John Akangbe

Panic has gripped frequent travellers on the East/ West Road over an ambush on Tuesday which claimed the lives of four soldiers and two drivers who were in the convoy of Daewoo company. READ ALSO Akeredolu returns to Germany for treatment INEC chairman swears-in nine new resident commissioners It was learnt that the soldiers […]

A group, Niger Delta Democratic Watch (NDDW), has raised an alarm over the alleged plot by the defeated candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recently conducted governorship election in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva in the recruitment of Information Technology (IT) experts to compromise already declared election results. But the APC has […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has restated its commitment to ensure the patronage and deployment of indigenous oil and gas service companies as part of its plan to drive development of operational capabilities in the implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act. The Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, […]

About 1000 students from the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State and other parts of Ijaw have been named as beneficiaries of the Henry Seriake Dickson Foundation 2023/2024 Education Support Scheme. This is in continuation of Senator Henry Seriake Dickson’s investment in education and human capacity development, generally, over the years. READ ALSO Kano […]

Ten major oil-producing communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and one community in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State have dragged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Federal High Court II in Yenagoa. The communities are Agbidiama, Amatu 1, Bilabiri I and 2, Bisangbene, Egbemo-Angalabiri, Letugbene, Ogbotobo and […]

The people of Opu- Nembe in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have written to the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu exonerating the Special Weapon and Tactical Team (SWAT) and the former Minister of State Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva of involvement in illegal oil bunkering. The people in a statement signed by all […]

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief, (Dr.) Samuel Ogbuku has underscored the importance and values of the rich cultural heritages and tourism potentials that abound in Bayelsa State. Ogbuku who stated this during the occasion of the 66th ‘Eyal Obein’ annual festival of Ayakoro community in […]

Members of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress took to the Streets of Yenagoa to protest over the economic hardship being experienced across the country. The protesting workers embarked on the peaceful procession along the Lambert Eradiri drive through the Melford Okilo Road, terminating at the Government House at Onopa in Yenagoa […]

In continuation of Operation Delta Sanity, aimed at fighting crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region, the Nigerian Navy has uncovered and destroyed three illegal refinery sites and one large wooden boat in Bayelsa State. The operation carried by the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) FORMOSO, in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa […]

The Bayelsa State Government has urged host communities to resist the temptation of disrupting the operations of oil companies in the state without exhausting legitimate means of conflict resolutions. The State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, stated this on Wednesday at a meeting with representatives of Peremabiri Community in Southern Ijaw Council Area and Shell […]