Tag Archives: Bayelsa

By Amos Okioma Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dicksonon Wednesday said, the government will set up a task force to check the activities of illegal crude oil refineries to protect the environment in Bayelsa State. Governor Dickson, who stated this in Yenagoa, while speaking at this year’s World Environment Day, noted that, his administration had engaged the services of internationally acclaimed forensic …

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…Govt Condemns Attack …Says Opposition Political Leaders Behind Protest …Directs Security Personnel To Apprehend, Prosecute Armed Hoodlums   By Amos Okioma At least two protesters were on Tuesday shot dead while several others were injured  following a clash between Police and protesters at Niger Delta University, (NDU) Amasoma in Bayelsa . NDU, which was shut in March following incessant protests …

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…Plans Summit On Maternal And Infant Mortality …Pledges To Deliver Massively On Housing, Others    From Amos Okíoma,Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Executive Council (SEC) says henceforth all pregnant women in the state will be given adequate attention by the government until they safely put to bed. This was one of the major decisions reached at the end of the 92nd …

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By Amos Okioma , Yenagoa. The Government of Bayelsa state has unveiled one – stop – shop investment online platform to attract fresh investments. The Portal is powered by the Bayelsa state Investment Promotion Agency ( BIPA ) would assist the state government to attract fresh investments in key areas of the economy such as oil/ gas,power generation,Agro – allied …

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By Amos Okioma The Bayelsa State Government on Thursday said it would showcase to the world some of the achievements of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson in the last six years. The laudable achievements,it said, had placed the state on higher pedestal of development. Consequently, the government has concluded plans to roll out the drums as it celebrates with pomp and …

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By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa  A violent clash between two factions of youths of Okpoama community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa loyal to All Progressives Congress (APC) and All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA)  has left one dead and many injured.. It was gathered that the deceased Iruo Ayebatonyo (Jnr.) who met his untimely death on Sunday was the Public Relations …

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By Amos Okioma Efforts to diversify the Bayelsa State economy beyond oil and Gas is on course, as the State Government has established an aqua-culture village, accommodating over 500 fish ponds, situated at Igbogene in the outskirts of the state capital. While during the inter ministerial/Agency briefing the state commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Doodei Week  said some  of …

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– – -As Police Nab Killer Of Security Personnel In Delta  By Amos Odeh Advertisement The Bayelsa state governor Seriake Dickson has accused two APC chieftains, Chief Timipre Sylva and the minister of state for Agriculture, senator Heneiken Lokpoboiri for being the mastermind of various criminal and cult related crimes in Two Brass in Brass Local Government Area and Ekeremor …

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Dr. (Mrs.) Chioma Daukoru Olukole is a lecturer at the Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State. Apart from her lecturing job, she pastors the First Love Assembly, Yenagoa alongside her husband. In this interview, she told DAYO EMMANUEL about their project called ‘Sex and You,’ which addresses marital issues and dissuades unmarried people from cohabiting outside wedlock. According to …

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