Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Barrister Anthony George-Ikoli on Saturday declared before a crowd of supporters in Bayelsa East Senatorial District that he is the party’s best candidate for the November governorship election. “Zoning is not the official policy of either the party or Bayelsans as at now. Factually, all zones […]
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Following the outbreak of monkeypox in Bayelsa state, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has called for calm, noting that the diseases looks and sounds a lot worse than it actually is. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the chief executive officer of NCDC, told NAN on Saturday that the centre was taking steps to manage the cases […]
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Niger Delta statesman, Edwin Clark says media reports of a rift between former President Goodluck Jonathan and Bayelsa Gov. Seriake Dickson are aimed at creating tension in Bayelsa. Clark, who is the National Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), made this known in a statement in Abuja. “In the past few days, the media […]
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Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has returned to work following the expiration of his annual vacation. In a statement, his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said the governor as required by law has written to the State House of Assembly through the Speaker, Friday Konbowei Benson to notify them of his resumption. He […]
Continue ReadingAn erstwhile governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has denied media reports claiming that he has retrieved 48 houses seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement on Monday in Yenagoa by his media adviser, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo, Sylva described the report as strange, speculative and malicious. He said neither he […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Ministry of Water Resources is set to commission the Central Ogbia (Otueke) Regional Water Supply Project in Bayelsa State on Thursday 8th September, 2016. The Ogbia Regional Water Supply Project started by the previous administration but was recently completed by the Buhari’s administration in line with the agenda of the present administration to […]
Continue ReadingThe Acting Zonal Chairman, Port Harcourt Zone, of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Mr. Charles Eleto, has threatened that the Union would embark on strike over the sacking of its members who are workers of two oil firms operating in Rivers and Bayelsa States. Speaking in Port Harcourt on Monday, Eleto, […]
Continue ReadingAny curious mind would definitely be asking questions, as to why the official announcement of the death of former Bayelsa state governor, DSP Alamieyeseigha left out a crucial ceremony, lying-in-state, as announced by the state government. This has caused stirs in some quarters on social media that the late governor may not have died since […]
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