Residents along Epie Creek in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, have cried out to the state government to take appropriate steps in dredging the surrounding creeks and canals to avert imminent flooding as rain sets in. The residents said the state…
WIDESPREAD bush burning for the new farming season in the predominantly riverine Bayelsa State is causing health complications for residents, who have complained about clogging smoke in the atmosphere, and pollution of the environment. Choking air – Amaebi, resident A…
Healthcare providers and nursing mothers in Bayelsa State have expressed satisfaction with the adoption of drone services to supply drugs and other medicals to hospitals in the state. They are upbeat that the development has boosted immunisation compliance by 97…
The managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Samuel Ogbuku, has described President Bola Tinubu as a leader who has the interest of the people at heart. Ogbuku’s commendation of Tinubu followed a presidential directive ordering a quick intervention in…
ASABA – Monarchs, retired security officers, clerics, and activists in the Niger Delta, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to direct the Army to withdraw its siege to the embattled Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State to avert…
Following the gruesome murder of four Army officers and 13 soldiers in the Okuama community, Ughelli South council area of Delta state, the apex youth bodies of the Ijaw and Urhobo ethnic nationalities, on Thursday met in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state to…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. James Omietimi as Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, for an initial term of four years. He also reappointed Prof Sa’ad Ahmed as Chief Medical Director…
A school was forced to go on recess while the environment has been adversely affected by a gas flaring operation conducted by Shell, an international oil company, in the heart of a community in Bayelsa State. Residents of Gbarantoru Community,…
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has said his administration will do its best to ensure Southsouth campus of the National Judicial Institute (NJI) is sited in the state. He gave the assurance yesterday when the House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary led…
Two neighbouring communities, Opolo and Okutukutu, in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State were embroiled in a communal clash over land on Monday. Both sides were said to have recorded an unconfirmed number of casualties after some members of the…