The Nigerian Navy has inaugurated eight rehabilitated classrooms, a library, headmaster’s office, teachers’ quarters, toilets, drainage system, school electrification and a solar-powered industrial borehole at Group School 1, Igbainwari community, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The projects were commissioned on Monday under the Chief of the Naval Staff’s Special Intervention Quick Impact Project…

The Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, CP Ajao Saka Adewale, on Sunday, August 23, 2026, embarked on an unannounced inspection of police divisions across the state to strengthen discipline, professionalism and operational effectiveness. The divisions visited include Ekeki, Azikoro, Akenfa and Igbogene divisions, which is strategically located along the East-West Road, Bayelsa-Delta axis. During…

The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Dr. Peter Akpe, has condoled with the Chairman of the Bayelsa State Environmental Sanitation Authority, Chief Timothy Itiedu, over the demise of his father, Chief Alfred Itiedu. Dr. Akpe conveyed the condolence message on behalf of the state government during a visit to the Itiedu family in Azikoro, Yenagoa,…

The Nembe Community in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State ahead of the 2027 general elections. The community also endorsed Rt. Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli for Senate, Hon. Jonathan Robinson Obuebite, PhD, for the House of…

Yenagoa – The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Bayelsa State Council has commended the Bayelsa State Government over the ongoing headcount of persons living with mental illness in Yenagoa metropolis. The Council described the exercise as a proactive step in the right direction and a clear demonstration that the government is responsive to public concerns….

The Bayelsa State Government has approved the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA) and Consolidated Non-Teaching Tools Allowance (CONTTA) for staff of its three state-owned universities. The approval was announced by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Peter Akpe, during a resumed meeting with leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from the Niger Delta University…

Dr. Michael Bless Olomu has defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2027 general elections. Olomu, who is eyeing the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives, is expected to contest for the PDP ticket. His defection comes months after he lost the APC…