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FG Unveils Pension-Backed Loan Scheme to Empower Retirees
“This programme leverages pension income, offering retirees tailored, low-interest loans that are both secure and sustainable”
NYSC Member Launches Malaria Outreach in Bayelsa State
“Make sure you visit health facilities within your reach for regular check-ups. Don’t forget—Treat, Protect, and Fight against Malaria. Most significantly, our rivers give life; mosquitoes shouldn’t take it.”
Diri Receives NULGE’s Best Governor Award As Bayelsa Clears N12bn Pension Backlog
“The moment you retire at 60 or 65 years, you become a senior citizen and you are entitled to your gratuity. In other climes, it is taken for granted. Therefore we should not celebrate it”
Diri Urges EU to Rethink Development Strategy in Niger Delta
“It is amazing the amount of money the EU has committed to development of the Niger Delta region, particularly in Bayelsa State. But compared with the impact of such projects on communities, I believe the EU needs to look inwards.”
NDDC Boss Ogbuku Refutes Claims of Lavish 50th Birthday, Highlights Intellectual and Spiritual Focus
“All of this has put to bed the mischievously conjured tales of a non-existent after-party where obscene wealth or any form of showy adulation for lucre were displayed”
Yenagoa Court Remands APC Social Media Head Over Defamation Allegations
Egberi was arraigned on Wednesday over allegations that he published defamatory posts accusing the State Commissioner of Police and Governor of Bayelsa of involvement in the July abduction of Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, a judge of the State High Court.
DSS Petitions X to Deactivate Omoyele Sowore’s Account Over ‘Inciting’ Post on Tinubu
The tweet in question violates X’s transparency policy. The Government has found it extremely dangerous, false, and an invasion of privacy that manipulates and negatively impacts the person of the President and the image of the country. Under Nigerian law, these words constitute offences punishable under Section 51 of the Criminal Code Act Cap. 77, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, which prohibits publication of false information; as well as Sections 19, 22, and 24 of the Cybercrimes Act 2025, which criminalize spreading fake news, publishing deliberately misleading or deceptive content, and posting offensive material with the intent to embarrass, humiliate, or provoke ethnic, religious, or tribal hatred. Such actions amount to domestic terrorism.
UNILAG Honours Douye Diri With Leadership Book, Proposes Professorial Chair in His Name
“We identified Your Excellency to be a leading star in Nigeria, based on leadership and governance. We decided to put together all your achievements.
Diri Swears-In Dr. Wisdom Sawyer as Bayelsa’s 12th Head of Service
“You are hereby directed to post out every civil servant in our Pensions Board, including those coming from the Ministry of Finance, from the Accountant General’s Office and all the heads of departments. New postings should be done and ensure that men and women of integrity are posted there. A report should be sent back to me.”
