Diri Hands Over Rescued São Tomé Fishermen to Their Ambassador
“Let me appreciate our citizens in Agge, who found these great African men in their locality and brought them to us for this handover to their government.”
Month: September 2026
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NDDC, Minister Inspect Kaa–Ataba Bridge, Assure Completion Ahead of Commissioning
“The NDDC has done very well, and I have good news to transmit to Mr. President when I get back to Abuja.”
NUJ, New Bayelsa Police Commissioner Pledge Stronger Collaboration for Safer State
The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council, Mr. Tonye Yemoleigha, alongside other leaders of the Council, on Wednesday received the new Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, CP Ajao Adewale, at the Ernest Ikoli Press Centre in Yenagoa. The visit provided an opportunity for the NUJ leadership and the new…
Gov Diri Gets UK Honour For Sports Development
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, was on Thursday night among some of the distinguished honorees at the 2026 edition of the Nigerian Universal Keystone Sports Awards (NUKSA) in London. The Bayelsa governor was represented at the NUKSA Awards Gala Night held at the Ham Polo Club in Richmond by the Commissioner for Sports,…
NEO-COLONIALISM ON OUR PLATES: A CLARION CALL TO REJECT THE BILL GATES AGENDA AND SAVE NIGERIA
A country cannot claim complete independence while its farmers are increasingly dependent on external actors for the seeds they plant, the technologies they use and the systems through which they produce food.
Abaye Defends Rodney, Urges APC Members to Close Ranks Ahead of 2027
— Says Constituency Projects Spread Across Southern Ijaw, Warns Against “Opposition From Within” High Chief Abaye Ambaiowei, a critical stakeholder in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has defended the performance of the member representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Engr. Rodney Ebikebina…
Diri Urges Bayelsans to Embrace Fitness, Skills Acquisition for Prosperity
“A lot of people think that prosperity is having money in your pocket. A thousand times, no. Prosperity is not somebody putting money in your pocket. You have to do the prosperity yourself,”
Igali: Ijaw Unity Vital to National Peace, Economic Stability
“We are ready as a people to continue to contribute so significantly to the national treasury, and to ensure that our part of the country is peaceful, so that we can be at peace and we can continue to benefit, so that the entire country can benefit.”
Bayelsa Scales World Bank Hurdle for Yenagoa Water Supply
“So the World Bank will, alongside our state government officials, go round the whole of Yenagoa and some neighbouring places. They will deploy geo-mapping and also sensitise the people on this water supply project to Bayelsans.”
Gov Diri Sues for Ijaw Unity, Recognises Igbadiwe-led INC
“We must understand what is at stake. If we fail to act together, others will decide our future without us. We will live with their decisions instead of helping shape them. The time to organise is now. Our relevance, resources, dignity and shared future depend on what we do today.”
