The Bayelsa State Government has said that it owes nobody any apologies for removing ghost names from the over-bloated payroll in the state. The Government also stressed that, the decision to flush out unqualified workers, who came into the public service, through dubious means should be
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described former President Goodlcuk Jonathan as a hero of democracy in Nigeria. In a press statement made available to the Daily Times by the Atiku Media Office, the former Vice President made the assertion on Wednesday during a courtesy call on President Jonathan at his country home in Otuoke, […]
Major stakeholders, chiefs, students, community and opinion leaders from various communities and Local Government areas of Bayelsa state, have expressed satisfaction on the civil service reforms policy of the Dickson led administration. They noted that more monies have been saved and more graduates will be employed. Speaking in Sagbama Local Government area during the
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused former Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva of being a serial loser and politically naïve, following the allegations he made against the state party executives. Sylva had accused the ruling party that he was betrayed during his governorship election in 2015 by the APC state executive which the party […]
A member of the Peace Corps of Nigeria has been arrested in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital in connection with robbery and drug peddling. The arrest was made by the combined team of police detectives from the Bayelsa State Police Command and officers of the state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), […]
The United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF), has partnered the Bayelsa state government to reduce the high level of malnutrition among mothers and children in the state. The Deputy Director Food and Nutrition (MB&NP), Abuja, Roselyn Gabriel, disclosed this Yesterday, during a stakeholder meeting held at the State Banquet Hall, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The event […]
The leader of All Progressive Congress (APC), in Bayelsa State and former governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the party is doing everything to flush out those that betrayed the party’s chances of winning the last governorship election in the state, to pave way for purpose driven leadership in the party ahead of […]
For President Muhammadu Buhari, his re-election bid come 2019 is a done deal, that is if the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State are to have their way, as the party have expressed their support for his return, saying his election will show corrupt politicians the exit door. The APC leaders, […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Seriake Dickson on Thursday, reiterated that his administration would not allow the civil service to crumble under his leadership, maintaining that, the current restructuring in the state civil service has come to stay for good. Governor Dickson, who stated this in an interactive session with political appointees at the DSP Alamieyeseigha
Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah, (rtd), has called on the people of the state to collaborate with the government at all levels to ensure that, democracy thrives as it is the best system of government that guarantees the rule of law and participatory governance. Jonah, who made the call while speaking […]
The heads of the various security agencies in Bayelsa State have resolved to raise their level of synergy in the fight against crimes and criminalities, particularly in the areas of armed robbery, piracy, cultism and kidnapping. This was part of the decisions reached at the 42nd State Security Council meeting held in Government House, Yenagoa. […]
Over 3000 secondary school students at the weekend participated in an anti-cultism campaign tagged, “Walk Against Cultism” in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, as part of activities marking the 2018 Children’s Day celebration. The walk, which commenced from the popular Ekeki Motor Park and terminated at the Peace Park, was aimed at sensitising youths on
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has urged the political class to show restraint in the use of power ahead of the 2019 general elections. Dickson also called on politicians and indeed all Nigerians to give priority to the conduct of free fair and peaceful elections in the country. A press statement by the Chief […]
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and member of National Convention Committee (NCC) Engr. Preye Aganaba, has called on the National Chairman of the party Chief John Oyegun, to call the Bayelsa state congress chairman Mr. Ahmed Usman to order over the purported ongoing congress in the state. Aganaba said the national secretariat […]
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention committee and chieftain of the party in Bayelsa state, Engr. Preye Aganaba, has raised alarm that the state government was denying the party the use of the multipurpose hall within the stadium meant for the party’s state congress. Aganaba, in a statement on Friday, also […]
Bayelsa State government, Organized Labour leaders and major stakeholders in the state’s civil service meet to proffer solution to the issues bordering on the welfare of workers, the ongoing reform in the civil service, and the controversies of workers’ retrenchment. The various speakers at the stakeholders meeting held Wednesday at the Conference Hall of the […]
Belabiri 11, a sleeping community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa state is currently embroiled in deadly crisis over who becomes the next Board Chairman of the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) between Shell and host communities of Mein Cluster Location. Those deeply involved in the power tussle are four children of one Chief […]
The controversy of the alleged adoption of zoning of party positions in the fold of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state took a new twist Tuesday, when the duo of the former governor, Chief Timipre Sylva and the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, disowned the campaigners of […]
Police in Bayelsa State have launched a manhunt after an aide to Governor Seriake Dickson was shot dead in a suspected assassination operation overnight. Ebikimi Okoringa was inaugurated as an adviser to the governor last month, but he has not yet been assigned an office. He was killed at about 1:00 a.m. Tuesday in his […]
The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has aid that Nigeria is seriously bleeding and more divided since the emergence as a nation. He said the continuous killing by suspected herdsmen across the country is symptomatic of a failed state, calling for prayers so that the country could surmount all the challenges facing it. The Governor […]