Gunmen attack police in Bayelsa, Rivers, kill pregnant officer, DPO, others

Police Confirms The Arrest Of A Kano Man Who Locked 30-Year-Old Son In Car Garage For 7 Years

It was gathered that some assailants now on the run invaded a police station in Agudama, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State around 2:15am, and killed the Divisional Police Officer, SP Ola Rosanla; a pregnant policewoman, identified as Joy Wellington; and two other yet-to-be-identified officers on duty. The gunmen reportedly made away with rifles, … Read more

Five Killed In Bayelsa Cult Clashes

A renewed clash between members of rival cult groups have left no fewer than five cultists dead in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Two young men were beheaded by suspected cultists in the metropolis following a battle for supremacy between the Greenlanders and Debam, also known as Bobos. The three others were also killed in … Read more

Kidnappers Kill Mother Of Bayelsa Lawmaker After Two Months

Police Confirms The Arrest Of A Kano Man Who Locked 30-Year-Old Son In Car Garage For 7 Years

The 78-year-old mother of Kate Owoko, a former member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly has been gruesomely murdered by some suspected kidnappers after spending two months in their custody. The abductors reportedly dumped the remains of the septuagenarian at the bank of Amassoma River, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in the state. It … Read more

Ijaw elders decry vandalism, looting of Amnesty Training Centre in Bayelsa

APC, 76 Other Parties Threaten To Boycott Bayelsa LG Poll

Elders of the Ijaw community in the Niger Delta have condemned the recent vandalism of property at the Presidential Amnesty Programme warehouse at Kaiama Community, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa state. Speaking under the auspices of Ijaw Elders Council during a news conference in Yenagoa on Monday, the Chairman of the group, … Read more

NJC investigate Bayelsa High Court judge

The National Judicial Council(NJC), has commenced an investigation into the allegation of judicial rascality and acting outside the rules of the court levelled against a judge of the Bayelsa State High Court, Justice Ineikade Eradiri. The NJC, in a letter confirming the receipt of the petition against Justice Eradiri dated February 28, 2019, with reference … Read more

DSS Releases Journalist, Jones Abiri

  Jones Abiri, the journalist who was arrested on Saturday by armed men suspected to be operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, has been released.   The Bayelsa-based magazine publisher was released, yesterday, from the secret police’s detention facility in Abuja, his lawyer said.   “He has just been released around 2 p.m.,” … Read more