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COVID-19: Olumba Church, Five Others Shutdown In Bayelsa State Over Adherence

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By Elizabeth Vincent, Six churches have been shutdown by the Bayelsa Government for failing to adhere to the operational protocols required to conduct services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The churches shutdown last Sunday are, Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, also known as Olumba Olumba, Living Faith Church, Igbogene, Salvation Victory Centre, Igbogene, Shalom International Christian Centre, along Tombia-Amassoma road. Others are, Great Grace Distinguished Assembly, Okutukutu and Hebrews International Church, Ayama road respectively. According to the Permanent Secretary of the ministry of information, Mr Freston Akpor, “The state government…

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Suspected Herdsmen Attack Policeman In Bayelsa

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A Police Officer on special duty in Bayelsa State have being attacked and wounded by suspected Fulani herdsmen.   According to the reports by SirBob Yekwe, “Sgt Charles Biweribo is a Toru-Ebeni (in Bayelsa State) born police officer, serving in the Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force. Yesterday, he was posted to the 5-star hotel area, close to the flyover at Azikoro Road axis of Yenagoa. He was gallantly in his duty post till about 5:00am this morning, when he noticed the FULANI herdsmen trooping into the 5-Star…

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BREAKING: INEC Declares PDP’s Duoye Diri Winner Of Bayelsa Election

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Duoye Diri as the winner of the Bayelsa election. The INEC Chairman who made this announcement at the INEC headquarters in Abuja said the certificate of return will be issued immediately to the winner. Details shortly… Source: Channels Television

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Bayelsa Govt Has Not Taken Loan For The Past Two Years -Information Commissioner

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Bayelsa Govt Has Not Taken Loan For Over Two years Now-Information Commissioner   By Elizabeth Vincent,   Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso Markeson, has said that the state government it is not making any effort to obtain new loans. In a statement on Monday the commissioner said, “Bayelsa state government had not taken any major loan in over two and a half years and would not present any fresh budget to the House of Assembly for the year 2020. According to him, the 2019 budget would…

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GOVERNOR DICKSON REACTS TO APC WINNING

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  By Elizabeth Vincent   YENEGOA -The Governor of Bayelsa State his excellency Hon Henry Serike Dickson has reacted to the claim that APC is the winner  of the Saturday election ,he called on the independent national electoral  commission (INEC) to declare the party candidate of PDP Douye Diri. His excellency who made the statement at the world press briefing held at Government House Yenagoa said the result monitored by his party in the eight local government areas showed clear indication that APC did not win. According to him, There…

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Bayelsa Elections: PDM Guber Candidate Harps On Violence Free Election.

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  By Victor Bieni YENAGOA- The Governorship Candidate of Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) in Bayelsa State, Chief Atali Kasamana Wayman has called for a violence free elections in the forthcoming November 16th, 2019 Governorship election in Bayelsa State. PDM Guber Candidate made this assertion recently in Yanagoa, Bayelsa State capital while fielding questions from newsmen during the Stakeholders summit organized by the Management of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), held in the State for all Guber candidates of different political parties for the Bayelsa elections. Chief Atali therefore appealed to…

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Gov Dickson Seriake Swear-In New BYSIEC Chairman

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-By Elizabeth Vincent, The Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson,  tasked the newly sworn-in Chairman of the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission, BYSIEC, Hon. Ball Oyarede, to carry out his responsibilities with firmness and integrity. The Governor charged the new BYSIEC boss to ensure that the success and high standard of the commission was maintained through the conduct of credible, free and fair elections. A statement by the Special Adviser to the governor on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, quoted him as having said this  shortly after the…

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Residents of Gbanraun kingdom Decry Poor State Of Living Condition, High Mortality Rate

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….Demands for the release of 3.6bn reclamation and shore protection contract domicile into the national ecological fund account, Federal Ministry of Environment 38-yrs after  …No health centre, road, schools, pipe-borne water, electricity, network services  Residents of Gbanraun kingdom in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has decried the poor state of living conditions, high mortality rates following the federal ministry of environment neglect to complete Gbanraun reclamation and shore protection works phase1 which should have commenced since 1980. Fieldingquestions from journalists, Chairman Gbanraun Kingdom, Comr. Ombalamo Callman, stated…

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Bayelsa Dep Governor Decries Misleading Reports About Bayelsa, South -South Region

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By Elizabeth Joseph, Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John-Jonah, (Rtd) has decried the unwarranted and misleading reports about the South-South geo-political zone and Bayelsa state in particular, saying it is a deliberate distortion of the facts. Rear Admiral John-Jonah stated this when he played host to the 23rd batch of 20 Student Officers, including 2 directing staff of the Foreign Affairs Academy, Lagos, during a cocktail party in their honour at the Golden Castle Tulip Hotel, Yenagoa. He stressed that, the people of the region which mainly produce…

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Bad Leadership Cause Of Niger Delta Under-Development – Mulade

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Comrade Sheriff Mulade, an environmental activist, yesterday stated that infrastructural decay and high rate of poverty in the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria was as a result of bad leadership. Muldae who made this known during an interactive session with journalists in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, drew the Federal government’s attention to economic, environmental, communal and leadership crises rocking the region, which, according to him, have thrown the Niger Delta into a web of conflicting interests. He urged government to consider the setting up of a sustainable and comprehensive…

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