Bayelsa: Gunmen raid Rhythm FM during live transmission - Daily Trust

Bayelsa: Gunmen raid Rhythm FM during live transmission - Daily Trust

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have invaded a private radio station, Rhythm 94.7Fm in Yenagoa, carting away valuables, including mobile phones, recorders and operational gadgets belonging to staff on duty. Daily Trust gathered that the gunmen broke into the station situated at Swali community in Yenagoa, the state capital around 4:40pm on Saturday, and returned the next day. Though no life was lost during the operation, the staff of the st…

Gunmen Raid Ben Murray-Bruce's Radio Station in Back-to-Back Armed Robberies

YENAGOA, Nigeria — Armed men suspected to be robbers stormed the premises of Rhythm 94.7FM in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, during a live broadcast on Saturday, carting away valuable items belonging to on-duty staff, including mobile phones, recording devices, and other operational equipment. The brazen daylight attack occurred at approximately 4:40 p.m. at the station’s facility in the Swali community of the Bayelsa capital. The perpetrators reported…

NUJ Condemns Armed Attack on Rhythm 94.7FM, Calls It an Assault on Press Freedom

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council, has strongly condemned the recent armed attack on Rhythm 94.7FM, a privately owned radio station based in Yenagoa, describing the incident as a grave threat to press freedom. In a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Yenagoa, the NUJ Bayelsa Chairman, Comrade Tonye Yemoleigha, and […]

Bayelsa NUJ Council Condemns Attacks On Media House By Unknown Gunmen

May 19, (THEWILL) – The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bayelsa State Council, has condemned in its entirety, the recent attack by gunmen on a private radio station, Rhythm 94.7 FM, Yenagoa. The State Council was informed that the gunmen, on two separate days, Saturday, May 17, 2025, at about 2:10 pm and […] The post Bayelsa NUJ Council Condemns Attacks On Media House By Unknown Gunmen appeared first on THEWILL NEWS MEDIA.

Bayelsa: Gunmen raid Rhythm FM during live transmission

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have invaded a private radio station, Rhythm 94.7Fm in Yenagoa, carting away valuables, including mobile phones, recorders and operational gadgets belonging to staff on duty. Daily Trust gathered that the gunmen broke into the station situated at Swali community in Yenagoa, the state capital around 4:40pm on Saturday, and returned the next day. Though no life was lost during the operation, the staff of the s…