By Amos Odeh LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Government House, Chapel, King of Glory, was agog as songs of praise to God rent the air over the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the case filed by Chief Timi Alaibe challenging the candidacy of Governor Douye Diri in the November, 2019 Bayelsa Governorship election. Governor Douye Diri…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police on Wednesday said they had arrested three female suspects over failed alleged attempt to move 818 rounds of live ammunition from Kano State to Bayelsa State. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja. Mba said one of…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 28-year-old man, identified simply as Suga, has committed suicide in Bayelsa State after losing N150,000 belonging to the company in virtual soccer. According to TheNation, Suga, who hailed from Nembe Local Government Area of the state, allegedly poisoned himself with a substance suspected to be Sniper (insecticide) after using his boss’…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has asked the state taskforce on COVID-19 to unseal worship centres that run foul of measures imposed by the state government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the state. He, however, urged the violators to retrace their steps as his administration…
By Amos Akioma LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Patients suspected to be infected by Coronavirus in Bayelsa have bemoaned the delays in getting results from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) laboratories in Benin and Port Harcourt. Investigations indicate that worst affected are medical personnel with contact with confirmed cases who went into self isolation for…
By Okioma Amos LAGOS MAY 9TH, (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of Bayelsa journalist, Samuel Ese, who works with the Business Day Newspapers on Wednesday escaped death as storm with strong winds blew off the roof of his house and submerged one side of the building. The incident occurred at the outskirts of Yenagoa at Banga Camp along…
By Okioma Amos LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The people of Etegue and Okutukutu in Yenagoa Local Government area of Bayelsa state has urged Governor DOUYE Diri to Shelve its proposed plan to demolish illegal structures. Empire Otuzi the Representative of the Etegue and Okutukutu of the Tombia Junction an emerging commercial nerve centre told journalists that…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Douye Diri was sworn in as governor of Bayelsa state paripasu with Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo as his deputy governor after the supreme court had nullified the election of the APC governor elect , David Lyon who received the information while rehearsing at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex, Ovom…