Nigeria’s Women’s Premier League champions, Bayelsa Queens, secured their spot in the CAF Women’s Champions League WAFU B qualifiers final with a hard-fought victory. On Tuesday in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, the Nigerian team triumphed over Burkina Faso’s USFA with a 2-1 scoreline. USFA struck first, as Comfort Yeboah found...
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Bayelsa Queens, champions of Nigeria’s Women’s Premier League, secured their spot in the semifinals of the CAF Women’s Champions League WAFU B Qualifiers with a commanding 3-0 victory over Togo’s ASKO on Wednesday at the Stade du Lycée Scientifique. The Prosperity Girls asserted control early but broke through in...
The Anti-Corruption Commissioner for the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), in Rivers and Bayelsa States, Mrs. Ekere Usiere, has advised staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to distance themselves from corrupt practices. Speaking during the quarterly anti-corruption sensitisation workshop at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, Usiere...
In a decisive crackdown on crime, the Bayelsa State Police Command has apprehended the abductors of Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, a judge of the Bayelsa State High Court. Governor Douye Diri announced the arrests during a state executive council meeting in Yenagoa on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, while also honoring...
A pressure group, the Concerned Bayelsa Stakeholders Forum (CBSF), has called on Governor Douye Diri to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to Wisdom Ikuli, the group’s convener and Governor Diri’s Technical Adviser on Print Media, “Bayelsa must urgently align with...
Bayelsa State High Court Judge, Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, has regained his freedom after 12 harrowing days in captivity. Omukoro was abducted by armed gunmen on June 21, 2025, in front of an eatery in the Ekeki area of Yenagoa. He was released on Thursday evening without any ransom payment,...
By BARBARA KALU, Yenagoa – Bayelsa State Police Command has assured the public that efforts are underway to rescue Justice E.G. Umokoro, who was abducted by gunmen on Saturday evening. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Francis Alonyenu, in a statement on Sunday, said the police are working with other...
By BARBARA KALU, Yenagoa – A high-ranking judge in Bayelsa State, Justice E.J. Umokoro, has been kidnapped in Yenagoa, the state capital. According to eyewitnesses, gunmen fired sporadically at the car park of a fast food outlet in Ekeki area, before forcing the judge out of his vehicle and...
By BARBARA KALU, Yenagoa – Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and the G5 members for their commitment to zoning the presidential ticket to the South and recognizing Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the party. The Bayelsa...
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) has said that Nigerian companies have a lot of opportunities to grow if they can take more advantage of its offshore and shallow water operations. Ronald Adams, the SNEPCo MD, made the remark in a statement issued to newsmen by Gladys...
Team Bayelsa has maintained its lead on the medals table at the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF) in Ogun. Bayelsa garnered 30 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals five days into the festival to maintain a comfortable lead. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) says Nigerian companies have a lot to benefit if they are prepared to take advantage of more opportunities in its offshore and shallow water oil and gas projects. Managing Director of SNEPCo, Ronald Adams, stated...
Team Bayelsa has maintained its lead on the medals table of the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF) in Abeokuta, Ogun. Bayelsa amassed 19 gold, 10 silver and eight bronze medals four days into the festival. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the official medals table released by the...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bayelsa Council, has condemned the recent attack by gunmen on a private radio station, Rhythm 94.7Fm in Yenagoa. The NUJ Bayelsa Council Chairman, Comrade Tonye Yemoleigha, and the Secretary of Council, Comrade Stanley Imgbi, made their feelings known in a statement to newsmen on...
Oando Plc, the indigenous firm that acquired Nigeria Agip Oil Company, says it has recorded four operational oil spills from October 2024 to date. The oil firm disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by Oando’s Spokesperson Mrs Alero Balogun, General Manager,...
One-time Military Administrator of Bayelsa State, Navy Captain Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade (rtd), is dead. He celebrated his 70th birthday on November 30, 2024. Olubolade, the Ipoti-Ekiti-born retired officer, died on Sunday May 11 in Apapa, Lagos. According to a statement by his first daughter, Mrs. Oluwayemisi Akinadewo and first...
The Minister of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has warned boat users, operators and passengers across the country against travelling on the Nigerian waterways without life jackets. Oyetola said this in a statement signed by Dr Bolaji Akinola, the Media and Communications Adviser...
Four persons have been confirmed dead from Easter Sunday’s attack by suspected cultists on Swali community in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several residents of the community were injured in the attack. A resident, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN on Tuesday that the assailants...
The NEW Associates, a grassroots support group for President Bola Tinubu in Bayelsa on Friday dismissed reports that one of its Ward Coordinators clashed with the Chief Whip of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Gabriel Ogbara. The lead convener, Mr George Turnah, and the Co-convener and secretary,...
Nigeria’s gas export has dipped following three sabotage attacks on a major pipeline in Bayelsa which feeds the Nigeria Liquid Natural Gas (NLNG) export terminal in Bonny, Rivers. The Ogboinbiri-Obiobi 24-inch Gas Pipeline between Angiama and Angiamagbene in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa was blown up on...