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The Bayelsa State government has said that Governor Seriake Dickson-led administration has executed over 300 projects including roads, bridges, and buildings within his seven years in office. The state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Konyefa Godwin, told newsmen in Yenagoa that the projects are sited and scattered across the eight local government areas (LGAs) of the state. He said ...

Residents of Ikarama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have embarked on a peaceful protest to request the Nigerian Agip Oil Company to construct a two-kilometer access road to its oilfields in the area. Hundreds of community members, who sang solidarity songs and danced around the riverside settlement, made the demand during an advocacy rally at Ikarama ...

“Disturbed by the activities of land racketeers and indiscriminate construction of buildings in Yenagoa and its environs,  Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson has inaugurated a 10-member Land Use and Allocation Committee, with a declaration that henceforth, government will  be responsible for the provision and sale of land to members of the public for private, commercial and industrial purpose”- Nigeria ...

According to Vanguard, efforts by the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority, OGFZA, to fulfill its core mandate and play a key role in the Federal Government’s drive for foreign direct investments, FDI, received a major boost, weekend, when the Bayelsa State Government announced that it has handed over to OGFZA state lands measuring 35,000 hectares for the development of ...

According to Vanguard, a massive multi-million housing project is under construction at Anyama-Ijaw in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, an area that some years back, could only be accessed by river and a foot path in the thickset mangrove forest. Things are taking shape in the hitherto rustic community, which now boasts of a smooth tarred road linking ...

Prof. Kimse Okoko, former President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), has warned of an imminent danger in Bayelsa State, except Governor Seriake Dickson annuls a land deal with the Fulani herdsmen. According to The Guardian Okoko told journalists in Port Harcourt yesterday, that the 1200 hectares of land that he allocated to them was defective because 75 per cent ...

As a result of incessant coastal erosion impacts in some communities in Bayelsa State, the government, has made a passionate appeal to the Federal Ministry of Environment, agencies and other well-meaning organisations to join efforts at combating the menace. The Guardian reports that the State Deputy Governor, Gboribiogha John Jonah made the appeal after inspecting a landslide site at Okoloba ...