Bayelsa

Ex-militants protest over five-month unpaid amnesty stipends

Scores of aggrieved ex-militants from Bayelsa and Delta states on Monday staged a protest over delayed payment of  their five-month amnesty stipends by the Federal Government.

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Bayelsa Inside Niger Delta

Leave me out of your woes, Sylva tells Dickson

Timipre Sylva, former governor of Bayelsa state, has accused Seriake Dickson, the incumbent governor of the state, of spreading false reports about him. Sylva, who lost the recent governorship election to Dickson, advised his rival to find a means to resolve the challenges in the state, rather than attacking him. “We have read the irresponsible,

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Bayelsa Inside Niger Delta

Soldiers kill boat driver in Bayelsa

Troops of the  Joint Force (JF), Operation Pulo Shield (OPS), have killed a boat driver, who hailed from Olugbobiri, Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State. It was gathered that the killing of the boat operator was caused by the tension and mutual suspicion pervading the waterways of Bayelsa and Delta States because of

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