The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has officially confirmed Pastor Peter Pereotubo Akpe as the new deputy governor of the state. According to TheCable, the lawmakers approved his nomination during a plenary session on Tuesday. Governor Douye Diri nominated Akpe to fill the vacant seat left behind by the late deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. […]
The administration of Senator Douye Diri in Bayelsa State commemorated its sixth anniversary on Saturday, February 14, with a thanksgiving service at the Ecumenical Centre at Igbogene. This year’s celebration was however devoid of the usual fanfare, which Governor Diri explained was to honour the memory of the departed deputy governor of the state, Senator […]
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has directed the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources to ensure increased production of made-in-Bayelsa rice by the end of 2026. Speaking at the state-owned rice farm at Otuasega community in Ogbia Local Government Area on Tuesday during the flag off of the 2025/2026 dry farming season, Governor […]
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State under the leadership of Governor Douye Diri on Tuesday endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. At a special stakeholders meeting of the party convened by Governor Diri at the Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall in Yenagoa, the Senator representing Bayelsa Central, Dr. Konbowei […]
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has assured that his administration would forge ahead with its critical infrastructure programme across the state in 2026. Governor Diri, who stated this on Thursday in his New Year statewide radio and television broadcast, highlighted some key road projects already captured in the 2026 budget. The projects include […]
The Osun chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has debunked allegation that Governor Ademola Adeleke attacked President Bola Tinubu at the South West Summit held at Akure, two days ago. The party described story of the allegation as figment of imagination of one, Kola Olabisi. In a statement issued by its media directorate on Friday, […]
Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa, will officially join the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, according to a report by TheCable. President Bola Tinubu, APC governors, and members of the party’s national working committee (NWC) will receive Diri into the ruling party. Sources familiar with the backroom manoeuvring said Diri, who resigned from the Peoples […]
Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State, on Wednesday ended weeks of speculation about his political future as he officially announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing “obvious reasons” for his decision. The governor made the announcement during an expanded State Executive Council meeting held at Government House, Yenagoa, which was attended by […]
By Aherhoke Okioma Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has called for collective effort in the fight against drug abuse, charging all relevant law enforcement agencies to focus on eliminating the production of harmful drugs in the country. Governor Diri made the call while speaking at an event commemorating the 2025 International Day Against Drug […]
By Aherhoke Okioma Former Chief Whip of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Jonathan Robinson Obuebite, PhD has felicitated with the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri on his birthday celebration, describing Gov. Diri as a leader with a beacon of vision,Peace and innovation towards state affairs and infrastructural development. Hon. Jonathan Robinson […]
By Aherhoke Okioma Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Thursday, urged media practitioners in Nigeria not to shirk their responsibility as watchdogs, agenda setters and drivers of development in society. Governor Diri made the call while declaring open the first ever media summit organized by the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of […]
By Tunde Opalana Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri has charged leaders and members of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be preoccupied with how to solve the party’s internal crisis. He said why it is easier to aspire to fix Nigeria, it would be better to first fix the party and rid it of […]
…infrastructure, Education, Health, Environment top Appropriation By Aherhoke Okioma Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, presented the 2024 budget of N480.99 billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration and passage. Presenting the appropriation bill christened: “Budget of Sustainable and Shared Prosperity,” Governor Diri recalled that in October 2023, the assembly approved […]
By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja In line with the zero tolerance for crime policy of the prosperity administration of Governor Douye Diri, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the governor on Tourism, Piriye Kiyaramo has reiterated that Bayelsa is not a safe ground for traffickers in persons. He also warned that hotels and other tourism establishments […]
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has revealed how the virtue of love towards all, practiced by his mother, the late Mrs. Rose Diri, shaped his political philosophy of seeing nobody as his enemy. He spoke at Ayamasa, his maternal hometown, in Ekeremor Local Government during the eighth-year wreath-laying in honour of his mother. Madam Diri […]
The former Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, on Thursday dismissed reports of a feud with his successor, Douye Diri. Diri assumed office as Bayelsa governor on February 14 last year. Dickson, who reacted to the report of a feud between the duo via a statement, said his noticeable absence from government functions in recent […]
By Aherhoke Okioma Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said that the 2.5 per cent revenue proposed for host communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was grossly inadequate and unacceptable to the people of the Niger Delta. Senator Diri stated this on Tuesday during a town hall meeting on the bill with members of […]
Bayelsa State’s Governor Douye Diri has expressed support for electronic voting as a solution to Nigeria’s electoral challenges. Speaking at a grand reception in his honour in Sampou Community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, Diri said, although electronic voting might not solve all of the nation’s electoral problems, it would significantly reduce the challenges. A […]
Aherhoke Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State’s Governor Douye Diri has given assurances that he was interested in partnering all shades of opinions towards the development of the state. Diri, represented by his Special Adviser on Political matters, High Chief Collins Cocodia, gave the undertaking in Yenagoa while receiving some 52 former gubernatorial candidates who took part […]
Aherhoke Okioma,Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri on Sunday called for better funding and equipping of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The governor said this would serve as motivation for the military in the bid to end insurgency and insecurity in the country. Gov. Diri stated this during the inter-denominational service to mark the 2021 […]