Bayelsa

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested more than 20 suspected cultists in various areas across the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Mohammed…

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested eight suspected cultists over the alleged assault of a 300-level student of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma. The…

Masked gunmen have abducted one of the cousins to former President Goodluck Jonathan in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The cousin identified as Jepthan Robert was…

A boat mishap that happened in Ogbeinbiri community in the Southern Ijaw council area of Bayelsa State has claimed the lives of a 39-year-old pastor and five others The…

The Nigerian Army says it will be carrying out an investigation into the alleged murder of an undergraduate student of the Niger Delta University, Bayelsa by her…

A mentally challenged woman went on a rampage in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital on Tuesday April 20, stabbing a 14-year-old boy, Joseph Thomas, to death along…

The United States has imposed a visa ban on individuals for their actions in the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa State elections and in the run-up to the September and…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed the appeal filed by politician, Timi Alaibe, challenging the candidacy of Duoye Diri as the governorship candidate of the…

91 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC stated that of the new cases, 43 were recorded in Lagos, 8 in Sokoto, 6…

The Supreme Court today upheld its decision nullifying the election of David Lyon as Governor-elect of Bayelsa state and reconfirmed Douye Diri as winner of the…

Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, the former Bayelsa state deputy governor-elect whose election was annulled alongside the governor-elect, David Lyon, by the Supreme court on…

A Nigerian police officer attached to a bank located at Ekeki Area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, allegedly shot dead a serving member of the Nigeria Youth Service Corps…

Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan has called for the arrest and prosecution of gunmen who attacked his home in Otuoke, Bayelsa, South South Nigeria. He also…

Members of Benesede community in Bayelsa state have allegedly held some staff of Shell Petroleum Company in the state, hostage. A LIB reader whose brother in-law is a…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Monday, December 16th ordered Bayelsa State to hand-over Soku oil field to Rivers State. The court, in a judgement that…

The incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has stated that electoral irregularities took place in the Governorship election held in state on Saturday…

As Tweeted by former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, last night hosted APC governors and members in his home in Otueke, Bayelsa state. He hosted members of the…

With just a few hours to the Governorship election, the Bayelsa House of Assembly has passed a resolution demanding a state of emergency in Nembe Local Government Area…

Justice Jane Inyang of the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no candidate for…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday November 12, disqualified the All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy Governorship candidate Biobarakuma Degi. Biobarakuma…

Residents of Edo, Lagos, Delta, Rivers, Anambra and Bayelsa states have been told to prepare for more flood following the release of water from the Lagdo dam in…

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has assured Bayelsa and Kogi States stakeholders of adequate security during the November 16 governorship elections…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disqualified 14 political parties from participating in the upcoming elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states for…