By Tari Gboriye No fewer than five persons have been feared killed following a renewed cult war in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, at the weekend. NAIJA News Spank learnt that the violence, which broke out on Friday, was between two notorious cult groups, Bobos and Greenlanders, with killings recorded in Agudama, Obele and the back…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has hosted the 31st Ministerial SERVICOM Networking Quarterly Committee Meeting (MSNQCM) of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The meeting, with the theme “Go the Extra Mile”, held at the Nigerian Content Tower, Yenagoa. Representing the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe…
Pandemonium broke out on Saturday morning as suspected vandals invaded the transmitter site of Royal FM 95.5, Agudama-Epie, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, carting away broadcast equipment worth millions of naira. NAIJA NEWS SPANK gathered that the hoodlums broke into the facility through the transmitter back room after cutting the burglary protectors. A security guard on duty,…
Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, CP Ajao Saka Adewale, has called for calm and removal of road blockades following protest by Biseni community in Yenagoa local government area of the state. CP Adewale made the call on Friday, 3rd October, 2026, when he visited Biseni community alongside the Chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Council,…
By Tari Gboriye No fewer than five persons have been feared killed following a renewed cult war in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, at the weekend. NAIJA News Spank learnt that the violence, which broke out on Friday, was between two notorious cult groups, Bobos and Greenlanders, with killings recorded in Agudama, Obele and the back…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has hosted the 31st Ministerial SERVICOM Networking Quarterly Committee Meeting (MSNQCM) of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The meeting, with the theme “Go the Extra Mile”, held at the Nigerian Content Tower, Yenagoa. Representing the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe…
Pandemonium broke out on Saturday morning as suspected vandals invaded the transmitter site of Royal FM 95.5, Agudama-Epie, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, carting away broadcast equipment worth millions of naira. NAIJA NEWS SPANK gathered that the hoodlums broke into the facility through the transmitter back room after cutting the burglary protectors. A security guard on duty,…
Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, CP Ajao Saka Adewale, has called for calm and removal of road blockades following protest by Biseni community in Yenagoa local government area of the state. CP Adewale made the call on Friday, 3rd October, 2026, when he visited Biseni community alongside the Chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Council,…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has commended the quality and experience of All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates contesting the 2027 general elections in Bayelsa East Senatorial District. Jonathan gave the commendation when he received a delegation of APC leaders and candidates at his residence in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The delegation was led by former Deputy Governor…
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has declared his administration’s ambition to make Bayelsa an energy hub, not just for the South-South but for the entire country. Governor Diri stated this on Thursday, October 1, 2026, in Yenagoa at the inaugural launch and founding session of the Bayelsa Energy Research Consortium (BERCo), organized by the…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has said that ongoing reforms in the oil and gas sector under President Bola Tinubu have raised crude oil production from less than one million barrels per day to 1.824 million barrels per day. Lokpobiri stated this in Yenagoa at a breakfast meeting with media…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has charged corps members deployed to the state to embrace the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development, SAED, programme to become self-reliant and break the barrier of unemployment. Governor Diri gave the charge yesterday during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2026 Batch C, Stream I corps members at the NYSC…
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has eulogised founding fathers of Bayelsa, saying the homogenous Ijaw state created 30 years ago has made progress. Diri, in a live broadcast on Thursday to mark Bayelsa @30 and Nigeria @66, said much still needs to be done to fully realise the aspirations of the founding fathers. He…
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Political Matters, High Chief Collins Cocodia, has congratulated the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, his Deputy, Pastor Peter Akpe, and Bayelsans at large, on the 30th anniversary of the creation of the state. In a goodwill message to mark the historic milestone signed by his Media…
