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Senator Dickson laments environmental degradation in Niger Delta

Ihesiulo Grace 17 August 2023 0

….receives award for setting up International Commission of Oil Pollution….calls on government at all levels to work for sustainable environment By Haruna Salami Former Governor of Bayelsa state and Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Climate Change, Henry Seriake Dickson has again

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Sen. Dickson says petition against him frivolous

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2021 0

Sen. Seriake Dickson has described the allegations contained in the petition over which he was questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday as “frivolous’’. Dickson said in a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, on Wednesday, that the anti-graft agency had questioned and allowed him to return home on […]

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BREAKING: EFCC releases Ex-Governor, Seriake Dickson

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2021 0

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC has released a former governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson. Dickson was invited to give clarification on allegations of fraud and mismanagement of Public funds. He honoured the invitation on Tuesday and was grilled for several hours. Speaking on the development, the governor, in a statement sent […]

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Dickson tackles Adamawa senator for saying Bayelsa’s small

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2021 0

Seriake Dickson, the immediate past governor of Bayelsa state, made a scene on the Senate floor on Tuesday when he confronted Senator Aishatu Dahiru-Binani (Adamawa Central), who described Bayelsa as one of Nigeria’s smallest states. Binani had claimed that Mubi, Adamawa, had a total landmass of 506.4km2, a population of 759,045 people, and nine local […]

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Ex-gov Dickson dismisses reports of feud with Diri, warns supporters against attacking govt

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2021 0

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 […]

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Bayelsa West : Dickson’s kinsman files suit seeking his disqualification

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

Former Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson kinsman, Owoupele Eneoriekumoh, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja seeking his disqualification from contesting the forthcoming bye-election in Bayelsa West Senatorial District. Eneoriekumoh, who hails from Dickson’s Sagbama Local Government Area, is alleging the Independent National Electoral Commission

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Bayelsa: APC accuses outgoing govt of looting property, cars, others

Ihesiulo Grace 3 February 2020 0

…Calls for vigilance on governor’s family members, friends Ahead of the February 14 handover date to the new government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state, the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, has accused the outgoing governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson, his family members and friends of plan to loot […]

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TUC lauds Gov. Dickson on new minimum wage implementation

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2020 0

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has lauded Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa’s decision to immediately implement the N30,000 national minimum wage for workers. Mr Julius Layi, Chairman of the local congress, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Yenagoa that the decision to pay the new minimum wage implementation in January […]

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Accept defeat, stop heating up polity, APC advises Gov Dickson

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2019 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has urged Governor Seriake Dickson to stop threatening the state and trying to raise tension following the electoral defeat of his preferred candidate. APC advised Dickson to tow the path of democracy and rule of law by taking his grievances to the court. Mr. Doifie Buokoribo, State […]

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Dickson attributes second term feat to divine intervention

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2019 0

Governor Seriake Dickson has attributed the historic feat of being the first governor to successfully complete a second term in office in Bayelsa state to divine intervention. Dickson won the Bayelsa governorship election in 2011 and won his re-election in 2015 to break the jinx of single tenure for governors in the state from 1999 […]

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APC faults Dickson’s last-minute lopsided appointments

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2019 0

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state has faulted the lopsided appointments into the state civil service and the appointment of 32 permanent secretaries by Governor Seriake Dickson. According to the APC, though the party is not averse to such appointments, especially if they are in tandem with civil service rules and regulations, it […]

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Account for N100bn Bayelsa airport project, Oshiomole tells Dickson

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2019 0

The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has called on Bayelsa Government to account for N100 billion expended on the construction of the state airport runway project. Oshiomhole, who described the project as most expensive in anywhere in the world, made the call on Thursday when APC governorship aspirant in Bayelsa, Mr Heineken […]

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We waited for 15 years before our quadruplet– Dickson

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2019 0

Rachael Dickson, wife of Bayelsa State Governor  says she remains grateful to God for the gift of quadruplet after 15 years of marriage. Rachael said she waited for 15 years to have a child after her wedding before God rewarded her with one boy and three girls.She spoke on Sunday during a thanksgiving service at […]

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Bayelsa PDP primaries: Dickson assures of level playing field, warns against brigandage

Ihesiulo Grace 16 August 2019 0

The Bayelsa State governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has warned aspirants jostling for the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to shun brigandage and hooliganism in the forthcoming primaries of the party. Governor Dickson handed down the warning while addressing an expanded PDP stakeholders’ meeting comprising elders, state caucus members and all aspirants on the

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Bayelsa ecumenical centre is a masterpiece, says CAN president

Ihesiulo Grace 14 November 2018 0

National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr. Samson Ayokunle on Tuesday described the 15,000-seater Bayelsa Ecumenical Centre built by the Governor Henry Seriake Dickson led administration as a masterpiece, which Christians all over the Country are proud of. Dr. Ayokunle stated this, when he led members of the Christian Association Nigeria, (CAN)

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After losing party primaries, Dickson restores positions of appointees, civil servants who resigned

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2018 0

The Bayelsa State governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has reinstated all political appointees, who resigned their positions to contest the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but lost, to their former positions. The governor also reinstated all civil servants, who resigned to contest in the primaries to their former positions in the civil service. […]

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Bayelsa agog as ex- NNDC boss, Alaibe, former SSG, 3,000 other APC members Defect to PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2018 0

Bayelsa state governor, the Honourable Seriake Dickson has formally received over 3,000 decampees from the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by the former Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe, former Secretary to the state government, Chief Gideon Ekeuwei and a two time Commissioner for Information, Chief Nathan Egba to the PDP

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Capacity building: Bayelsa seeks partnership with oil companies on education

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2018 0

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, has called on multinationals oil companies operating in the state, to partner more with the educational sectors of the state in order to build capacity of the younger generation and open them up for the opportunities in the oil sector. The governor made the call yesterday, at the closing […]

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Mum was my guardian angel, says Gov Dickson

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2018 0

Bayelsa State Governor, the Henry Seriake Dickson, has paid glowing tributes to his late mother, Mrs. Goldcoast Dickson, whom he described as an integral part of his journey in life. Governor Dickson, in his brief remarks on Monday night during a solemn service organised by the state government at the Governor’s Lodge in Yenagoa to […]

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Dickson has placed Bayelsa on the path of irreversible development, says aide

Ihesiulo Grace 8 August 2018 0

The Bayelsa State governor, Hon Henry Seriake Dickson has placed the state on the path of peace, prosperity and irreversible development. This is the view of his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Francis Ottah Agbo, who said the governor’s legacy achievements in all sectors, which include the enthronement of transparent regime and freedom for the opposition […]