…says PDP doesn’t depend on violence to get power By Amos Okioma Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has given thumbs up to his administration, saying it deserves a second term based on its performance in the last three years plus. Speaking on Arise Television current affairs programme, “The Morning Show” on Thursday, the Bayelsa […]
BY AMOS OKIOMA Governor Douye Diri launched the new filing system while inaugurating the remodelled State High Court complex at Onopa, Yenagoa. Bayelsa State, on Wednesday, recorded a first in Nigeria with the launch of its electronic court filing system, which will quicken the process of litigation and administration of justice in the state. The […]
BY AMOS OKIOMA Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has signed the 2023 Appropriation Bill of N389.37 billion into law. He also signed a bill on the state’s Contributory Pension Scheme for civil servants, local government workers and political appointees. Presenting the two bills for assent at the Government House in Yenagoa, Speaker of the […]
By Ukpono Ukpong with agency report Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has called on the Federal Government to declare a national emergency on the ravaging flood that has devastated lives and property in the state and other states in the country. Also Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, on Sunday, said the Federal Government must […]
Delta state Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday, congratulated his Bayelsa state counterpart, Senator Douye Diri, as he clocks 61 years. Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, extolled Diri for his tremendous contributions, through service, to the development of his state and country. According to him, the sterling […]
Bayelsa Governor, Sen. Douye Diri, has said that those who are to enter the state most have permit from their governors. The governor speaking recently, according the video below said he had spoken to the governors of Delta and Rivers and as part of measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic anybody coming […]
The immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson has called on the people of the state to support the incumbent governor, Sen. Diri Duoye, in the measures he is putting in place to combat and contain the spread of Coronavirus in the state. READ ALSO: NMA wants Zamfara to adopt reviewed health workers’ […]
Yenagoa -The Bayelsa chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated the state House of Assembly for the approval of N2.9 billion loan to Gov. Douye Diri to purchase cars. The Publicity Secretary of APC in Bayelsa, Mr Doifie Buokoribo, expressed the party’s position while reacting to the approval in an interview in Yenagoa on […]
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, his Delta State counterpart, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, and other South-South State governors have set in motion machinery that would see to the establishment of a regional security outfit. Obaseki, who disclosed this after a closed-door meeting with the governors in Asaba, said the decision was necessary to tackle […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed a date for the conduct of bye-elections involving ten political parties in four states across the country. The Prof Mahmood Yakubu led INEC in a document signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs. Rose Anthony-Oriaran, on Tuesday in Abuja said that the 10 political parties have […]
Secondus gave the advice when Diri and his Depyty, Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, presented the party leaders their Certificate of Return, at the PDP Campaign Office, Legacy House, Abuja. The party chairman, who dedicated the victory to God, said it was time for the people of Bayelsa to come together for reconciliation. “This is the time to […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Douye Diri, as winner of the Bayelsa governorship election in following Thursday Supreme Court judgment. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the declaration at a news conference on Friday at the commission headquarters in Abuja. READ ALSO: […]
Noble Youths Mass Support Association (NYMSA), a group of youths, on Friday congratulated Sen. Douye Diri and his running mate, Sen. Lawrence Ewhruojakpo, on the Supreme Court judgment on Bayelsa Governorship election. Mr Godwin Onmonya, the National Coordinator of the group, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gwagwalada that the verdict was a […]