Interview

The Yenagoa and Sagbama branches of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA have directed that from October 1, 2025, no legal practitioner within and outside Bayelsa State shall charge less than 10 percent of the purchase sum as professional fees for preparing title deeds on land transactions.   The decision was reached at a joint meeting of the Remuneration Committees of both branches held on September 24, 2025.   A statement jointly […]

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has begun an investigation into the killing of Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, a news anchor and producer with Arise Television, who was shot dead during a robbery at her home in Katampe, Abuja.   Police spokesperson Josephine Adeh, in a statement on Monday, described the attack as cruel and senseless, adding that Commissioner of Police Ajao Adewale has ordered a discreet probe and deployed tactical […]

Residents of Yenagoa Town woke up on Sunday to a disturbing stench that led to the discovery of a decomposing corpse, later identified as 23-year-old Bliamini Abdulmumini.   The deceased, a native of Sokoto State, was a trader and Point of Sale, POS, operator at the popular Swali Market. Eyewitness say he had been missing for several days before neighbours discovered his lifeless body in a pool of blood.   […]

Justice Patience Zuofa Douye Diri, wife of the governor of Bayelsa State, has called on the private sector and development partners to support authors both in the state and across the country. She made the call during the formal unveiling of “When Tomorrow Beckons”, a book authored by Dr. Ebidenyefa Tarila-Nikade, and a fundraising event for Spelling Bee Bayelsa, on Sunday 21 September, 2025 in Yenagoa, the state capital. The […]

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested the alleged killer of Mr. Richard Ekpebu, a 42-year-old estate agent, who was abducted and murdered on July 24, with his body later found in a bush along the new Otuoke road. The suspect, identified as George Idumangi from Ogbia Local Government Area, was arrested in Lagos while attempting to procure an international passport. Police said his arrest followed days of tracking by […]

Operatives of the State Special Police Squad, Door Akpor, has arrested a 40 years old man over allegations of forceful defilement, threat to life and impregnation of a 12 years old girl in Dimrose area of Ebis in Biogbolo community of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The culprit, who is identified as Emeka and an Indigene of Anambra State and a businessman who shuttles between Yenagoa and Anambra, is married […]