Odeh Okioma

1 week ago | thetrumpet.ng | Odeh Okioma |Stephen Jombo

Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has offered automatic employment to first class degree graduates of the University of Africa, Toru-Orua (UAT) in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. Gov. Diri, who announced this on Saturday at the maiden combined convocation ceremony of 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023 and 2024 academic sessions of the university, said the gesture is part of measures to check the brain drain syndrome.

1 week ago | thetrumpet.ng | Odeh Okioma |Stephen Jombo

The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Godspower Ebisimiagh, also known as Bobby, a suspected cultist accused of brutally murdering a six-year-old Muslim boy, Muhammadu Bilah, in what is believed to be a ritual killing. The shocking incident occurred in the Aritalin area of Ovom, Yenagoa Local Government Area, last Tuesday.

3 weeks ago | thetrumpet.ng | Odeh Okioma |Stephen Jombo

Dr. Samuel Kolawole Oredipe has congratulated veteran coach and former national athlete, Mr. Gabriel Okon, on his victory in the just-concluded South-South Zonal Election into the board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). The tightly contested election, held in Benin City, saw Mr. Okon from Akwa Ibom State defeat his opponent, Mr. Itiako Ikpokpo of Delta State, by four votes to two. The outcome cements Okon’s position as the new representative for the South-South zone on the AFN board.

1 month ago | thetrumpet.ng | Odeh Okioma |Stephen Jombo

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has directed the State Special Committee on Security and Human Rights Violations to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the killing of Mr. Daniel Ayama by unknown assailants on May 16, 2025, in Yenagoa, the state capital. Gov. Diri gave the directive on Monday, during a meeting with the state Commissioner of Police, Francis Idu, representatives of the bereaved family and other relevant stakeholders at Government House, Yenagoa.