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Tag: Bayelsa
EndSARS: Bayelsa Judicial Panel awards N21bn against Nigerian police
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Bayelsa Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Other Related Offences has awarded N21bn to victims of extrajudicial killings perpetrated by the police and other security operatives. Chairman of the panel, rtd. Justice Young Ogola, disclosed this while submitting the report to Governor Douye Diri[Read More…]
A 39 year old man has been sentenced to death by firing squad in Bayelsa
Estimated Reading Time: 1A Bayelsa State High Court, Ogbia judicial division, sitting in Yenagoa, has sentenced a 39 year old man to death by firing squad. The defendant, Charles Nikson was convicted and sentenced for his involvement in the November 2020 thwarted abduction of Vivian Okoye, wife of a popular[Read More…]
13% derivation: Pay Bayelsa $951 million, Court orders FG
Estimated Reading Time: 3The Federal Government has been asked by an Abuja Federal High Court to pay the sum of $951 US dollars to the Bayelsa State government being the 13 per cent derivative sum due to it as arrears of revenue and payable . Delivering judgement in suit number[Read More…]
Breaking: IYC President, Peter Timothy Igbifa regains freedom
Estimated Reading Time: 2 The President of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, Peter Timothy Igbifa, has regained freedom. Igbifa was abducted on his way to the airport in Port Harcourt, one day to the the mass protest the youth body declared over President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in constituting a substantive[Read More…]
Bayelsa government imposes curfew from 8pm to 6am
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Bayelsa State Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew between the hours of 8pm and 6am daily. This was announced in a statement on Friday signed by the Commissioner for Information, Orientation, and Strategy, Mr Ayibaina Duba. Duba said the curfew would take effect from Sunday, May[Read More…]
Fresh Oil Spill Reported From Shell Facility In Bayelsa
Estimated Reading Time: 1Community sources in Ikarama community have reported a new case of oil spill along Shell Petroleum Development Company’s (SPDC) Okordia-Rumekpe Trunk Line or TransNiger Trunk Line. The spill reportedly occurred on April 6, 2021.According to community folks, the spill occurred as Shell was flushing the pipeline, an[Read More…]
Bayelsa Governor suspends all agreements between oil companies and host communities
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Bayelsa state government has suspended all previous agreements between host communities and international oil companies. This was announced on Friday in a statement by Governor Duoye Diri. The Governor said agreements between oil firms and host communities should align with policies of the state government. Diri[Read More…]
In Bayelsa, militants burned down Agip Oil Pipelines
Estimated Reading Time: 1Militants in Igbomotoru Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government have burned down oil pipelines allegedly belonging to Agip oil. The Nigerian Tribune reports that the attack is about the battle to control and influence the surveillance contracts being handled by a security company known as Dalong Security.[Read More…]
Politics shouldn’t be seen as war – Former President, Jonathan
Estimated Reading Time: 1Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged politicians to imbibe and promote peace, love and unity for the stability and growth of Nigeria. Politics should not be seen as war but a process of choosing a leader, and after elections, there should be love and unity amongst all[Read More…]
