Category: Bayelsa

Bayelsa elders, IYC condemn killing of three in Opu-Nembe

Bayelsa State Elders Council, Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has expressed concern over the Wednesday invasion and killings of three individuals at Opu-Nembe kingdom of Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Recall that DAILY POST reported yesterday that about three individuals had been on Wednesday killed in a supremacy battle between two teams in Opu-Nembe in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. An…

Tompolo donates N150 million relief materials to flood victims in Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta

The Tompolo Foundation yesterday donated relief materials price N150 million to victims affected by the latest flood in Bayelsa, Rivers and Delta states as a part of measures to cushion the results on the folks. The President and Chairman, Tompolo Foundation, High Chief Oweizide Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, made the donation on behalf of the muse. The Executive Secretary of Tompolo Foundation, Dr Paul Bebenimibo…

Sokoto, Bayelsa record highest as 133 million Nigerians experience poverty – NBS

Sokoto, Bayelsa states have recorded the highest as 133 million, representing 65% of Nigerians are experiencing multidimensional poverty. DAILY POST learnt this on Thursday in keeping with the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS Multidimensional Poverty Index, MPI report. Also, the report acknowledged that Gombe and Kebbi states ranked third and fourth within the latest poverty information. Meanwhile, Ondo state recorded the bottom poverty index at…

2023: Prosecuting electoral offenders will guarantee acceptance of poll results – Bayelsa monarch

Chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council, Bubaraye Dakolo, has stated the neutrality of the Nigeria Police, together with guaranteeing arrest and speedy prosecution of perpetrators of electoral fraud will guarantee acceptance of electoral results. According to him, it’s shameful that electoral violators get away with their crimes noting that such shouldn’t be the case within the 2023 common election. Dakolo equally admonished the…

Police burst cultists’ hideout in Bayelsa, arrest two

The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has arrested two suspected lethal cultists at Swali Community, of Yenagoa, Local Government Area of the State. The police additionally recovered 5 domestically made pistols with reside cartridges from the suspects. Confirming the arrest of the suspects after a rivalry cult conflict, the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Asinim Butswat, disclosed that the arrest was carried out…

Flood: NGO takes food items to churches in Bayelsa

Tribune Online Flood: NGO takes food items to churches in Bayelsa A non-government organisation (NGO), South-East Women Care Builders Foundation, has taken its food donation marketing campaign to those that had been displaced by flood to churches throughout Bayelsa State. Items donated embody, rice, garri, sugar, salt and luggage of sachets water. Distributing the food items on the premises of Foundation Faith Church in Yenagoa,…

Bayelsa govt warn youths against hijacking food items from IDP camps

Tribune Online Bayelsa govt warn youths against hijacking food items from IDP camps The chairman of the taskforce on flood mitigation and administration in Bayelsa State, Hon. Iselema Gbaranbiri has warned some group youths who discover pleasure in harassing and attacking Internally Displaced Persons(IDP) camps carting away food offered by the federal government to alleviate the hardship flood victims undergo which has develop into a…

AS Energy to partner Bayelsa govt on employment generation 

Tribune Online AS Energy to partner Bayelsa govt on employment generation  AS Energy Limited has expressed delight in the economic blueprint of the Bayelsa state government, and, therefore, its readiness in setting up a pipeline manufacturing factory that will generate employment for at least 100 youths. Disclosing this at the just concluded economic summit in Yenagoa, Managing Director, Gbenga Olaniyan said the company has acquired…