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Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa has sworn in his wife, Mrs. Patience Zuofa-Diri, and three other legal practitioners as the judges of the State High Court.

Three youths allegedly shot by security personnel attached to Shell in Bayelsa still missing

The United States Government says it has imposed a visa restriction on some individuals for their actions during the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa state elections and in the run-up to the September and October 2020 Edo and Ondo state elections.

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said he will appeal the ruling of the state election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja and has consequently instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers.

The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday nullified the election that produced candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party’s , Senator Duoye Diri, as Governor.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bayelsa State chapter, has revealed that the decision of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, to foist his “cousin”, Senator Degi Erimienyo, on his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the running mate to the sacked Governor-elect, Chief David Lyon, aided its court victory.

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Diri Duoye, has been sworn in as governor.

The Rivers State Police Command says it has arrested nine persons in connection with the gruesome murder of two Mobile Police men around the Mile 2 Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, the state capital yesterday Monday July 1st.   The officers who were attached to a Beer Distribution Company, popularly known as “Paddy Man” located at Nwachukwu/Ojoto Street in Port Harcourt, the …

While some residents in Bayelsa state are lamenting over the havoc wrecked the surging floods in their communities, some are taking advantage of the situation to make money. Recently, some villagers in a riverine community in Bayelsa state, caught these big and massive fishes after their community was over flooded.

Former Minister of Environment in Bayelsa state, Lionel Jonathan-Omo, has died after he slumped and fell from a balcony in his country home in Ogbolomabiri area of Nembe, Nembe Local Government Area of the state yesterday July 12th.