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- 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…
- 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 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…
- 3 May 2021
FIRST LEGO League: 24 Unity Schools Qualify for National Robotics Championship
Twenty-four (24) teams drawn from the Federal Unity Colleges have qualified for the FIRST LEGO LEAGUE (FLL) National Robotics Championship Competition 2021. Students pitching their works during the…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 17 Sept 2014
34 States Yet to Endorse Fair Taxation, Levies on ICT Infrastructure
Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology has once again bemoaned the foot-dragging gestures of State Governments to sign a memorandum of understanding that will reduce taxes and levies…
- 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…
- 3 Aug 2022
Wema Bank Refutes Purported Forgery of Cheque and Inappropriate Arrest warrant on Managing Director
The management of Wema Bank Plc has rebutted the trending news in the media to the effect that a Magistrate’s Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, had issued a warrant for the arrest…
- 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…
- 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…
- 12 Aug 2014
FG, Anambra Join Hands for Smart State Project
Federal government and Anambra state have agreed to work together to create an enabling environment that will position Anambra as a smart state, that will lead to the accelerated roll out of critical…
- 22 Sept 2014
NCCT Urges NIPOST to Leverage PAV for Services
The National Council on Communication Technology (NCCT) urged the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to leverage on existing Public Access Venues (PAV) infrastructure around the country to deploy its…
- 6 Aug 2019
Kaduna, Delta Others Rank Best in e-Governance Report
The Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies, CIAPS, ranks, Kaduna, Delta, Anambra States as the best in e-governance amongst others states in the federation. Even as Imo, Zamfara,…
- 1 May 2020
Interswitch Group Unveils Coordinated Interventions Against COVID-19
Interswitch Group, one of Africa’s leading integrated payment & digital commerce players has announced a series of intervention measures as part of a coordinated effort to complement ongoing…
- 3 Feb 2026
FG Mandates Shared Funding for N1.98trn Electricity Subsidy
Federal Government has directed state governments to begin sharing the cost of electricity subsidy alongside the Federal Government. It was gathered that payments for the subsidy will now be funded…
- 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…
- 5 Mar 2018
FG to Set up ICT Dev Bank to Fund Industry
Mr. Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications, has stated that plans are underway by the Federal Government to set up an ICT Development Bank that will provide funding for the industry inoder to…
- 23 Nov 2021
eNaira: CBN Rallies PSPs, Fintechs to Deepen Adoption
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said it was working with key stakeholders in the payment system ecosystem to boost the adoption of its digital currency known as the eNaira. The…
- 29 Sept 2014
MTN Foundation Donations Hit N10Bn, Rivers State Benefits
MTN Foundation has invested over 10 billion naira in social projects in the key areas of education, health and economic empowerment in 341 locations across the 36 states of Nigeria and the FCT. And…
- 22 Feb 2023
Supreme Court Adjourns Naira Redesign Policy Case to March 3
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed March 3 for judgment in the suits filled by some State Governors against the Federal Government over the cashless policy by the CBN in old Naira note withdrawal.…
- 8 Sept 2008
BHA Threatens Contractor over Failed Gas turbine
Werenipre Seibarugu, speaker, Bayelsa state House of Assembly has threatened to drag Robo Michael Nigeria Ltd contracting firm to court for breach of contract. He said the company had failed to…
- 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)…
- 20 Sept 2020
Rivers State, Shell Inaugurate Cluster Development Board for Assa North Gas Project
The Rivers State government and the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), energy company, recently inaugurated the Egi/Igburu Cluster Development Board (CDB) for pipeline…
- 21 Jun 2020
Shell's Intervention Offers Hope to COVID-19 Patients
The cutting-edge blood component extractor machine just donated to the Lagos State government has been described as a timely intervention to aid the recovery of novel coronavirus patients. L-R:…