Bayelsa State

Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has approved an additional N200 million for the payment of pensioners’ gratuity for the month of May. The governor gave the approval on Sunday at this year’s Workers’ Day celebration while responding to the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against heating up the polity and embarking on clandestine moves that would set the South South region on fire over the Bayelsa state governorship tussle.…

Following the recent decision of the Supreme Court over the last gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally conceded defeat. The APC chairman in the state, Jonathan Amos, who made this known…

Bayelsa state Governor, Douye Diri who was sworn in after Supreme court nullified the election victory of David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared himself a miracle governor. The verdict which was delivered a day…

The Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta has confirmed the death of four soldiers in an ambush by unknown gunmen at Letugbene in Bayelsa state. Major Victor Olukoya, Spokesman of the joint force code-named Operation Delta Safe…

A group of protesters has stormed the All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Abuja, demanding the removal of the national chairman Adams Oshiomhole. The protesters under the aegis of Concerned APC Youths are demanding that…

A three-day dusk to dawn curfew has been declared by the police in Bayelsa state over the violence that trailed the Supreme Court ruling which sacked the APC’s elected candidate, David Lyon, and his deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo.…

Former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has sent a congratulatory message to Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who was sworn in as Bayelsa state governor following the verdict of the Supreme judgment which sacked David Lyon as…

The governor-elect of Bayelsa state, Senator Douye Diri has reacted to the judgment of Supreme Court that disqualified the election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) David Lyon and returned him as the winner of the poll, saying God has…

The presidential candidate of the PDP in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the sack of APC governorship candidate, David Lyon, and his running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, by the Supreme Court. The Herald…

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has reacted to the shocking loss of David Lyon, gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the supreme court. The apex court declared Diri…

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has commenced manhunt for gunmen who killed four Naval ratings and abducted two foreigners at Agge coastal areas in Bayelsa state. The Herald gathered that the incident occurred when the gunmen seized a…

One person was on Saturday, January 4, killed in a communal clash between Oruma and Otu-Asiga communities in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. The Herald gathered that the youths from both communities engaged in a free-for-all…

Following the attack launched on Goodluck Jonathan's residence in Otuoke, Bayelsa state by unknown gunmen, the former president and his wife, Dame Patience, on Saturday evening, December 28, visited Lance Corporal Umar Umar Muttaka, at the…

Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has disclosed what will happen to the assailants that invaded his residence in Otuoke, Bayelsa state. Jonathan in a statement by his spokesperson, Ikechukwu Eze, on Friday, December 27,…

Presidency on Tuesday, November 26, said Former President Goodluck Jonathan was not blackmailed to trade off the November 16 governorship poll in Bayelsa State. The presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, who disclosed this said the …

Governor Muhammadu Badaru of Jigawa state, Senator Ita Enang and  other APC party leaders, Sunday evening, November 17, visited visited former president, Goodluck Jonathan, at his residence in Otueke in Bayelsa state. The Herald reported…

According to reports, the American Government are contemplating imposing a visa ban on perpetrators of violence in the forthcoming Bayelsa State  Elections. Claire Pierangelo, United States Consulate General ensured that observers would…

All 65 Governorship Candidates who will be participating in the up coming elections in Bayelsa and Kogi State have signed a peace Accord. Bayelsa and Kogi “are not easy states” when it comes to conducting governorship elections, the…

The Bayelsa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disowned the former senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Sen. Nimi Amange, following his recent defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Also Read:…

The police in Bayelsa has arrested an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for killing an undergraduate of the Niger Delta University in Bayelsa State. The victim, identified as Obinna, was a 100-level student…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State lacks the needed political presence to win the state governorship election slated for November 16. Jonathan said this during the PDP Elders’…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Aug. 30,as deadline for the submission of applications by observer groups interested to observe Bayelsa and Kogi governorship elections. The commission announcef this in a…

The National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Bayelsa Command, has arrested 105 persons while 27.35 kg of illicit drugs were seized in the area between January and June. Bayelsa NDLEA Commander, Mr Abdullahi Abdul, gave the…

The Bayelsa Police Command has confirmed the death of a 78-year-old woman, Mrs Ayoko Owoko, in the custody of kidnappers in the creeks of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state. Mr Asinim Butswat, spokesman of the command who…

Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson, has said the current leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) doesn't give the state the constitutional 13% oil derivation revenue. Dickson was speaking during an interview…

A group of locals named Bayelsa State Volunteers has nabbed an alleged rapist and serial blackmailer, Knakumo Aniso, after he raped a pregnant woman right inside her residence. After getting adequate information about Aniso, some of the…

Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Monday heeded to public outcry and declined assent to the bill seeking life pension for the state lawmakers as canvassed by the state House of Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…

Residents of Oluasiri in the Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State were left in dismay on Sunday when a young man in his late 20s reportedly shot his girlfriend to death for allegedly cheating on him. A source in the community,…

Four armed men suspected to be operatives of Directorate of Security Services (DSS) on Saturday whisked away a journalist, Jones Abiri,  to an disclosed location. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abiri, the publisher of…