The Ijaw Nation is in mourning following the tragic death of prominent Ijaw musician, Chief Barrister Smooth’s band members, a promising female highlife musician, Ikesima Brown, and five other members of their popular band in a fatal road accident along the Abuja-Lokoja Highway on Sunday. Chief Barrister Smooth The news of the accident has left…
Governor Douye Diri is forward-looking and is running for re-election as Bayelsa’s next Governor. He has been working to complete some of the laudable projects that could not be completed by his predecessors, instead of starting new projects that may end up as uncompleted projects. His approach has endeared him to the majority of Bayelsans, who believe that he deserves their support for a second term. It is important to note that Governor Diri has not promised anything and failed.
The recently concluded Bayelsa State Football Association elections have been met with controversy as the CEO of MoniMichelle Sports Facility Construction Company Ltd, Mr. Ebi Egbe, popularly known as ‘Moni Love’, has faulted the process that produced the re-election of incumbent Barrister Poubeni Ogun as Chairman of the Association. In a statement to the press,…
Incumbent chairman of the Bayelsa State Football Association Bar Poubeni Ogun has been re-elected as chairman of the State Football body for the third term. Bar Ogun will pilot the affairs of the State Football Association in the next three years having successfully served the FA in the last six years. Barr Ogun defeated Mr…
University On Friday, former Bayelsa Governor, Senator Seriake Dickson, was granted a provisional license from the National Universities Commission for his Private Universityโ Hensard University. Senator Dickson was among 37 proprietors that were granted licenses from the National Universities Commission. Speaking on the development, Senator Dickson said that Hensard University, located in his hometownโ Toru…
By Ere Efeke Traveling through the landscape of Bayelsa State, one would see the level of underdevelopment and lack of modern infrastructure that would classify it as developed in this 21st century. Such services and infrastructure like electric light, pipe borne water, planned layout, and good road network, including modern buildings for commercial and production…
President Bola Tinubu delivered a speech on Democracy Day, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the June 12, 1993, presidential election that was annulled by military fiat. He paid tribute to Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, the winner of the election, who sacrificed his life in defense of democracy. Tinubu emphasized the need to protect and…
Fellow Nigerians,It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu The abortion, by military fiat, of the decisive victory of Chief Moshood…
…Urges Unity and Inclusiveness The Bayelsa State Governor Sen. Douye Diri has inaugurated the 7th Bayelsa State House of Assembly and congratulated the newly elected Speaker, Rt. Hon. Abraham Ingobere, Deputy Speaker, Hon. Michael Ogbere, and all other members of the House. Governor Diri urged the legislators to prioritize the interests of the people and…
