

Bayelsa To Set Up LG Teams Against Oil Theft
“The issue of oil theft and oil bunkering are of serious concern in our local government areas and since the federal government has involved states and local governments in combating the menace, all hands must be on deck to stamp it out.”

Gov. Diri Congratulates New Super Eagles Head Coach, Finidi
*Says NFF Went For Merit Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has congratulated Bayelsa-born newly appointed Head Coach of the Nigerian national football team, Finidi George. Governor Diri also commended the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for appointing the new Super Eagles tactician based on merit. He stated this on Thursday during the draws for…

Bayelsa Hands Over Stranded Fishermen To Sao Tome And Principe
Bayelsa State Government has formally handed over three fishermen who lost their way on the Gulf of Guinea to the Sao Tome and Principe Head of Mission in Nigeria. Speaking in Government House, Yenagoa, during the formal handover on Thursday night, Governor Diri lauded the local fishermen in Okpoama community in Brass Local Government of…

President Buhari Apologizes to Nigerians for Any Offences
Buhari at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa during the final Salah homage marking Eid El-Fitr on Friday, April 21, 2023. Photo: State House President Muhammadu Buhari, with only 38 days left in office, has appealed to Nigerians for forgiveness for any hurt he may have caused during his tenure. The President also thanked…

UNIPORT Alumni Celebrate Gov Diri
“I feel so highly honoured by you and I like you to keep it up. Let us have this camaraderie and look out for one another. That way I am sure that each and every one of us will feel that sense of belonging and oneness.”

Diri Pledges More Support For Security Agencies
“As a government, we are working round the clock with the security agencies so that our people can sleep with their two eyes closed and also ensure that national assets are safe for the benefit of the people and the government.”

Criticism From Pulpit Spurs Me, Diri Replies Preacher At Easter Programme
“I hosted selected Christian leaders at my country home today (Sunday). A few of them spoke and rather than criticising me very hard, they went to the reality of what we are doing in terms of infrastructure development and human capacity building. So, I felt, maybe, we were trying.”

Gov. Diri Celebrates HRH Alagba’s 90th Birthday with Sen. Lokpobiri and Other Bayelsans in Yenagoa
“For us as a state, we will continue to celebrate our fathers and our elders, who have raised their children in the right ways so that they will not depart from them,”


An Open Letter from Igali to Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas
We hold the expectation that members of the newly inaugurated Adhoc Committee will seize the opportunity to etch their names in gold by providing effective oversight of the Administrator’s actions, and where appropriate, reversing some of the unlawful measures he has undertaken since assuming office. A case in point is the arbitrary dissolution of duly constituted democratic institutions, followed by rather whimsical and capricious reconstitution of same.

Don’t Be Like SPDC, Diri Tells Renaissance Energy
“When we heard that SPDC had divested, we advised that the new company carries the host states along because part of the issues with the previous operator were that they were seen more like buccaneers. They were like people who came to the communities to collect and in return gave nothing back.”

PRESIDENT TINUBU INAUGURATES COMMITTEE FOR UPCOMING NATIONAL CENSUS
“We expect you will touch on the technology area because the census must be technology-driven. Things have changed since the last time that we conducted this exercise. The enumeration has to be technology-driven with biometrics and digitalisation to enhance transparency and accuracy,”

Gov. Diri Meets Traditional leaders, CDC Chairmen of Ogbia Constituency 3
We don’t need protest to disturb the peace and security in Bayelsa State. Let’s be tolerant and peaceful with each other”

Congratulations Rodney Ambaiowei on His Inauguration to the Parliamentary Ad-Hoc Committee
We heartily congratulate Hon. Engr. Rodney Ebikebina Ambaiowei on his inauguration as a member of the 21-member parliamentary ad-hoc committee, tasked with overseeing the Rivers State House of Assembly.