The Chairman of the National Peace Commission (NPC), General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.) has announced that parties and stakeholders involved in the Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections would sign a peace accord next Wednesday. In a statement on Saturday in Abuja, the former Head of State, said: “The NPC hereby wishes to announce the signing of peace accords on Wednesday, 8th …

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, stayed away from their places of work in compliance with the two-day nationwide warning strike declared by the national secretariat of the NLC. In the early hours of the day, Trade Union Congress workers in the state did not observe the national strike as the TUC had pulled …

A private warehouse in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa used by the Bayelsa State Government to store foodstuffs and other materials was on Sunday invaded by some residents of the state capital who carted away food items and other items. The items included bags of rice and garri as well as cartons of noodles and bottled water, and they were …

Ahead of the 11th November governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a special national media/publicity committee to sensitise the people to the party’s policies and programmes. According to a statement on Tuesday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Debo Ologunagba, the 12-man committee is pursuant to Section 40 …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deploy 11,355 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines for voter accreditation in the 11th November governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo States. According to The Punch, a top official in the commission, who spoke on anonymity, disclosed this on Sunday. According to INEC, Bayelsa State has 2,244 polling units; Kogi, has 3,508 polling …

Suspected hoodlums numbering about six, have reportedly shot dead a 20-year-old lady while robbing their home in the Azikoro community, a suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. According to the Information gathered, the hoodlums armed with dangerous weapons invaded the usually serene Azikoro Community Health Centre axis, broke into their house after damaging the burglary, stole phones, got all the ATM …

A study carried out by researchers at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has found high levels of arsenic, lead, mercury, and cadmium detected in the breast milk of diabetic and non-diabetic postpartum mothers. The peer-reviewed study titled ‘Comparison of toxic heavy metals in the breast milk of diabetic and non-diabetic postpartum mothers in Yenagoa, Nigeria’ was published in …

The controversy surrounding the rumoured resignation of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, ended on Friday when the Presidency confirmed his resignation. The Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, disclosed this via his verified Twitter handle. He said Sylva resigned to pursue his governorship ambition. “Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and …

In Bayelsa State, a man named Alexander Diri was allegedly attacked and killed by herdsmen. According to reports, the incident took place on Monday in the state’s Yenagoa Local Government Area, close to the Zarama-Yambiri community. The lifeless body of the deceased, who was said to be 49 years old, was discovered on Tuesday near the Zarama Market junction on …