A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from further investigating a former governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, on the issue of assets he declared with the Code of Conduct Bureau between 2007 and 2020. The case with suit number FHC/CS/81/2021 involved the Registered […]
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The executive governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that the outgoing governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson concluded plans to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) but Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum, blocked him. Sylva, a strong APC member in Bayelsa, ran against Dickson twice but lost to the incumbent governor […]
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Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, says a statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari on restructuring is a threat to the country’s stability. Recall that when the president hosted the elders, he had reportedly said those agitating for restructuring have ulterior motive. “You mentioned something, which is topical these days; the restructuring of Nigeria. Every group […]
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Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for immortalizing the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola with the highest award of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, GCFR. The Governor reasoned that, though, the award was belated, but added that, the gesture […]
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Gunmen have shot dead Mr Ebikimi Okoringa, a newly appointed Special Adviser to Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa. A community leader, who preferred anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Yanagoa that Okoringa was shot on Monday by some assailants who laid ambush near his house in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan says the sincere implementation of the recommendations of the All Progressives Congress (APC) restructuring committee will move the nation forward. The committee led by Ahmad Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, submitted its report last week. Speaking when Seriake Dickson, governor of Bayelsa, led a delegation to the […]
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The Bayelsa State Government said on Monday that it had secured no fewer than 100 patrol vehicles and 16 gunboats from 2012 to date to ensure maximum security in the state. Boma Sparo-Jack, Special Adviser to Governor Seriake Dickson on Security Matter, said this at the ongoing Inter-Ministerial and Agencies’ briefing in Yenagoa, the state […]
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Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state, has accused leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of perpetrating crimes under the cover of the federal government and politicising national security. In a statement issued by Francis Agbo, his spokesman, the governor alleged that leaders of the ruling party have taken advantage of “dysfunctional” Nigerian state to […]
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Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state replied Governor Ayodele Fayose and others making a ruckus over the $billion approved to fight insecurity. He said the decision by the governors was taken in good faith. Dickson who belongs to the same Peoples Democratic Party like Governor Ayodele Fayose, who has challenged the move in court, explained […]
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Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa says the PDP is not playing its expected role as an opposition party due to lack of experience. Dickson, who made the claim during a chat with newsmen in Yenagoa, however, said he remained optimistic that the party would bounce back to winning ways ahead of the 2019 general elections. […]
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