The assailants, who arrived in a white Hilux van, seized the judge around 7:00 p.m. on Saturday in front of a popular eatery in the Ekeki area along Chief Melford Okilo Expressway. By SaharaReporters Armed men dressed in black have abducted a State High Court judge, Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. […]
The prolonged detention of these workers is a breach of Nigeria’s constitutional guarantee of the presumption of innocence. By SaharaReporters In a blatant violation of Nigeria’s constitutional provisions on the presumption of innocence, former First Lady Patience Jonathan has kept 15 of her domestic staff locked up in Bayelsa State’s Okaka Correctional Centre since 2019 […]
SaharaReporters exclusively reported that the robbery occurred on January 3, 2025, when armed assailants attacked a young man, stole valuable items, and transferred N4 million to an online bank account. By SaharaReporters All staff members at Okere Prison have been replaced following shocking revelations that some inmates at the facility were linked to an armed […]
By Salihu Ayatullahi, Toheeb Omotayo & Salihu Shola Taofeek In a two-month-long investigation, The Informant247 assembled evidence of several ‘electoral manipulations’ done by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) during the September 21 local government elections. The report documents discrepancies in the election results, voter suppression and widespread disenfranchisement caused by shortages of electoral materials, despite […]
It has been a long-standing practice in the riverine community, championed by the Akassa Development Foundation. By Samuel Oyadongha, Vanguard Newspaper In the Akassa Island community, located on the fringe of the Atlantic Ocean in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the sea turtle is not a totem, and it is forbidden for seafarers, […]
Henry Ogbodo’s two children are attending the technical college—one of his sons, Richmond graduated in 2023 from the Welding and Fabrication Department. By Arinze Chijioke Pedro Dennis’s emergence as the pioneer principal of Government Science and Technological College Swali, Yenagoa in Bayelsa State was not mere happenstance. It was a result of his leadership capacity, […]
At press time, the actual facticity rocked by the explosion is unknown and no record of casualty has been announced. By Christiana Ofem and Able Winnard A pipeline exploded this morning (Tuesday 14 May 2024) between 10 am and 10:20 am in the Gbarain axis in Yenagoa LGA, Bayelsa State. According to Niger Delta Insider, […]
The incident occurred on Wednesday when the minor and her boyfriend checked into a hotel room, but she collapsed and died in the bathroom of the hotel. By Archibong Jeremiah A 14-year-old girl named Shallon Ebitare reportedly passed away while in a hotel room in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State with her 17-year-old boyfriend, Lucky Okubo. The […]
By Our Reporter Nigerian Army troops has allegedly killed 11 people and set houses at blaze on Monday morning in Igbomotoru community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The soldiers were said to arrive the community in five gunboats and razed three houses suspected to be the hideout of a militant […]
“The little ‘bride’ said if she were not allowed to marry her husband, she would have no other business in the Akeddei community,” said a source. By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN A child rights advocacy group, DO Foundation, on Thursday, kicked against the December 26 marriage between a four-year-old and a 54-year-old man at […]