The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday arraigned a teenage girl before the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, for circulating the nude video of a retired Bayelsa permanent secretary on social media.
In the one-count
charge, prosecuting counsel, Mr Victor Uchendu, told the court that the accused
engaged in cyber-stalking by circulating the retiree’s nude picture on a
Whatspp group.
Chief Dennis Otiotio, a political associate of Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has emerged Bayelsa Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC).
Retired Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Yusuf Adejo and
Chairman of the state congress planning committee disclosed this when he
announced the results of the congress on Saturday in Yenogoa.
Adejo said that Otiotio scored 582 votes to defeat his closest
rival, Mr Dan Igrubia, who scored eight votes.
Mr. Azibaola Roberts a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday advocated lifting of the ban on local gin popularly known as Kaikai.
The production and
consumption of the locally distilled
drink also known in local parlance as ‘Ogogoro’ was banned in June 2015 by
Bayelsa government following death of 20 people in Ondo state after consuming
the drink.
Other states in the Niger Delta region
subsequently outlawed the production and consumption of the local drink,
however the consumption has remained canelstine due to clampdown by security
agencies.
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, (SPDC) on Monday said it is well positioned to transform Nigeria into a gas hub within the Gulf of Guinea in line with the global quest for cleaner energy.
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The company said it actively supports the
nation’s Natural Gas Expansion Program of the Federal Government introduced in the
year 2020 envisioned to make the country utilize its vast gas resources
effectively.
The Country Head, Corporate Relations, SPDC,
Mr. Igo Wei disclosed this in his remarks at the 7th Annual
Public Lecture of the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of
Journalists, (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council which took place at the Matho Crystal
Hotel, Yenagoa.
The Police Command in Bayelsa has attributed the drop in crime within the waterways in Bayelsa to intensified collaboration amongst the security agencies and called for review of procedures at checkpoints.
Mr Emmanuel Asufi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police spoke at the sidelines of the just concluded 7th Annual Lecture of Federated Correspondents Chapel of the Bayelsa Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists in Yenagoa.
The theme of this year’s lecture is Maritime Security: Implications for Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry.
He observed that following the improved maritime security in the creeks and waterways, there was need the review the procedure which makes it mandatory for all passengers to raise both hands on approaching checkpoints.
The Economic!ic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC) on Friday brought Mr Embelakpo Apere and his wife, Beauty Apere to Federal High Court Yenagoa for arraignment for money laundering allegedly carried out in 2015.
Embelakpo was a former aide on Sustainable Development Goals to Ex-Gov Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa who is currently a Senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly.
Following opposition by Defense Counsel, Andrew Arthur to the arraignment of Embelakpo, he could not take his plea but his wife was arraigned on seven counts and pleaded not guilty.
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has received the approval of the Bayelsa House of Assembly to restructure the state’s commercial debts with some banks, to ease the state’s monthly debt servicing obligations.
Diri had in September 2020 secured the approval of the Bayelsa House of
Assembly to obtain N17 billion loan from multiple sources.
According to data obtained from the Debt Management Office’s website,
Bayelsa’s debt profile as of June 2021 stood at over N150.60 billion, up from
the N123 billion the present administration inherited when it came to power in
Feb. 2020.
