France has taken the unprecedented step of issuing an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al Assad, accusing him of using banned chemical weapons against civilians. This marks the first time an international warrant has been issued for a sitting head of state. Along with Assad, warrants have also been issued for his brother…
*Commends INEC For Rejecting Voodoo Votes *Dickson Congratulates Diri Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has canvassed for legislation to check the menace of vote-buying as part of measures to safeguard the country’s electoral system. Diri stated this on Tuesday at his country home, Sampou, in Kolokuma/Opokuma local government area when his predecessor and Senator…
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called on Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, to congratulate Douye Diri on his victory in the Bayelsa governorship election. On Monday, Diri, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared the winner with 175,196 votes, defeating Sylva who scored 110,108 votes. PANDEF praised…
*Says “I’ll Continue To Be Governor For All” Bayelsa State erupted in jubilation on Monday as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Governor Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the off-cycle governorship election in the state. Governor Diri polled 175,196 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chief Timipre Sylva of…
*Commends INEC On Seamless Process Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has condemned the action of some individuals in Bassambiri community in Nembe local government area where members and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were prevented from entering the community to vote. Senator Diri, who stated this shortly after casting his vote at…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has alerted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the deliberate attempt to prevent its members and supporters from voting in Bassambiri community in Nembe Local Government Area of the state. The party in a statement issued on Friday night by its Publicity Secretary, Ebiye Ogoli, said…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has told his kinsmen in Ogbia Local Government Area to reciprocate the good developmental gestures of Governor Douye Diri in the area by massively voting for him in Saturday’s governorship poll. Speaking at his country home in Otuoke on Wednesday when Governor Diri led a high-powered delegation to visit the former…
*PDP Leaders, Supporters Lock Down Yenagoa For Governor Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said the Bayelsa people will re-elect him for a second tenure on the basis of his first term performance. Addressing a mammoth crowd at the carnival-like grand finale of his campaign at the Oxbow Lake Pavilion in Yenagoa on…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that for the stability of Bayelsa State, Governor Douye Diri should be encouraged to complete a second term in office. Speaking at his Yenagoa residence on Tuesday when members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bayelsa National Governorship Campaign Council alongside governors, former governors of the party and National…
*My Party’s Supporters Most Peaceful, Says Gov. Diri The Inspector-General of Police IGP, Mr. Kayode, Egbetokun, on Monday, read the riot act to perpetrators of electoral violence to steer clear of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. He explained that his visit was in respect of the election and assured that the police was neutral….
