Samuel Ese
Bayelsa gov mourns ex-military administrator Abbe
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has commiserated with the family of late retired Major General Godwin Osagie Abbe, a former military governor of Akwa Ibom and Rivers states. Abbe was go...
9th January 2025
Bayelsa NUJ plans media summit
In a bid to strengthen and redefine interactions with stakeholders, the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bayelsa State Council, has constituted a steering committee to organise a maiden...
9th January 2025
PDP will produce more govs in 2027, says NWC
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has expressed confidence that the party will increase its number of state governors and reclaim governance at the federal level in 2027. ...
6th January 2025
Nigerians yearning for PDP’s return in 2027 – NWC
The Peoples Democratic Party has set its sights on expanding its influence across Nigeria, vowing to secure more governorship positions and reclaim power at the national level in 2027. This was the me...
5th January 2025
LP officials collected N25m from me for form, instead of N15m – Ex-Bayelsa gov candidate
Udengs Eradiri was the candidate of the Labour Party in the last governorship election in Bayelsa State. In this interview with SAMUEL ESE in Yenagoa, he talks about his experiences, why he decided to...
2nd January 2025
Commuters groan over relocation of Yenagoa motor parks
Commuters in Yenagoa are groaning over the directive by the Bayelsa State Ministry of Transport to relocate all motor parks operating within Yenagoa and its environs to the new transport terminal at I...
2nd January 2025
Bayelsa community mourns as gunmen kidnap, murder chieftaincy candidate
Agbere community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State is in mourning over the kidnap and murder of Mr Clement Hamo, a candidate for the community’s traditional stool. PUNCH Metro gather...
2nd January 2025
2025: Diri appeals to Ijaws in diaspora to invest in Bayelsa
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has appealed to Ijaw individuals, businessmen, and women in the Diaspora to join hands with the government in developing their ancestral homeland, the only ...
1st January 2025
Solar streetlight thieves electrocuted in Bayelsa
Two persons have been electrocuted during an attempt to steal solar streetlights at Ogobiri community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Speaking with our correspondent on Saturday, a ...
28th December 2024
Jonathan's former ADC, Moses Jitoboh, dies at 54
Moses Jitoboh, former Aide-de-Camp to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, is dead, a source told The PUNCH late on Friday. Jitoboh died on Friday at the age of 54 years after a brief illness, the source s...
28th December 2024
Boy celebrating Christmas drowns in Bayelsa pool
Tragedy struck in Bayelsa State on Christmas Day as a young boy drowned inside the swimming pool of the popular Aridolf Hotel along Isaac Boro Expressway in Yenagoa, the state capital. Punch Metro gat...
27th December 2024
Soilless farming graduates beg Diri for greenhouses
Graduates of soilless farming training from the Soilless Farm Lab in Ogun State have begged the governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, to provide them with greenhouses to enable them practice ...
26th December 2024
Man alleges illegal withdrawal from account
A Bayelsa State-based customer of the United Bank of Africa and Access Bank Plc, Mr Nwoke Caleb Chinedu, has cried out over alleged illegal debits from his bank account. Speaking to South-South PUNCH ...
26th December 2024
Diri signs Bayelsa's N699.7bn 2025 budget into law
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has signed the 2025 Appropriation Bill into law, raising hopes for improved governance and development in the state. The bill, initially presented by the go...
24th December 2024
Diri decries use of women, children as shields at illegal refineries
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has raised alarm over a disturbing trend in oil bunkering operations, where women and children are reportedly being used as human shields at illegal refinin...
24th December 2024
Six cybercrime suspects arrested in Rivers
Six suspects have been arrested for their alleged involvement in cybercrime by police officers of the Zone 16 Command with headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, PUNCH Metro has learnt. A statement o...
20th December 2024
Diri begs Bayelsa varsity’s ASUU to call off strike
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Niger Delta University chapter, to suspend its strike, assuring them of the government’s commitm...
19th December 2024
Education, master key to societal change – Dickson
Former governor of Bayelsa State and senator representing Bayelsa West senatorial district at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Seriake Dickson, has described education as the only r...
19th December 2024
Bayelsa court convicts Diri’s aide of assault
A Bayelsa State High Court has convicted Governor Duoye Diri’s Senior Special Assistant on General Duties, Mr Prudent Oguruguru, of charges of assault. Oguruguru was arrested on February 20, 2024 fo...
18th December 2024
Bayelsa plans 60,000MW power plant, says acting gov
Bayelsa State is working towards establishing an independent power plant that would generate 60,000MW of electricity in order to ensure a stable power supply in the state, according to the acting gove...
16th December 2024
Bayelsa moves against indiscriminate bush burning, open grazing
The Bayelsa State Government has expressed its commitment to addressing the issues of indiscriminate bush burning and unchecked open grazing of cattle. Acting Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made th...
13th December 2024
Bayelsa LP gov candidate, running mate resign, seek new platform
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Bayelsa governorship election, Udengs Eradiri, and his running mate, Commodore Benjamin Nathus (retd.), have announced their resignations fro...
12th December 2024
Bayelsa NLC welcomes N80,000 wage for LG workers
The Bayelsa State government has approved the payment of N80,000 as minimum wage for staff of the local government council. The approval came after pressure from the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade ...
12th December 2024
Birthday: 2,000 benefit from Diri’s aide’s free medical outreach
Bayelsa State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Seiyefa Brisibe, has through a non-governmental organisation, Professor Seiyefa Outreach, organised a free medical outreach for residents of Okoloba and Sa...
12th December 2024
We’re unaware of coastal communities teachers’ shortage – Bayelsa SUBEB
The Bayelsa State Universal Basic Education Board has said it is not aware of the acute teacher shortage in some coastal communities in the Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state. The Executive S...
12th December 2024
Bayelsa bows to pressure, approves N80,000 minimum wage for LG staff
The Bayelsa State Government has approved the payment of N80,000 as minimum wage for staff of local government councils after pressure from the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. The go...
11th December 2024
Son in police net for stabbing mother to death in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Police Command has announced the arrest and detention of a 22-year-old man, simply identified as Godwin from the Elebele Community near Yenagoa in Ogbia Local Government Area for all...
11th December 2024
UPDATED: ASUU declares indefinite strike in Bayelsa varsity
The Academic Staff Union of Universities chapter at Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University has embarked on an indefinite strike, citing the state government’s failure to honour agreements pr...
10th December 2024
Jonathan leads WAEF monitoring team for Ghana poll
A delegation of the West African Elders Forum observation mission, led by former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, arrived in Accra, Ghana, ahead of the December 7 general election in the Wes...
6th December 2024
TotalEnergies achieved over 94% local content, says director
Oil giant, TotalEnergies EP said it has achieved more than 94 per cent of local content. The firm’s Executive Director on JV Assets, Mr Obi Imemba, stated that during a panel session on Tuesday on t...
6th December 2024
Bayelsa’s plans to reverse years of neglect, dormant agric potential
In this piece, SAMUEL ESE takes a look at the Bayelsa State Government’s agricultural revolution despite the effects of crude oil spills on land in the state when on November 23 Bayelsa State Commis...
6th December 2024