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…
Bayelsa Nurses Demand Immediate Reversal Of Verification Policies Limiting Their Freedom Of Practice
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria in a memo dated February 7, 2024, announced the review of the guidelines for verification of certificates by nurses and midwives. The Bayelsa State Nurses Forum has refuted the notion of brain drain…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, says his administration’s five-year economic plan has been developed, which outlined the strategies and initiatives to diversify and strengthen the state’s economy, create jobs and attract investments. He stated this on Wednesday during his…
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, claimed on Sunday that God used last year’s governorship election, which he won on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, to rescue the state from a cabal. According to him, the cabal…
An early morning inferno has destroyed property and goods worth millions of naira at Amarata Community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The fire incident, which happened around 2.30am on Saturday, was said to have started from a spark…
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has called on the Federal Government to review its policy of using non-state actors in its effort to secure the maritime environment of the country.Senator Diri,who expressed concern that the continued use…
The Bayelsa State Government has taken exception to the fiscal arrangement in which states, particularly oil-producing states, do not know how the Federal Government usually arrives at the figures that constitute 13 per cent derivation that accrues to the states.…
Stakeholders in Bayelsa State primary health care, including government health agencies, international health organisations and civil society organisations, have pushed for a law to implement six months’ paid maternity leave and two weeks’ paid paternity leave. They are also pushing…
The off-season gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State in early November has produced another example of that state’s characteristically controversial and much-discussed electoral results. Although the former governor and immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Chief Timipre Sylva representing the…