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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 13 Mar 2019
Telecoms Subscribers Hit 172.8m –NBS
The number of active voice subscribers in the telecoms sector rose to 172.82 million as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2018, the data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has…
- 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…
- 21 Mar 2021
NBS Reports Drop Voice Call Subscribers, Rise in Internet Users
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the number of subscribers for voice calls fell marginally quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) by 0.3 percent or 650,000 to 204.6 million in the fourth quarter of…
- 30 Mar 2017
NELEX Supports TheMap.online E-Commerce Empowerment Initiative
In continuation of their support to help grow young people capable of taking advantage of the digital economy, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, through its department- National…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 12 Mar 2013
Angst over Rumours of Pardon for Alams, VIP Ex-Convicts
A cross section of Nigerians yesterday said that the decision by the Council of State headed by President Goodluck Jonathan to grant state pardon to Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former governor, Bayelsa…
- 3 Apr 2013
Alams' Pardon: US to Cut $600m Aid to Nigeria
The United States of America may cut aid to Nigeria following the presidential pardon granted a former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and seven others. Nigeria is one of the…
- 13 Mar 2013
Ribadu Fumes over Presidential Pardon for Alams
Nuhu Ribadu, former head, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said last night that the presidential pardon granted Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former Bayelsa state…
- 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…