One dead as boat capsizes in Bayelsa waterways
One person has been confirmed dead as a speed boat carrying 15 passengers capsized at Okubie River in Southern Ijaw
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Bayelsa State
Shell blames oil thieves for leak in Imiringi community, Bayelsa
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has said that the reported oil spill from its facility in
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20 die as cargo boat explodes, sinks in Bayelsa waterways
A wooden cargo boat, identified as ‘Godbless Dickson’, laden with cargo and over 64 passengers and crew exploded, burst
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Vandals destroy 2 transmission towers in Yenagoa – TCN
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said two transmission towers, T98 and T99 along the Ahoada/Yenagoa 132kV line
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Land-grabbing allegation: FG investigates Agip, Shell in Bayelsa
The Federal Government has launched an investigation into the complaints of land-grabbing by oil producing communities in Bayelsa
Read MoreThose behind oil theft live outside Niger Delta – Sen. Dickson
Sen. Seriake Dickson (PDP-Bayelsa West) has described those behind oil theft in the Niger Delta as “big players”
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Nigerian Navy destroys 10 illegal refining sites, speedboat
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) FORMOSO in Brass, Bayelsa, has destroyed 10 illegal refinery sites in Nembe
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NAF bombs 13 illegal oil refining sites, 7 boats in Rivers, others
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed
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Residents butcher stranded whale for meat in Bayelsa community
Residents of Okpoama Community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have butchered a stranded giant whale at seaside
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NOSDRA confirms oil spill from Aiteo’s field in Nembe, Bayelsa
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has confirmed an oil leak from the Nembe Oilfields operated
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Address oil pollution in Niger Delta, stakeholders tell oil firms
Stakeholders in host communities have demanded that oil companies be compelled to address adverse health impact of oil exploration
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Oil theft: Nigerian Navy impounds 3 barges, arrests 7 suspects, in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy has impounded three barges laden with suspected stolen crude oil and refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO)
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Reps to probe NDDC erosion protection contract in Bayelsa
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the abandoned erosion protection contract in Kolokuma/Opokuma in Bayelsa, awarded by
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Senate probes explosion at gas processing facility in Bayelsa
The Senate has constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the recent explosion near the Gbarain-Ubie gas processing facility
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JTF uncovers 50 illegal refining sites at Biseni forest in Bayelsa
The Joint Military Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, has uncovered no fewer than 50 illegal refining sites within the
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Reps summon NDPHC MD over abandoned 252MW power plant in Bayelsa
The House of Representatives has summoned the Director of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHD) over the abandoned
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Navy arrests 2, seizes truck over alleged illegal oil deal in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH (NNS) says it has arrested two persons and seized one tank truck over alleged
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One killed as cultists clash in Bayelsa
The Police Command in Bayelsa on Wednesday confirmed the death of 28-year-old Victor Namabebe to cult rivalry at Amarata,
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NDLEA nabs hair stylist, dispatch rider selling drug-laced chin-chin to students
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu
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Navy destroys 3 illegal refinery sites, wooden boat in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base in Brass, Bayelsa, has destroyed three illegal refinery sites, a wooden boat and
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