“The initial armed struggle in Ijawland basically fought for justice and development. The community called Oloibiri in Bayelsa State, where crude oil was first struck in commercial quantity in 1956, is now a shadow of itself. Nothing was ploughed back into Oloibiri that brought out all the trillions of naira for Nigeria”.
Eight of the suspects, which included six males and two females, were on Thursday paraded by security agencies led by the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Francis Idu, and the State Director of the Department of State Services, Mr. Adedapo Amao, in Yenagoa.
No fewer than 100 worshippers have been kidnapped after Bandits launched coordinated attacks on three churches in Kurmin Wali community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to reports, the victims were abducted during church services on Sunday, January 18. The attackers, who reportedly arrived in large numbers, struck almost simultaneously and whisked the…
The Nigerian government has condemned what it described as an “abominable” terrorist attack that took place on Tuesday, 17th September, 2024, targeting a military airport, training Centre and other strategic locations in Bamako, Mali. A statement by the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, on Saturday said in part: “This heinous…
The National leader of Ijaw Diaspora Women National Mrs. Eunice Apreala has called on the international community to support flood victims in Bayelsa state, the treasury base of Nigeria. Watch video…click the “Like” and “Subscribe” button in YouTube Kindly share
Incumbent chairman of the Bayelsa State Football Association Bar Poubeni Ogun has been re-elected as chairman of the State Football body for the third term. Bar Ogun will pilot the affairs of the State Football Association in the next three years having successfully served the FA in the last six years. Barr Ogun defeated Mr…
President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the UN General Assembly on Wednesday for the last time as Nigeria’s leader. In his farewell speech, he told the global body that his administration was determined to entrench a process of free, fair, transparent and credible elections through which Nigerians would elect their leaders. “As president, I have set the…
Whether anybody likes it or not, he continued where Dickson stopped. If it were some other Governors, they would abandon those things and look for other ways, but the man continued. That singular action of the present governor is what I liked him about most, and I believe that I’m speaking the minds of several Bayelsans. Our problem was roads, how to get to the hinterlands. This time, our hinterlands are the riverine areas. So what I mean is roads, not only those three senatorial roads, he has extended off the three senatorial roads to reach out more into the depths of our rivers and seas. So his pattern, he went away from the normal way of once a new government comes, the old arrangements are gone, whether they were good or not.
“Several narratives have been coming up and people are bringing a lot of information, but I can tell you for free that as of 10:00 yesterday morning, we counted 55 dead bodies. I personally told them not to bury them until they are counted, until we take records, videos, pictures, and the rest of them.”
By referencing the “concerns” of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Sylva was trying to be smart by half. To be sure, there were no conflicts or inconsistencies in the judgement of the Appeal Court as the verdict was clear as crystal and consistent with the earlier judgement delivered by of the state election tribunal.
