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The National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Godknows Boladei Igali, has announced that May 25 will henceforth be marked as “Chief Edwin Clark Memorial Day” across the South-South geopolitical zone beginning from 2027. Igali made the declaration during the 11th Founder’s Day and 99th posthumous birthday celebration of elder statesman, Edwin Kiagbodo…
*Inaugurates Reconciliation Committee Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has appealed to well-meaning stakeholders in the Ijaw ethnic nationality to collectively ensure that the Ijaw National Congress (INC) was not factionalised. He said history would not forgive them if they allowed personal interests to overshadow the cause of the Ijaw people. Governor Diri stated…
By Mike Arnold On May 16, 2026, President Trump killed the world’s #2 ISIS commander in a strike on his compound inside Nigeria. Americans better start paying attention. Nigeria is not a sideline in the war on terror. It is today the center of Islamic end-times theology — what they believe is the prophesied launchpad…
Interestingly, on board the air-bird was the Governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri, who was Passenger 1A.
The South-South Governors Forum (SSGF) has expressed strong solidarity with first-term governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the party’s scheduled governorship primaries holding on Thursday, May 21, 2026. In a statement issued by the Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, the forum commended the governors for what…
*Says Test-Run To Cover Yenagoa Soon Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Sunday, recounted the state’s journey to its gas-powered electricity project and how the demise of the Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, in 2024 almost scuttled it. Governor Diri also stated that the power turbines, commissioned by…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Friday, paid glowing tributes to the memory of his late mother, Mrs. Rose Diri, describing her as a woman of virtue. Governor Diri stated this during her 13th memorial service at Ayamasa in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary,…
*To Commence Flights May 25 Managing Director of newly certified Pioneer Airline, Capt. Henry Ungbuku, has said the process of acquiring an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) was very stringent. Capt. Ungbuku spoke on Thursday at the Government House, Yenagoa, after presenting the certificate to Governor Douye Diri. A…
Bayelsa State has been honoured with an Award of Excellence by the National Examinations Council (NECO) for its exceptional performance in national examinations. Presenting the award to Douye Diri during the weekly State Executive Council meeting at Government House, Yenagoa, on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Gentle Emelah, said the examinations body recognised Bayelsa…
