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Bayelsa Police Arrest 23 Suspected Cultists, Recover Firearms

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By Julius Agadaga, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested 23 suspected cultists and recovered firearms, ammunition and suspected illicit substances during intelligence-led operations across Yenagoa and its environs. The Commissioner of Police, CP Ajao Adewale, disclosed this on Saturday at the command headquarters in Yenagoa, while briefing journalists. Adewale said the operations were carried out between September 23 and October 8, 2026, in communities including Igbogene, Ovom, Akenfa, Swali, Onopa, Agudama-Epie and Amarata. He said the arrests followed reports of violent clashes and reprisal attacks among rival cult…

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29-Year-Old Man Arrested For Allegedly Defiling 5-Year-Old Girl In Bayelsa

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  Operatives of the Bayelsa State Community Safety Corps, Amassoma Cluster, have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly defiling a 5-year-old girl in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.   The incident occurred in Akede Community in Sagbama LGA. Both the suspect and the victim are from the same community.   The incident was reported, by the victim’s elder cousin, Mr. Tobokeakpo Selekeme, leading to the arrest of the suspect, identified as Ebikeme Seiye, also from Akede community.   Sources from the Safety Corps said that upon interrogation, the…

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Diri, Ogbuku Commend P-BAT Door To Door Movement for Galvanizing Support For Tinubu

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  By Julius Agadaga, Yenagoa     Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has described the P-BAT Door-to-Door Movement as one of the foremost and most coordinated support groups with organic grassroots support mobilizing for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. The governor who spoke through the Special Adviser Political Matters, Chief Collins Cocodia in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, during the expanded stakeholders meeting organised by the P-BAT Door-to-Door Movement said with groups like P-BAT, the re-election of President Tinubu is sacrosanct. Diri, said Bayelsa State remains…

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Nigeria Pledges Support for Congo’s Local Content Development- Lokpobiri

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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation with the Republic of Congo, particularly in the area of Local Content development in the oil and gas sector. Lokpobiri gave the assurance while welcoming a Congolese delegation to his office in Abuja. The Minister said Nigeria is willing to share its experience and lessons from the implementation of its Local Content policy with its “brother country,” Congo. He explained that Nigeria’s Local Content journey began over 15 years ago with…

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Bayelsa Deputy Gov Charges Engineers On State’s Development

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  By Julius Agadaga, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Dr. Peter Akpe, has described engineers as master planners critical to the development of the New Yenagoa City project.   Dr. Akpe stated when members of the Yenagoa branch of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Yenagoa.   A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Deputy Governor, Mr. Doubara Atasi stated that engineers occupy a strategic position in the development of any city, stressing that Bayelsa, as a…

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Bayelsa Deputy Governor Akpe Charges RDA Chairmen On Project Execution

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By Julius Agadaga, Yenagoa   Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Dr Peter Akpe, has charged chairmen of the 32 Rural Development Authorities, (RDAs), to intensify efforts to complete all ongoing projects for inauguration and use to improve the living conditions of rural people in their respective areas. The Deputy Governor, Dr. Peter Akpe, gave the charge while presiding over a meeting with the chairmen and principal officers of the various RDAs at his office in Government House, Yenagoa. Dr. Akpe, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr…

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NCDMB Reaffirms Commitment To Intellectual, Human Capacity Development

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By Julius Agadaga, Yenagoa   The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has pledged to sustain investment in human and intellectual capacity development as part of efforts to grow Nigerian participation in the oil and gas sector.   The pledge was made at the 5th edition of its Book Reading Programme held at the Nigerian Content Tower, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.   The edition featured a review of The Pain and the Promise: Insights and Fragments on Nigeria and People, Public and Personal, authored by journalist and public policy analyst,…

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2027: APC Leaders in Bayelsa Endorse Tinubu, Goli, Obuebite, Others

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Political leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have unanimously endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term, alongside other candidates of the party for the 2027 general elections. The endorsed candidates are Chief Israel Sunny Goli as Senatorial Candidate for Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Dr. Jonathan Obuebite as House of Representatives Candidate for Brass/Nembe Federal Constituency, Hon. Oteigbanyo Braah as House of Assembly Candidate for Nembe Constituency One, Hon. Edward Irigha Brigidi for Nembe Constituency Two, and Hon. Alalibo West…

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Bayelsa Govt: Siasia Stadium Work Ongoing, We’re Not Waiting For FG

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By Julius Agadaga, Yenagoa   The Bayelsa State Government has dismissed reports that construction work on the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa has stalled because the state is awaiting funding from the Federal Government.   The state government described the report as false and misleading, insisting that work on the stadium, which it said was being developed to FIFA standards, was ongoing.   The Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mrs Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, stated this on Friday while briefing journalists during the June and July 2026 Transparency Briefing in Yenagoa.…

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How IYC Can Re-invent Itself – Gov Diri

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By Julius Agadaga, Yenagoa       Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the new leadership of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) to reinvigorate the body to propagate the ideals for which it was formed.   Governor Diri stated this when the 10th IYC president, Dr. Doubra Okotete, his executive and other stakeholders paid a courtesy visit to Government House, Yenagoa.   A statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah said the governor charged the leadership to work together to bring the council back on…

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