Yenagoa news

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE (press release) (blog)
Many feared dead, as local boat explode in Yenagoa
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE (press release) (blog)
AT least seven persons are feared dead after a local market boat in which they were travelling in exploded at the popular Swali market in Yenagoa, the Capital of Bayelsa State. According to a survivor, Miss Deinyefa, the boat was conveying about 40 ...and more »

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE (press release) (blog)
Police arrest 24-year-old cop killer in Yenagoa
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE (press release) (blog)
THE Nigeria Police Force, Bayelsa State Command says it has arrested the killer of a Police Constable, Sammy Saturday, attached to the Counter Terrorism Unit (CPU) at Tombia Roundabout in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The State Commissioner of Police, ...and more »

Leadership Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Bayelsa Condemns Killing Of NDU Student In Yenagoa
Leadership Newspaper (press release) (blog)
The Bayelsa State government has condemned in strong terms the murder of a 100-level student of the state-owned Niger Delta University, Miss Seiyefa Fred, by a suspected gang of cultists. The state commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr ...and more »

THISDAY Newspapers
Angels in Titanic Battle in Yenagoa for AITEO Cup
THISDAY Newspapers
It is a replication of last year's final match as defending champions, Rivers Angels and Ibom Angels clash at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa today for the right to hold aloft and keep the AITEO Women's Cup for the next one year. The champions ...
Angels clash in Yenagoa for AITEO CupThe Eagle Onlineall 2 news articles »

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE (press release) (blog)
Flood: PDP moves State Assembly primaries to Yenagoa
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE (press release) (blog)
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bayelsa State Chapter has moved its statewide state assembly primaries to Yenagoa due to the flood that submerged over 80 per cent of the communities across the state.
Flood: PDP moves Bayelsa Assembly primaries to YenagoaTODAY.NGall 16 news articles »

National Wire (press release) (blog)
Hon. Weribo Promises Quality, Purposeful Representation To Yenagoa Constituency III
National Wire (press release) (blog)
By: Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa. A young businessman and philanthropist, Hon. WeriboJotex an aspirant on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) seeking to represent Yenagoa Constituency III in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly has ...

National Wire (press release) (blog)
Family Of 3 Die In Their Sleep In Yenagoa Suburb
National Wire (press release) (blog)
By Amos Odeh. A family of three in Azikoro, a suburb in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Friday, died in their sleep after a dinner suspected to have been poisoned. Residents in the compound had noticed that the occupants were yet to wake up on ...and more »

SaharaReporters.com
'I Was Blindfolded And Flown From Yenagoa To Abuja' — Jones Abiri Recounts DSS Ordeal
SaharaReporters.com
Jones Abiri, the Bayelsa-based journalist arrested and detained for more than two years by the Department of State Services (DSS), has recounted his ordeal in the hands of the secret service. Speaking on Tuesday at a reception organized for him by the ...and more »

National Wire (press release) (blog)
Three Year Old Twins Kidnapped At Ekeki Motor Park In Yenagoa
National Wire (press release) (blog)
By Amos Okioma. A set of male twin toddlers have been kidnapped by a middle-aged man at the Ekeki Motor Park area of Yenagoa, the state capital. It was gathered that the kidnapper, who drove in a black jeep, had parked near the corner where Mrs ...and more »

Vanguard
Gunmen attack NAF Helipad in Yenagoa, airman killed
Vanguard
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday said that gunmen had attacked the guard post at the NAF Helipad at Igbodene in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, killing an airman. The attack appears to be a resuscitation of the deadly confrontations in the resource-rich Niger ...
Gunmen Attack Nigerian Air Force Helipad In YenagoaCHANNELS TELEVISION
Nigeria: Gunmen Attack Nigerian Airforce Helipad in Yenagoa, Kill AirmanAllAfrica.com
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