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“The truth is that Bayelsa is the melting pot of all Ijaws. So, we came as a state delegation to appreciate the President for these very important appointments and we believe that our daughters and our sons will add value to his administration.”

Whether anybody likes it or not, he continued where Dickson stopped. If it were some other Governors, they would abandon those things and look for other ways, but the man continued. That singular action of the present governor is what I liked him about most, and I believe that I’m speaking the minds of several Bayelsans. Our problem was roads, how to get to the hinterlands. This time, our hinterlands are the riverine areas. So what I mean is roads, not only those three senatorial roads, he has extended off the three senatorial roads to reach out more into the depths of our rivers and seas. So his pattern, he went away from the normal way of once a new government comes, the old arrangements are gone, whether they were good or not.

In continuation of his constituents’ economic intervention programs for the people of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Hon. Rodney Ebikebina Ambaiowei, the Honourable National Assembly member representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency, collaborated with the National Institute For Cultural Orientation (NICO) to successfully implement a training and empowerment project for youths and women in Anyama, Bayelsa…

The 32-page passport booklet with a 5-year validity will now cost N50,000, up from N35,000, while the 64-page booklet with a 10-year validity will cost N100,000, previously N70,000.

“This competition is not just urban-based; it is also community-based. You can imagine a team from Ogboinbiri, all the way from Southern Ijaw, subduing the urban teams from Yenagoa. So I am very happy with the organisers of this competition. Mr. Ono Akpe and his group have done so well.”

“The matter is already in court, and they should allow the court to take a decision. We are not interested in whatever interest the government has in the matter but what we are demanding as a community is that our kinsmen that have been arrested should be released or else, whatever happens, the world should take it.”

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Friday, swore in additional 15 commissioners bringing the total number of members of his cabinet to 29. The governor also created two new ministries, which are Blue Economy and that of Special Duties (General Services), which is in charge of non-indigene affairs. Fourteen commissioners had been sworn…

The Benin Traditional Council has denounced the planned installation of one Alhaji Danjuma Binkola as Hausa traditional ruler (Garkuwan Hausawan Benin) by one Alhaji Isah Adamu. This was contained in a letter dated April 18, 2024, titled, “Denunciation of plan to hold a turbaning ceremony in Benin City,” which was signed by the Iyase of…

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has taken a swipe at the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11, 2023 election in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, over his statement on the recent killing of soldiers in Okuama community in Delta State. Governor Diri, in a statement by his…