Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Wednesday presented a budget of N275.8 billion for 2019 to the state House of Assembly for consideration. Dickson said at the resention that the budget that would help in the completion of all ongoing…
Two nabbed for killing student over iPhone in Bayelsa (Punch)
The Bayelsa State Government has confirmed the arrest of two suspected cult members who were said to have killed Miss Seiyefa Fred during a robbery incident in Yenagoa on November 8, 2018. The Special Adviser to the Governor of Bayelsa…
Flood: NEMA declares national disaster in five more states (ThisDay)
With ongoing efforts to tackle and assist flood victims, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has further declared national disaster in five states of Adamawa, Taraba, Rivers, Kebbi and Bayelsa, following devastating flood that ravaged the states. This, according to…
Strike’ll affect payment of salaries, FG warns (Vanguard)
Commercial activities in some states of the federation were grounded, yesterday, following the strike declared by organised labour to press home demand for a new minimum wage. This came as the Federal Government, yesterday, warned that the strike will affect…
GEJ rates Kabiru Tanimu Turaki high
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed utmost confidence in the ability of a frontline PDP presidential aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, to perform creditably if given the chance by Providence to be the country’s president in 2019. This was…
Bayelsa gov Dickson loses 72-year-old mother to cancer
Seriake Dickson, the governor of Bayelsa State has confirmed the death of his mother, GoldCoast Dickson. The governor in a statement Thursday by Francis Ottah-Agbo, his chief press secretary, the late GoldCoast died of cancer at the University of Texas…
