A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, and presided over by Justice A. O. Awogboro, on Friday ordered the Joint Task Force, codenamed ‘Operation Delta Safe’, to pay the sum of N1m as damages to a nursing mother,…
10,000 police job: PSC gets 104,289 applications in 12 days (Nation)
The Police Service Commission (PSC) said it has received 104,289 applications after it announced the recruitment of 10,000 constables. It said it recorded the figure 12 days after the recruitment portal was opened on November 30. The commission also added…
Rivers, Bayelsa cyclists grab first gold at Abuja 2018 Sports Festival (Guardian)
Two gold medals have been won in the cycling event at the on-going 19th National Sports Festival in Abuja, with Rivers and Bayelsa States picking the first position in the men and female categories yesterday. Rivers state’s Gladys Tombrapa picked…
Dickson condemns police raid on Clark’s residence (Tribune)
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has condemned in strong terms the police raid on the Abuja residence of Ijaw National Leader and Elder Statesman, Pa Edwin Clark. A statement by Special Adviser to the Governor of Media Relations,…
Dickson’s commissioner resigns, joins APC (ThisDay)
In a move that shocked many people yesterday, the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr. Ibarakumo Otobo, resigned his recent appointment. He immediately moved to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Secretariat in Yenagoa, where he was officially received by…
APC can’t win elections in Bayelsa –Dickson (SUN)
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has once more said the All Progressives Congress (APC) cannot win elections in Bayelsa State. Dickson, who accused APC in Bayelsa of harbouring, protecting and arming criminals to kill innocent citizens, said the party can never…
Payroll fraud: No going back on withheld workers’ salaries – Bayelsa Govt (SUN)
Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has restated his determination to flush out the culprits of payroll fraud, truancy, multiple employment and related vices from the state’s civil service. Governor Dickson had taken the first practical step to confront…
