Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri’s second term bid has the backing of prominent Ijaw leaders of thought, including the Bayelsa Elders Council among others. The leaders spoke at a well-attended interactive session organised by a socio-political group, Friends of Senator Douye Diri (FSDD), at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall in Yenagoa on Monday night….
By Hassan M. Umar Traditional title comes with prestige and also bestows on its recipient enormous status and influence. It was in the morning of Saturday, the 30th day of September, 2023 that a delegation of the revered traditional ruler of Gassol in Taraba State, His royal highness, the Lamido Gassol, Alhaji Idris Chiroma led…
“We left Jerusalem and went to Egypt but now we are back in Jerusalem and this is where we will stay. We are not going back again”.
The Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri has reinstated sacked 644 NDU workers, and 60 others in College of Health Technology Otuogidi, and Isaac Jasper Boro College of Education, Sagbama, totaling 704 workers. The workers who are majorly junior staff were sacked sometime in 2018 giving room for litigation against the State Government….
In response to an Illinois court order, the Chicago State University (CSU) has released the academic records of President Bola Tinubu following request by former vice president Atiku Abubakar. Atiku, who is the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the February 25, 2023 presidential election had requested the academic records in a bid to disprove claims…
Following an agreement reached between the Federal Government and Organised Labour last night, a planned nationwide strike has been suspended for one month. The Memorandum of Understanding concerning this truce was not immediately available, but Vanguard sources suggest a joint resolution was presented to government officials in the late afternoon. The meeting was reconvened at…
“I want to thank God for making it possible today for the Seibarugu Political Dynasty to formally announce their defection, resigning from the All Progressives Congress and joining the People’s Democratic Party in Bayelsa State.
… calls on INEC, political parties, security agents to play by the rules His Excellency Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State has said that the November 11 guber poll is not do or die but by assessment of Bayelsans on the candidates. Governor Diri who said this, during Nigeria at 63 and Bayelsa at…
Dear Compatriots, It is my unique honour to address you on this day, the 63rd anniversary of our nation’s independence, both as the President of our dear country and, simply, as a fellow Nigerian. On this solemn yet hopeful day, let us commend our founding fathers and mothers. Without them, there would be no modern…
Happy 63rd Cheers! Today, on the 1st of October, 2023, my family, and I, along with all members of the All Progressives Congress Niger Delta Development Commission, heartily rejoice with His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Asiwaju Tinubu, GCFR, on this grand and auspicious occasion of Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Anniversary. Today, every Nigerian has reason to…
