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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the appeal filed by Mr Ebizimo Diriyai, the candidate of the Accord Party, against the election of Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State. The appellate…

The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Senator Duoye Diri, the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, as Bayelsa State Governor. The three-man panel took the decision on Saturday…

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has denied constructing a N2.3 billion bridge at Elebele in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State . NDDC made the denial in a press statement issued on Thursday and signed by the…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed suit by Timi Alaibe challenging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries that produced Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State. Alaibe, it could be recalled, was a former Managing Director of…

The Bayelsa State government has emphasised the need to give the girl-child the necessary education that would make her a reference point in global reckoning. The government specifically stated that it would make girl child education a…

Bayelsa State Government has charged relevant organizations to rise to the challenge of protecting the environment from issues of oil spillage which has affected coastal communities and destroyed aquatic lives. The State Commissioner for…

Mr. Ebikimi Okoringa, a Special Adviser to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has been assassinated in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Mr. Okoringa was shot dead by assassins immediately after he alighted from his car on arriving his…

Bayelsa State Government on Thursday said that it had saved a huge amount of money totaling N3.912 billion to payroll fraudsters in its local government councils annually due to the ongoing public sector reforms in the state. Speaking…

The Bayelsa State Government has said that the people of the State would soon be enjoying portable drinking. Addressing Government House correspondents on the outcome of the state Executive Council meeting, the Commissioner for…

Registrars and bursars of state-owned tertiary institutions in Bayelsa State have said that the leadership of the six tertiary institutions have not increased schools fees. The declaration by the registrars and the bursars have laid to…