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- 20 Jul 2014
FG, Bayelsa Sign MoU with on Smart State initiative
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between Bayelsa state and the Ministry of Communication Technology making Bayelsa a Smart state, an initiative being promoted by the Ministry of…
- 20 Mar 2022
NCC Backs Bayelsa's Drive to Boost Digital Infrastructure
In keeping with its renowned tradition and belief in strategic partnership and collaboration, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Bayelsa…
- 9 Jul 2015
Dickson, Bayelsa Governor Pays N100m to Italians to Hack Phones in Nigeria
Bayelsa state government paid close to one hundred million naira to Hacking Team, an Italian firm, to hack computers and phones in Nigeria, according to Premium Times . Premium Times pointing at new…
- 12 Jun 2024
Bayelsa Partners BOI on Economic Development
Bayelsa State Government and the Bank of Industry have announced their partnership to drive sustainable industrial and economic development in the state. Governor Douye Diri gave the assurance on…
- 14 Oct 2013
Bayelsa, Lincoln University Ink MoU to Boost ICT Education
Bayelsa state government yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), with the America’s first degree awarding black university, the Lincoln University of Pennsylvania with a view to…
- 21 Feb 2013
Lagos, Bayelsa, Others Owe N1.86 Trillion
Lagos, Bayelsa and Cross Rivers States are top on the list of the states of the federation that are indebted to both local and foreign institutions to the tune of N1.86 trillion, according to a…
- 25 Jul 2022
Bayelsa Govt. Seeks Heritage Bank Support on Youth Devt in Sport
The Bayelsa State Government has indicated interest in partnering Heritage Bank Plc on youth empowerment and sport development. The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo disclosed the…
- 18 Oct 2015
SPDC’s Healthcare Drive in Bayelsa Reaches 5000 People
About 5000 people in Oloibiri area of Bayelsa State have benefitted from a health outreach organised by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) Joint Venture in furtherance of…
- 26 Oct 2017
Bayelsa Govt. Decries Low Enrolment in National Identity Card Scheme
The Bayelsa government yesterday described the residents’ apathy to the ongoing enrolment in the National Identity Card scheme as “appalling.” Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Commissioner for Information…
- 25 Nov 2015
GOtv Makes Entry into Bayelsa
GOtv services have been rolled-out in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital. GOtv signals were switched on in Yenagoa on 15 November coinciding with the launch of GOtv’s festive offer, GO Pick Ya Own.…
- 3 Jan 2019
First Bank Extends Agent Banking In Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta
As a part of efforts to deepen Financial Inclusion in Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria Limited extended the Agent Banking campaign to 14 major markets and business points across Bayelsa, Cross River…
- 18 Oct 2012
Bayelsa Alleges Unfair Reportage, Drags Royal FM to NBC
Bayelsa state government has protested to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), over what it termed ‘hostile’ news report by Royal FM 95.5, a private radio station based in Yenagoa, the state…
- 14 Apr 2009
Amfi Network Trains Bayelsa Micro Credit Agency
The Bayelsa state government has engaged the service of a U.K based consultant company, Amfi Network to give orientation to the staff of the state Micro Credit Agency, on how to…
- 17 Jan 2014
Bayelsa Joins MultiChoice Resource Centre Beneficiary States
MultiChoice Nigeria, the leading provider of premium pay-TV services on the DStv and GOtv platforms has extended its major Corporate Social Investment project in the education sector, the MultiChoice…
- 9 Nov 2013
MTN Foundation Makes Donations to Bayelsa State
In line with MTN Foundation’s continued commitment to support State Governments’ efforts at reducing the security challenges in the country, the Foundation has donated security vehicles to the…
- 27 Dec 2019
NCDMB Builds Modular Science Lab, ICT Centre in Bayelsa
Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has donated a modular science laboratory to Model Government Secondary School, Twon Brass and an Information Communication Technology (ICT)…
- 30 May 2015
GEJ Says “I Was Worried I Would Be Booed,” As He Returns Home
Former President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Yenagoa, the capital city of his home State of Bayelsa, yesterday and told the crowd that came to receive him that he was short of words to express his…
- 14 Dec 2016
Mrs. Jonathan in Fresh Trouble over $15.5m
Detectives have stepped up the probe of former First Lady Mrs. Patience Jonathan by retrieving her service records from the Government of Bayelsa State. According to the Nation, the retrieval of her…
- 1 Sept 2008
Globacom Provides Rural Telephony in Three States
Telecommunications giant, Globacom, is collaborating with the Benue, Rivers and Bayelsa State governments to provide easy and cheap telephone services in rural areas across the three states. In Benue…
- 8 Nov 2012
Adenuga Foundation Donates N70n Relief Materials to Flood Victims
Mike Adenuga Foundation has donated relief materials worth over N70 million to those affected in Bayelsa State to ease the pains of the recent flooding. The relief materials were presented to…
- 31 Dec 2012
Oil States Receive N2.68Tr Derivation Funds
The nine oil producing states; Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Cross Rivers, Bayelsa and Edo, Imo and Abia, and Ondo have received a total N2.68 trillion as derivation funds in the past 12 years.…
- 26 Oct 2025
Polaris Bank restates support for SMEs, commissions EveryDay Supermarket in Yenagoa
Polaris Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria with the commissioning of EveryDay Supermarket’s new branch in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The…
- 14 Mar 2013
Without Alams, Oil will not Flow- FG
The Presidency, desperate, to justify the pardon it granted, Mr. Diepriye Alamieseigha, the convicted former Governor of Bayelsa State, said, yesterday that Alamieseigha is crucial to Nigeria’s…
- 29 Mar 2019
FirstBank Reinforces Financial Inclusion Drive with Market Activations
First Bank of Nigeria Limited extended the Agent Banking campaign to 14 major markets and business points across Bayelsa, Cross River and Delta State. The Market Activation which spanned over…
- 7 Sept 2020
SPDC Dismisses Angiama 45,000 Barrel Oil Spill Report, NOSDRA Admits Error
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed a report that it spilled 45,000 barrels of oil from an incident at its facility in Nun River in Angiama area of Bayelsa…
- 8 Mar 2010
280 Films Make AMAA 2010 List
A total of 280 films across Africa have been nominated for this year's edition of African Movie Academy Awards holding in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Shuaib Hussein, chairman of the award's College of…
- 10 Sept 2018
Angry Subscribers Knock NCC for Failing to Protect Rights
Telecoms subscribers in Bayelsa State have returned damning indictment on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for failing to protect the rights of subscribers from alleged extortion and…
- 30 Dec 2018
First Bank Extends Agency Banking Network
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has extended its agency banking network to 14 major markets and business points across Bayelsa, Cross River and Delta states through a campaign. The bank said in…
- 9 Sept 2015
60 Pupils Bag Shell’s Special Secondary School Scholarship
Sixty pupils from primary schools in the Niger Delta states of Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers were on Friday (September 4) awarded full secondary school scholarships under the ‘Cradle-to-Career’ (C2C)…
- 4 Mar 2015
President GEJ Says He’ll Return to Otuoke If He Loses
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he will return to his Otuoke home in Bayelsa State, if he loses the March 28 presidential election. Jonathan, who said Nigeria is not his father’s estate,…