Gov. Douye Diri, of Bayelsa, has approved N80,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the state’s civil service with effect from November 1. Diri also approved an increase in the monthly pension of retired workers as well as N7 billion to reduce outstanding gratuity liabilities. This is …
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RESCHEDULED presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the affected polling units in the four registration areas of the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State for Sunday have not started. Our correspondent who went round the polling units in Yenagoa on Sunday observed that …
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Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has finally sworn in a new Secretary to State Government, SSG, months after Kombowei Benson who occupied the position resigned to contest the Bayelsa Central senatorial seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The position had been vacant since last year. Governor …
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National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has deployed 1,200 corps members to Bayelsa State for the 2022 Batch C, Stream II service year, urging them to shun cultism, drug abuse, and other social vices. The NYSC, through the acting Director0General, Mrs. Christy Uba, during the swearing-in ceremony presided over by the …
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THE coastal town of Twon Brass in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was thrown into confusion on Monday, following the discovery of the corpse of a teenage girl in a hotel wardrobe. The deceased, aged 16, was identified as Miss Nengi Enenimiete, an indigene of the area. Newsextra24 …
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Following their abduction, the paramount ruler of Kalaba community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Francis Kolubo, and the chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC), Samuel Oburo have been killed by gunmen. According to reports, the men were murdered for reportedly going against their plan to set …
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with the Bayelsa State Governor-elect, David Lyon at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lyon was declared the winner of the November 16 governorship election in the State. He won with 352,550 votes against 143,172 scored by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Douye Diri. Read …
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A coalition of civil rights organisations on Friday stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja demanding transparency in the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa and Kogi States. According to the coalition, to engender inclusiveness in the electoral process, it was important that the Internally Displaced …
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APC chairman, Adams Oshiomhole has told Bayelsa Government to account for the N100 billion expended on the construction of the state airport runway project. Adams, who described the project as the most costly anywhere in the world, revealed this yesterday when APC governorship aspirant in Bayelsa, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, paid …
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Roselyn Okokingho, a breastfeeding mother of a nine-week old baby who was kidnapped in Towon Brass, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State by gunmen, regained her freedom on Tuesday, according to family sources. Pius Okokingho, husband to the kidnapping victim, said on Wednesday that his wife had spent two …
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