Yenagoa, Nigeria – The President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), Professor Benjamin Okaba, has called for a more holistic approach to rural development. Responding to a keynote speech on energy security and rural development at an event in Yenagoa, Prof. Okaba argued that interventions on development should go beyond pure economics, including political, social, spiritual…
*More Prominent APC Members, Supporters Join PDP Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has taken a swipe at the disqualified candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11 governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva, for making false claims on the Sagbama-Ekeremor road project. Speaking at Igeibiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area during…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said political opponents talking about industrialisation of the state have no idea what it takes to achieve it. Governor Diri said rather than politicise it, his administration was laying a solid foundation to position the state for industrialisation by investing hugely in road infrastructure and working towards stabilising…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said that by next year when the Yenagoa-Oporoma-Ukubie road is completed, the people of Southern Ijaw will drive cars to their local government headquarters, Oporoma, for the first time. Governor Diri stated this on Thursday at Ekowe community when he paid courtesy visit to the Ibenanawei of Bomo…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has assured the people of Southern Ijaw that apart from the Yenagoa-Oporoma-Ukubie road, his administration will re-commence and complete the road from Toru-Ebeni in Sagbama Local Government Area linking Ogboinbiri-Ekeni-Ezetu communities in the area. Governor Diri, who is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the November 11 governorship…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, and his Osun State counterpart, Senator Ademola Adeleke, have commended the passion of the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha for development of Bayelsa State and the Ijaw nation. Both governors, who eulogised the first civilian governor of Bayelsa State during his 8th memorial anniversary in Yenagoa on Tuesday, urged Bayelsans…
Inaugurates Road In Yenagoa Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has urged the people of Bayelsa State to vote for Governor Douye Diri and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, in the November 11 governorship election, saying there was no need changing a winning team. The Osun Governor stated that his Bayelsa counterpart had performed…
By Chuks Akunna Chief Timipre Sylva became Bayelsa governor on May 29, 2007. On April 15, 2008, the Court of Appeal nullified his election, ordering fresh elections. Sylva won the re-run polls. When his tenure was about ending in May 2011, he secured a court order that his tenure began in 2008, not 2007. That…
Against the backdrop of an Abuja Federal High Court decision that disqualified the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, we wish to state categorically that Chief Sylva is and remains the Bayelsa State Governorship Candidate of our great Party in the November 11, 2023 Governorship election. In a press statement…
*Gets Rousing Welcome, Chieftaincy Title In Ogbia Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said that what the state needs is a honest and sincere leader that is focused on its development and not a man widely known for deception. Governor Diri, who took swipes at his All Progressives Congress (APC) opponent in the November…
