The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to โensure that his governmentโs proposed bill on new minimum wage for Nigerian workers is entirely consistent and compatible with Nigeriaโs international obligations to promote and advance the right of workers to an adequate living wageโ. The president in his Democracy Day Speech…
Hon. Engr. Rodney Ambaiowei can be likened to the biblical David who defended the people of Israel in the face of daunting challenges, especially when intimidated by the giant from Philistine, Goliath who boasted to defy the God and people of Israel in the field of battle but as a rare and unique personality, he stood out and led the party to victory in the 2023 general election in Southern ijaw Federal Constituency. On the 16th day of April, 2023 he was declared winner after the conclusion of the supplementary election, polling a total of 13,992 votes against his close contender, the candidate of APC who polled 12,992 votes.
.The Kaiama Declaration is a resolution made by over 5000 Ijaw youths from various communities in Nigeria in December 1998. The declaration aims to address the problems faced by the Ijaw people within Nigeria and regain control of their destiny. The Ijaw people believe that they were forcibly put under the Nigerian state during British…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said the stateโs governorship election petition tribunal, which sat in Abuja, exposed the electoral fraud perpetrated by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11, 2023 poll in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, the partyโs chairman and a serving Commissioner of Police. The…
“The days where you threaten your own people, chase them out of their own land, intimidate them and go and write results are over. So if they change from those ways, l will work with them.”
The Bayelsa State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has reaffirmed the re-election of Governor Douye Diri and the Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo of the Peopleโs Democratic Party (PDP). In the ruling today, the Tribunal dismissed the petition filed by the APC Gubernatorial candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva for lacking in merit. The Tribunal described the…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has directed the immediate suspension of the election of a new executive of the Oguan Youth Congress (OYC). The governorโs directive is sequel to the factional crisis that has engulfed the kingdomโs youth body, resulting in tension in the state capital. The Oguan kingdom comprises of 29 Epie…
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the petition filed against Governor Douye Diri of the PDP by the candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) in the November 11 gubernatorial poll, Mr. Micah Akeems for lacking in merit. NRM polled 415 votes in the election won by the incumbent…
*Promises Not To Touch Council Funds Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, swore in 14 new commissioners, newly-elected chairmen of the eight local government councils, their vice chairmen as well as the chairman of the Bayelsa State Board of Internal Revenue, Daniel Iniekezimene. The ceremony took place inside the Executive Council Chambers…
“As a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ward 9, Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Hon. Robinson Erebi offers his prayers for protection and a fruitful tenure of office for both Prof. Nimibofa Ayawei and Dr. Peter Pereotubo Akpe”.
