PREMIUM TIMES The Bayelsa State House of Assembly, on Monday, passed the Legislative Fund Management Bill, 2019, which signals financial autonomy for the Assembly. The Speaker, Monday Obolo, while speaking during the emergency sitting of the Assembly in Yenagoa, said…
THISDAY Oil producing communities in Bayelsa State have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to fast-track the payment of the statutory 13 per cent derivation fund accruing to the Niger Delta directly to them. Coming under the umbrella of Concerned Citizens of…
PREMIUM TIMES The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, David Lyon, has been declared winner of the Bayelsa State 2019 governorship election. The declaration was made Monday morning by Faraday Orumwese, Vice Chancellor of the University of…
PREMIUM TIMES The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, David Lyon, has consolidated his lead in the Bayelsa State governorship election. In the fresh results announced for Southern Ijaw local government, the APC candidate polled 124, 803 to defeat his…
PREMIUM TIMES The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, David Lyon, has taken a significant lead in the ongoing Bayelsa State governorship election. In the results announced thus far at the collation centre in Yenagoa on Saturday, Mr Lyon has…
TRIBUNE ONLINE Mr Einstein Oribo, former chairman, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Bayelsa State and one-time Senior Special Assistant (Mobilisation) to incumbent Governor Seriake Dickson, is the national coordinator of None APC Vanguard for David Lyon. In…
RIPPLES NIGERIA The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has informed the public that no fewer than 69,282 personnel would be deployed to provide adequate security during the November 16 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states respectively. Adamu revealed…
THE NATION Activists and residents in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, have lambasted the state government following the recovery of bodies of two drowned victims from the popular Epie Creek in the capital city. The victims reportedly drowned on Friday when…
PUNCH NEWS The ongoing strike action embarked upon by the Nigeria Union of Teachers in Bayelsa State over neglect and poor working environment entered the third week. Public primary and secondary schools have remained shut in the state since September…