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Yenagoa

December 10, 2022

Unemployed youths in Bayelsa get N4.2 million agric loan

The beneficiaries will be granted a soft loan of N100,000 each at an interest rate of nine per cent under the 50 per cent capital budget released for the 2022 financial year.

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and youths training used to illustrate the story
December 1, 2022

Sweep PDP away, vote me for your salvation, Tinubu tells Bayelsans

The former Lagos state governor charged Bayelsans to vote for the APC, saying “It is about time you sweep them away because they keep making promises to you and cannot fulfil them.

Tinubu in Bayelsa [Photo Credit: Twitter]
November 28, 2022

Massive payroll fraud uncovered in amnesty programme, PAP says

At least 513 persons were linked to multiple fraudulent payments.

Barry Ndiomu
November 25, 2022

2023: Tinubu-Shettima Independent Campaign Council inaugurated in Bayelsa

The ICC was inaugurated in Yenagoa to complement the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) ahead of the elections.

Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima
October 31, 2022

Traditional ruler in Bayelsa sleeps in car as floods sack palace

The traditional ruler said he has been “sleeping in my Toyota Sienna for two weeks since the flood ravaged the palace.”

October 27, 2022

Atiku promises to avert flood disasters if elected after 600 Nigerians died

“My government will ensure that we are never again be this badly prepared or lacking in the infrastructure and response protocols to forestall devastation.”

Flooded Bayelsa and Atiku Abubakar
October 18, 2022

Flood delayed Bayelsa Queens’ playing tour ahead of Champions League: Official

The Yenagoa-based club said the flooding has made it difficult for them to go on their West African tour.

Bayelsa Queens
October 18, 2022

Flood washes up corpses at Bayelsa cemetery

Also, the flooding has caused the electricity company in charge of the state to shut down the public power supply.

October 18, 2022

Bayelsa declares one-week holiday for civil servants as flooding displaces one million

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa has declared a one-week holiday for state workers as flooding displaced one million residents.

flood
October 9, 2022

Gov Diri lauds Senate’s resolution on state-owned Alata oilfield

He restated the government’s position that the oilfield was a prized asset of the state and that the people were sentimentally attached to it.

Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri