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14 yrs after Odi invasion, communities to receive succour
…FG to give out 40 housing units
Fourteen years after the invasion of Odi community in Bayelsa State by the Nigerian Army, smile is gradually returning to the faces of the people.
The community is set to receive 40 units of houses, courtesy...
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Black Sunday In Bayelsa: Prison Inspector Killed, As Wife, Daughter Watch
A prison Inspector attached to the Bayelsa State Prison Command was yesterday shot dead by a yet-to-be identified gunman, suspected to be his colleague during a mild scuffle in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital.
The deceased, Erezidor Ugo,...
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How violence aborted Jonathan’s visits to Bayelsa
By Samuel Oyadongha
Twice the president planned to visit his home state, twice he was stopped in the last two months. The reasons behind the aborted trips.
This is certainly not the best of times for President Goodluck Jonathan given the spate...
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Supreme Court sacks Bayelsa, Adamawa, Sokoto, C/River, Kogi govs
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Supreme Court has in a judgement delivered, Friday morning, sacked the five governors of Bayelsa, Adamawa, Sokoto, C/River, Kogi state from their respective office.
In a unanimous decision, a 7-man panel of justices...
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Candidates threaten to boycott Bayelsa polls, Sylva urges respect for law
THERE may be no end yet to the controversy trailing the emergence of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Henry Seriake Dickson, in the February 11, 2012, governorship election in Bayelsa State, as about 20 candidates from various...
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Kidnappers demand N50m for Bayelsa monarch’s freedom
“Panic in Nsukka over herbalist’s murder”
THE abductors of the deputy paramount ruler of the Otuokpoti Community in Ogbia Local Council of Bayelsa State yesterday contacted families of their victim and demanded a ransom of N50...
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Bomb Blasts: Jonathan Cancels Trip To Bayelsa
FOLLOWING serial bomb blasts that rocked two state capitals in the Northeast at the weekend, resulting in many casualties, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday cancelled all his appointments, including attendance at his younger brother’s...
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Mass failure in WAEC, NECO embarrassing
YENAGOA — Wife of the Bayelsa State governor, Mrs. Alayingi Sylva, Wednesday, described as national embarrassment, the poor results recorded by students at the West African Examination Council, WAEC, and National Examination Council, NECO,...
