Secondary and primary schools in Bayelsa State have yet to resume for the new academic year following the inability of the state government to clear seven months’ salary arrears owed teachers in public schools.
The Nigerian Army has confirmed death of four Soldiers in a boat mishap within Bayelsa waterways saying that the remains of the four soldiers were yet to be found, but residents say two bodies have so far been salvaged.
Some troops of the Nigerian military taking part in the ongoing training exercise, codenamed “Operation Crocodile Smiles” in the Niger Delta have drowned after a boat mishap in Bayelsa.
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, will soon deploy additional personnel to the Niger Delta as part of the resolve to combat militancy and other forms of internal security challenges in the region, Sadique Abubakar, Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, has said.
A Youth Corps members serving in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has brought succor to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camped at the Samson Siasia stadium, with donation of drugs and mosquito treated nets worth one million naira.
The Academic Staff Union of the Bayelsa state-owned Niger Delta University, NDU, Ammassoma in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the State has called off its four-month strike action.
