.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 state’s 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 party’s 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 People’s 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 governor’s directive is sequel to the factional crisis that has engulfed the kingdom’s 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”.
*Set Deadline for Referendum Members of the Ijaw Nation Organization (LINO) have sent a letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, requesting the separation of the Ijaw people from Nigeria. The group is urging the Nigerian Federal Government to invite international observers from the United Nations, African Union, and the Economic Community of West African States…
“To achieve these development initiatives, my administration deemed it fit to widen the scope of the Ministry of Niger Delta Development which is saddled with the responsibility of formulating and executing plans, programmes and other initiatives for the development of the Niger Delta region”.
