Bayelsa State

Attack on Abel Damina, NJC’s panel on conflicting court orders on Rivers crisis, other top stories from South-south

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Attack on Abel Damina, NJC’s panel on conflicting court orders on Rivers crisis, other top stories from South-south

False sexual allegations as weapon of vitimisation On Monday, we published an investigative report on the travail of Inih Ebong, a former lecturer at the University of Uyo, who was fired by the university over false sexual harassment allegations. Despite several legal victories against the institution, the university has refused to reinstate the lecturer and … Read more

Gov Diri calls on federal govt to take concrete measures against flood

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Gov Diri calls on federal govt to take concrete measures against flood

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has urged the federal government to take action against the flooding menace in the country by building dams and dredging rivers. He made this call during a meeting on Friday in Yenagoa, the state capital, with first-class traditional rulers in Bayelsa. Mr Diri stated that the major river channels … Read more

Ex-council chairperson files N2bn suit against Nigerian army

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Ex-council chairperson files N2bn suit against Nigerian army

Lucky Okodeh, a former caretaker chairperson, Southern Ijaw Local Council of Bayelsa State, has sued the Nigerian army for allegedly publishing his photograph among those wanted in connection to the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama, Delta State. Mr Okodeh, in the suit filed before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja by … Read more

Palliatives not solution to current hardship- Gov Diri

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Gov Diri calls on federal govt to take concrete measures against flood

Gov Douye Diri of Bayelsa State on Sunday said offering palliatives was not a lasting solution to the economic hardship in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Diri made the remark when he spoke during the Easter Sunday service at St. Peter’s Anglican Church in his community, Sampou, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local … Read more

Why I deleted videos of reported reprisal by soldiers against Delta community – Sowore

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Why I deleted videos of reported reprisal by soldiers against Delta community – Sowore

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has spoken on why he deleted video clips which he earlier uploaded on social media showing a burning village purportedly from reprisal by Nigerian soldiers against Okuama Community in Delta State. The Nigerian military was accused of carrying out the reported … Read more

Bayelsa govt intervenes in ‘marriage’ of four-year-old girl to 54-year-old man

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Bayelsa govt intervenes in ‘marriage’ of four-year-old girl to 54-year-old man

The Bayelsa State Government has invited parents of a four-year-old girl and the 54-year-old man allegedly involved in a purported marriage in Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government’s intervention is coming on the heels of media reports of a 2 December … Read more