NYSC redeploys corps members from Borno, Kano, Yobe, others

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The National Youth Service Corps on Thursday announced the redeployment of corps members from seven northern states.

The affected states are Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano and Yobe states.

A statement on Thursday in Abuja by the Director of Public Relations in NYSC, Mrs. Bose Aderibigbe, said the decision followed the high rate of insecurity in some parts of the North.

The corps members are part of the  2014 Batch ‘B’ Orientation Course  scheduled to commence next week Tuesday August 5, 2014.

The NYSC said due to logistic reasons, the orientation course will be conducted in two streams for different states.

Navy Arrest 25, Seize 2 Vessels In Bayelsa

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25 persons suspected to have been involved in illegal bunkering and crude oil theft along the waterways of Brass In Bayelsa State have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy. Two vessels were also seized.

According to the Navy, the two seized vessels identified as MV Hanan and MV Alezza Lilah, had 14 Nigerians, One Ghanaian and a Cameroonian on board with over 300,000 metric tonnes of stolen crude oil.
In a statement issued at the weekend, during the handing over ceremony, Navy Commanding Officer, FOB FORMOSO, Captain Noel Madugu said the MV HANAN L had nine crew on board, all Nigerians, MV ALEZZA LILAH had 16-member crew comprising 14 Nigerians, one Ghanian and one Cameroonian.
“The MV HANAN L was intercepted by NNS Obula at 23 nautical miles, South West of Pennington when her actions became suspicious.The vessel with her crew of nine persons was arrested owing to the presence of Automotive Gas Oil on board,” said Navy Capt. Madugu.

Parents in Bayelsa Put Teenage Daughter in a Cage for Two and Half Years

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Tongues have begun to wag in Bayelsa following the discovery of a 16-year-old girl, Blessing Olokumo who had been locked up in a cage for the past 30 months by her parents over an alleged witchcraft induced illness.

It has been gathered that the cage that has housed the victim for two and half years is just by the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital in Okolobiri community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
She was rescued from the cage few days ago by the Mary Slessor Twins Foundation.

Horrible: 16-year-old girl ra*ped to death in Bayelsa

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A 23-year-old man is currently in police detention over an alleged  r*ape which led to the death of a 16-year-old girl in Oporoma community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
According to sources, the victim was said to have visited the home of the suspect with her friend where they were offered drinks as guests.  The deceased was said to have accepted the drink while her friend declined. It was gathered that after the victim’s friend had left earlier, the suspect was reported to have ra*ped the victim till she became unconscious.

U.S Warns its citizens against travelling to 16 states in Nigeria..

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 The United States has revised its travel alert on Nigeria, warning its citizens against going to 16 states in the country.  The most recent alert, includes the three north eastern states which were under emergency rule after having a presidential declaration on May 14, 2013.  Released on January 8 by the State Department, the US appealed to its citizens in order to avoid all, but essential travels to Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Gombe and Jigawa states.

Another states on the list, that the alert said are susceptible to kidnappings, robberies and other armed attacks are Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara. Abia, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Imo and Rivers states, that have been in a youthful list issued in June, 2013 aren't on the newest travel list.

10 People lost their lives , Nursing Mom Survives As commuter Bus Plunges Into River In Bayelsa

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A road mishap in Bayelsa State has led to the deaths of no less than 10 persons after a commuter bus plunged into a river around the Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of the state.

According to reports, the bus plunged into the Okoso river along the Kaiama-Sampou stretch of the East-West road at around 8.30pm on Saturday.

Bayelsa State Govt Demolishes Gov. Dickson's Personal Home

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Bayelsa State Government on Wednesday demolished a one-storey private building owned by Governor Seriake dickson because it obstructed the Right-of-Way as well as intruding on the state Capital City Master Plan.

Deputy Governor John Jonah told journalists that the location of the Governor’s house obstructed the Right-of-Way, hence there would be no compensation for him.
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Atiku Abubakar vows to follow up rap-e case. Victim Committed Suicide in Amarata, Yenoga Bayelsa

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18-Year Old Girl Commits Suicide After Gang R*ape In Amarata, Yenoga Bayelsa

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The Nigerian police in Bayelsa has confirmed that an 18-year-old girl committed suicide after a gang rape by three unidentified men. The Spokesman of the state Police Command, Mr Alex Akhigbe, told newsmen in Yenagoa that the girl killed herself in Amarata, Yenagoa, Local Government Area of Bayelsa, southern Nigeria.

“I believe the deceased decided to hang herself due to the attendant shame and stigmatisation she experienced after the rape incident,” Akhigbe said. He said that the command had launched investigation into the alleged rape charges filed by the deceased family.

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Fake CNN Reporter Swindles Bayelsa Government, Officials

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 Paul Yempe, who passed himself off as a journalist working for the US-based Cable News Network (CNN), succeeded in swindling key officials of the Bayelsa State government, SaharaReporters has discovered. Our sources in the state and within law enforcement disclosed that the fraudster obtained various sums of money running into millions of naira from state officials who were desperate to receive favorable coverage about the state beset by rising insecurity and incessant kidnappings.

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HEARTLESS: Cultists/Butchers Cut Off The Hand Of a female NYSC member in Bayelsa

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A 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member serving in Bayelsa State, Miss Folakemi Akinbode, is now struggling for her life at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, following a brutal attack from suspected cultists.

The incident occurred, Monday, at about 8.30pm at Obunagha community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.

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Armored Personnel Carrier Deployed To Guard Patience Jonathan’s Guest House In Bayelsa

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A few days after the Goodluck Jonathan administration withdrew operatives of the Joint Task Force assigned to protect Government House in Rivers State, SaharaReporters has learnt that the president’s wife, Patience Jonathan, is using soldiers to guard her private guest house in Yenogoa, the capital of Bayelsa State.

Earlier this week, the Presidency ordered the withdrawal of JTF operatives guarding the official residence of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as a political feud between the governor, on the one hand, and President Jonathan and his wife, on the other, intensified. There was chaos in the chambers of the Rivers State legislature as four state law makers tied to the president and First Lady attempted, but failed, to impeach the speaker. In the aftermath of a bloody confrontation, the Jonathan administration pulled Mr. Amaechi’s security apparatus, which is controlled by the Federal Government.

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Bayelsa State Special Adviser On Power Abducted In Rivers State

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The Special Adviser to the Bayelsa state governor on power; Mr Olice Kemenanabo has been kidnapped in Rivers state, Nigeria’s south west region.

Mr Kemenanabo was abducted this afternoon around the D-line area of the capital, Port Harcourt by unknown gunmen.As at the time of this report no one could ascertain his mission in the city. Before his appointed as special adviser on power in May 2012, Mr Kemenanabo was the chairman of a committee set up by the state government to oversee power generation.

Black Democracy Day: 18 students die in Head On Collision Accident In Bayelsa

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It was a black Democracy Day celebration in Bayelsa State yesterday as no fewer than 18 students died in a head-on collision between two 18-seater commercial buses.

The incident occurred at about 8:03pm on Amassoma Road in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

The deceased’s bodies have been deposited at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital in Okolobiri.

Over 11 injured occupants of the buses are currently receiving medical treatments at a private hospital in Yenagoa, the state capital.

Five Expatriates Kidnapped Off Bayelsa Coastline Freed

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Five foreigners kidnapped aboard a German ship off the Niger Delta region coast in Bayelsa have regained their freedom. Some yet to be identified gunmen abducted the five expatriates aboard an oil support vessel along Sagana waterways in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa on April 26 2013.

Kidnappings and killings carried out by pirates, and former militants have increased dramatically in the area until recent times. The deployment of 20 gunboats recently acquired by Bayelsa government by the security forces has failed to reign in the rampaging pirates even as Gov. Seriake Dickson rarely stays in the state to address the worsening insecurity in his domain, often traveling to Abuja the nation’s capital to see President Goodluck Jonathan.

Just In: EFCC Arrests Former Bayelsa Governor; Timipre Sylva In Abuja

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arrested the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva.

A statement signed by EFCC’s Acting Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the former governor was “picked up at his Abuja home, at No. 3, Niger Street, Maitama” by the EFCC officials who stormed the former governor’s home at about 10.00 am.  According to the statement, the embattled governor was discovered in the house where he was “hiding in a dingy corner in the upper chamber of his expansive mansion.”

Five foreign workers kidnapped in Bayelsa state today

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Five expatriates, three Sri Lankans, a Russian and a Myanmarian were kidnapped today in Bayelsa state. The foreign workers were aboard an oil services support vessel when they were kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The Joint Task Force in the state said they have deployed gunboats to find the kidnapped workers and rescue them

Bayelsa Police Killings : Police Recover 11 Bodies

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Emotions ran high, yesterday, at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa Bayelsa State, as the remains of 11 out of the 12 policemen killed last Friday were deposited at the hospital’s morgue.

Some of the recovered bodies were reportedly burnt and mutilated by their killers who also stripped them of their uniforms and rifles during the attack.The combined team of soldiers drawn from the Joint Task Force, JTF, and operatives of the Nigeria Police, yesterday, recovered the burnt and decomposed bodies of the slain policemen along the creeks of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

Terrorists' Lagos hideout owned by Bayelsa State Govt - Monarch

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The house where security operatives arrested nine suspected terrorists, including a Chadian, in Ijora-Badia, a Lagos mainland suburb, belongs to Bayelsa State government, a monarch claimed. 

Yesterday Ojora of Ijora, Oba Fatai Oyeyinka Aromire, in whose domain soldiers attached to Lagos internal security outfit – Operation-MESA, arrested the suspects accused the government of Bayelsa State of complicity in the presence of terrorist suspects in Nigeria’s economic hub. 

Oba Aromire blamed the government for abandoning the property, a development he said encouraged miscreants to use it as a hideout.

PROTEST: Militants Set Cars On Fire As They Protest Non-Payment Of Salaries In Bayelsa

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Militants under the federal government subsidy scheme have launched a protest in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State capital. Eyewitnesses say the angry militants are setting cars on fire as they protest the government’s refusal to pay their allowances.

The militants are reportedly owed over two months’ salary, and their peaceful way of expressing their grievances to the government seemed to be ineffective. The militants seen on Otiotio road, towards Yenezue gene in the state capital are setting up barricades as they continue their protest.