LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has issued an order restraining associates of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, from holding a mega rally in the state pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The high court presided over by Justice I.A. Uzakah on…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The decomposed remains of a 45-year-old pastor, Esere Okilo, have been discovered in his home in Ekeki, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, more than a year after he was reported missing. Okilo, a native of Nembe-Bassambiri, had not been seen for 15 months before his sister stumbled upon his skeletal remains on Wednesday, January…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWRNAGERS)-The Bayelsa State Police Command has paraded a suspected self-kidnapper, Biobarakumo Gamade, who allegedly staged his abduction and demanded N10m from his brother. The suspect was arrested alongside his accomplice, identified as Frank Thompson, on Tuesday, November 5th, after receiving N2m ransom. Parading the suspect at the state police command headquarters, on…
LAGOS MAY 22 (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Ebi’s Mechanic Road, Amarata area in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, were on Tuesday thrown into mourning after the decomposing bodies of seven friends were found in a music studio apartment. The tragic incident, suspected to have been caused by generator fumes in the studio owned by one…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says one of its officials has been abducted in Sagbama LGA of Bayelsa state. In a statement on Friday, Wilfred Ifogah, head of INEC voters’ registration in the state, said the official was kidnapped while waiting to board a boat at the jetty. He also said…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Youths in Opu-Nembe (Bassambiri) community in the Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have driven 28 chiefs and prominent individuals into exile. At a press conference in Yengoa, the Bayelsa state, attended by some of those sent into exile and presided over some traditional chiefs under the aegis of Concerned Citizens…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A first-class graduate of the University Of Ibadan, Opuofoni Freeborn Ebimotimi, was killed in the early hours of Sunday at Honeyhill Tombia Bayelsa State for allegedly stealing bread. Ebimotimi who is From Korokorosei community of Southern Ijaw Local Government area Studied Business Administration (B.Sc) at the University of Ibadan. His younger sister,…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-As the ongoing war against crude oil theft and illegal refineries in Niger Delta intensifies, no fewer than nine illegal refinery sites with a combined total daily production estimated to be more than one million barrels have been uncovered in three communities in Bayelsa State. The sites were uncovered by operatives of Daven…