Tag: BAYELSA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, NCDC
Bayelsa records 14 new covid-19 cases, one death
Aneta FelixJun 22, 2020
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed one new death and 14 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bayelsa. Giving further details, Jones Stowe,...
Bayelsa records second COVID-19 death
Aneta FelixJun 03, 2020
A second person has died of COVID-19 in Bayelsa state. Jones Stow, Director of Public Health in the state Ministry of Health, and member of the Bayelsa State COVID-19...
COVID-19: Bayelsa records first death
Adesewa OdusogaJun 01, 2020
Bayelsa State has recorded its first death of a patient resulting from the complications of Coronavirus. This was announced by the state COVID-19 Task Force at a press...
Bayelsa Deputy Gov. files preliminary objection against petition
Aneta FelixMay 28, 2020
Bayelsa State deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo has asked the state governorship tribunal sitting in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed against him by the...
Court Sentences Dahiru to 26 years imprisonment for rape, abduction of Ese Oruru
Aneta FelixMay 21, 2020
The Federal High Court in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital, has sentenced Yinusa Dahiru to 26 years in prison, after finding him guilty of rape, and child trafficking,...
BREAKING: Bayelsa Judgement Review: Supreme Court dismiss APC application
The Supreme Court has thrown out an application seeking the review of its February 13 judgment that sacked the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress...
Army confirms killing of four soldiers in Bayelsa ambush
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that unknown gunmen killed four soldiers in Letugene, Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Spokesperson of Operation Delta...
APC threatens legal action as court sacks Lyon as Bayelsa governor-elect
Aneta FelixFeb 13, 2020
National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole has reacted to the sack of its governorship candidate, David Lyon, and his running mate,...
Supreme Court sacks Lyon as Bayelsa governor-elect, declares PDP winner
Aneta FelixFeb 13, 2020
A five-man panel of the apex court, led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili, has nullified the election of Bayelsa governor-elect, David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress...
Protesters call for inclusion of IDPs in Bayelsa/Kogi elections
Aneta FelixNov 08, 2019
A coalition of civil rights organisations have stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja demanding inclusion of Internally...
