By Aherhoke Okioma Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Tuesday, approved an interest-free loan of N740 million for two young entrepreneurs. The governor approved the sum of N240 million for Mrs. Tare Korumene, Chief Executive Officer of ECO FIP Nigeria Limited, and N500 million for Winsome Dan-Adere after an impressive visual presentation of […]
By Aherhoke Okioma Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has advocated a collaborative governance model to avert the threats from ocean rise to communities in the state and the Niger Delta region. Governor Diri, who spoke on Saturday at the Ocean Rise and Coastal Resilience Summit preceding the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in […]
By Aherhoke Okioma Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has again called for a review of the country’s revenue derivation formula in line with the practice of fiscal federalism. He queried the existing practice where resource-endowed states in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta, get a paltry 13 per cent as monthly allocation from […]
BY AMOS OKIOMA Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Governor Diri, who was accompanied to the meeting by his predecessor, Senator Seriake Dickson, former Military Governor of Rivers State and Amanyanabo of Twon Brass, King Alfred Diete-Spiff, and the Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama, […]
By Ukpono Ukpong The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has been urged to remain dedicated to completing unfinished people-oriented projects by past administrations. Amayanabo of Opu-Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa State, and National President of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), His Royal Majesty (HRM) King Biobelemoye Josiah, Ogbodo VIII, made the […]
By Tunde Opalana Following Monday’s ruling on Bayelsa state election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja that quashed the last Bayelsa state governorship election, the state governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said he will appeal the judgement and has consequently instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers, Daily Times gathered. Governor Diri, who spoke shortly after the […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus of the House of Representatives has hailed the emergence of Senator Diri Douye as governor of Bayelsa state via a Supreme Court judgement. Also, the caucus is demanding the immediate prosecution of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole for his volatile statement in the […]