“I am happy with the report on youths and how they are prepared to make compromise for the sake of peace. I urge chiefs to work with the committee. I will invoke my powers and will disrobe any chief who constitutes a cog in the wheel of progress.”
By Marie Ebikake The stream of spurious, face-saving lies, adduced by the police authorities, for the, widely condemned, August 12th, 2023 Gestapo-style armed invasion of Opu Nembe, is fallacious and clever by half. It seeks tointroduce the element of pipeline vandalism, a perennial problem, deep-rooted in politics. These violent armed attacks carried out by known…
“I will not spill one life to retain my office because every life is important to me. Anyone who wants to be governor should not sacrifice any of you to become governor”
*State Won’t Return To Dark Days, Says Diri The Bayelsa State Security Council has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Nembe-Basambiri community in Nembe Local Government Area of the state. The curfew period is between 7pm and 6am daily until further notice. Rising from an expanded emergency security council meeting presided by Governor Douye Diri, on…
By Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli The recent sting operation in Opu Nembe (Bassambiri), Nembe local government area of Bayelsa State, conducted by a detachment of Mobile Policemen (PMF) and SWAT operatives from the Force Headquarters, Abuja, has thrown the community into a state of palpable fear, anxiety, and mourning, as the operation left in its wake…
Aggrieved women in Opu-Nembe community in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have staged a protest against the continued siege by policemen and armed thugs on their community. They also alleged that the invasion was sponsored by the immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva. The protesting women, dressed in…
The attention of the Bayelsa State Government has been called to the Saturday 12th August, 2023 unfortunate security situation in Opu-Nembe (Bassambiri), creating a serious sense of insecurity, panic and fear among the people of the community. There is the suspicion that the attack on the community is not unconnected with the upcoming November, 11…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, recently met with HRM King Biobelemoye Josiah, the Amanyanabo of Opu-Nembe Kingdom, and his Council of Chiefs at the Government House, Yenagoa. During the meeting, Governor Diri expressed his condolences to the people of Opu-Nembe over the recent loss of lives and reiterated his stance on ending the conflict…
