged Nigerians to join her in building a thriving educational system in the country. George who called for partnership from well-meaning individuals and organizations, stated this on

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Bayelsa News

Sack NCDMB boss, Simbi Wabote now, SPDC host communities in Bayelsa tell Buhari

Sack NCDMB boss, Simbi Wabote now, SPDC host communities in Bayelsa tell Buhari …Alleged he is corrupt and unfit for the office Members of the Concerned SPDC EA Host Communities Forum in Bayelsa state, have called on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, to sack Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, the Executive

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Bayelsa Politics

BAYELSA WEST: APC senatorial aspirant, Wilson Ayakpo, gets royal blessing

The paramount ruler of Ekeremor community, HRM King Agbodo Gbaseimor, has blessed the aspiration of the member representing Ekeremor Constituency II in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Wilson Ayakpo to represent the Bayelsa West Senatorial District in the Senate come 2023. The Ekeremor Community Council of Chiefs led by King Agbodo Gbaseimor received

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Bayelsa State Executive Council approves construction of Nembe-Brass road

The Bayelsa State Executive Council has approved the construction of Phase One of the Nembe-Brass Road in Bayelsa East Senatorial District of the state. This was disclosed on Wednesday at a joint press briefing after the 70th session of the executive council in Government House, Yenagoa. Speaking with newsmen, the state Commissioner for Information, Orientation

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Bayelsa Politics

Ekeremor Elders Urge PDP To Uphold Zoning Arrangement In Bayelsa West Senatorial District

The Ekeremor Elders Stakeholders Forum (EESF) has urged the Bayelsa State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to uphold the existing zoning arrangement in the Bayelsa West Senatorial District ahead of the 2023 general elections. The group insisted that the zoning formula, which alternates the district’s Senate and House of Representatives seats in the

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Bayelsa News

Nembe residents report fresh oil spill from Aiteo’s OML 29 in Bayelsa

Residents of Nembe in Bayelsa have reported fresh oil leak, months after the Nov. 5 spill at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. OML 29, which encompasses the 97km Nembe Creek Trunk Line connecting oilfields to the Bonny Export Terminal is operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company,

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MOTHER TONGUE: Bayelsa adopts Kolokuma Ijaw as central language

MOTHER TONGUE: Bayelsa adopts Kolokuma Ijaw as central language The importance of mother tongue in Nigeria cannot be over emphasized as it is used as an identity of a people. Like any part of the country or any part of the world, a mothers tongue or local dialect is used to differentiate a person from

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Bayelsa vigilante group arrests man over attempt to kidnap 3 minors

The Bayelsa State Vigilante Service has been vindicated over the Monday evening arrest of a 46years old man over suspicious attempt to lure three minors for ritual purposes. The minors rescued by the men of the State Vigilante Service, are between the ages of 11years and 12years. At the State Police Command, he claimed he

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“Dead babies with missing body parts are discovered daily” — Bayelsa waste management contractor

The Managing Director of Brikari Nigeria Limited, waste management contractor of Bayelsa State Government, Bright Ayebakari, has disclosed that no week passes without officials discovering corpses of little children, severed body parts, arms and ammunition in refuse receptacles in the state. Ayebakari, who spoke to NDV in Yenagoa, on refuse disposal and challenges in the

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[PHOTOS] Vice President Osinbajo wears Ijaw outfit to flag-off bridge construction in Bayelsa

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, today, wore an Ijaw outfit to an event to mark the commencement of the construction of the Angiama-Oporoma Bridge in Bayelsa State. Osinbajo wore a hat, bejeweled top, and finished the look with a walking stick. ALSO READ: Remarks by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the GbaramatuVoice 6th Anniversary Lecture in

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2nd Anniversary: Douye Diri inaugurates projects, launches Izon history book

Ijaws, worldwide, have been charged to rally around and give wide support to the Izon history book, “The Izon of the Niger Delta,” as part of a concerted effort to ensure the Ijaw language does not go into extinction. The Bayelsa State governor, Sen. Douye Diri, gave the charge while launching the book as part

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Bayelsa Breaking News

Gunmen abduct Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin in Bayelsa 

Jephthah Robert Abducted Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Jephthah Robert, a cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa State. It was gathered that he was kidnapped at 9.30pm, on Tuesday, in front of his house around Dimrose Road in Yenagoa. The victim is the elder brother of Azibaola Robert, who is the

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Niger Delta ex-militants ask runaway oil companies to return  

Ex-Niger Delta militants have urged companies and businesses that left the region following the era of militancy to return because they have resolved to ensure uninterrupted peace in the region, henceforth. The former militant warlords, who also called on interventionist agencies to work together with them to sustain the peace and ensure the development of

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Bayelsa state governor raises alarm over damaged Tombia bridge

The Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri, has raised the alarm over the damaged Tombia Bridge across the River Nun in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state built by the Federal Government 20 years ago. Diri said the damage was caused by erosion due to illegal dredging activities that had affected the edges of the

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Bayelsa state governor sends stern warning to bunkerers planning to relocate from Rivers

The Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri, has warned operators of illegal refineries who are planning to relocate to the state as a result of the ongoing clampdown in neighbouring Rivers State, to steer clear of Bayelsa. According to him, the state cannot afford to also be polluted by soot as it is the situation in

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NEW YEAR EVE TRAGEDY: Boat mishap kills 8 in Bayelsa

Tragedy has truck in Bayelsa State following the death of eight persons in a boat accident. The victims were said to include a pastor and a sick woman, who was being taken to a health centre. It was gathered that the incident happened on Thursday evening between Ogboinbiri and Amassoma in the Southern Ijaw Local

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Bayelsa Inside Niger Delta

Stakeholder complains 13 percent oil derivation fund does not get to host communities

The 13 percent oil derivation paid to state governments of oil producing states by the federal government, does not trickle down to the oil and gas host communities, bearing the brunt of oil and gas exploration activities, a stakeholder has said. To this end, host communities will continue to carryout protests against oil firms, because

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Bayelsa News

Bayelsa state government set for legal battle against Aiteo, others over oil spill

The Bayelsa State Government is gearing up for a legal battle against Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company, and other relevant agencies over the outcome of the Joint Investigation Visit (JIV), of the Oil Mining Lease(OML)29 Santa Barbara south field Well 01 blowout in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The JIV report signed

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Bayelsa queen urges media to stop referring to native doctors as pastors

The President of Royal Queens of Niger Delta Initiative, Evangelist Josephine Diete-Spiff, has urged media practitioners to change the narrative of classifying native doctors and criminals causing mayhem in the country as pastors. Josephine, who is the wife of the Amayanabo of Twon-Brass Kingdom in Bayelsa State and former Military Governor of Rivers State, King

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Stakeholders decry humiliating treatment meted out to royal fathers in Niger Delta

…Wonder why royal fathers raise hands when passing checkpoints on Niger Delta waterways Stakeholders have described as humiliating the practice where boat passengers including royal fathers are compelled to raise their hands over their heads (surrender) at every military checkpoint on the river and creeks of Bayelsa and other parts of the Niger-Delta region. Though

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Bayelsa Oil & Gas

NEMBE OIL SPILL: Civil Society Organizations advocate state of emergency in Bayelsa

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) have advocated for a declaration of state of environmental emergency in Bayelsa State. The CSOs led by Revd Nnimmo Bassey, Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) stated this over the weekend after a visit to Santa Barbara River, Nembe, where the oil spill from the Oil

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