“I hosted selected Christian leaders at my country home today (Sunday). A few of them spoke and rather than criticising me very hard, they went to the reality of what we are doing in terms of infrastructure development and human capacity building. So, I felt, maybe, we were trying.”
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to sports development as a strategic tool for youth empowerment and global recognition. The governor made this known at a ceremony held at the Peace Park Yenagoa, opposite Government House, shortly after the maiden Yenagoa City International 10-kilometre race. Represented by the Deputy Governor,…
Ibrahim Gambari’s dynasty are indigenes of one of the most historic and idyllic families of Ilorin, which itself is a town of many distinctive features that is a microcosm of the cultural and linguistic diversity of Nigeria.
The National Chairman of the APC, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has stated that the party has conceded victory to the opposition in Bayelsa State. He made the statement during a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governors elected on the platform of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja. Dr. Ganduje praised the party’s…
By Darlington Onyebuchi Agoha Politics was once described as the “art of the possible.” Today, in the hands of the valueless, it has become the “art of the heist.” We are witnessing a peculiar era in which leadership is no longer a call to service but a refuge for those who lack the character to…
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC ) in the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, appears to be playing the ostrich in the Opu-Nembe (Bassambiri) community crisis. Governor Douye Diri’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, while reacting to a statement credited to the former Bayelsa governor, in which he…
When militants attack a Catholic church on Pentecost Sunday and slaughter 40 worshippers, that is not a land dispute. When armed jihadists raid Christian villages on Christmas Day, killing 300 people including children, that is not ethnic tension. When terrorists chant “Allahu Akbar” while burning families alive in their homes, that is not complexity, that is evil.
As in previous years, the Works and Infrastructure Ministry got the lion’s share of N298.6bn, which underscored the administration’s commitment to completing and expanding of the road network in the state as well as other projects like the nine-storey civil servants secretariat.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed move to recruit over 1.4 million adhoc staff in preparation ahead of the 2023 general election. This was made known by the Chairman, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, in a keynote address delivered at the launch of Yiaga Africa Election Result Analysis Dashboard (ERAD) Report on Electronic Transmission…
The Amassoma Police Division has arrested the High Chief Priest of Amassoma, Chief Agusi Oyeintari, in connection with the alleged murder of Mr. Patrick Peresuodei. Reports indicate that Chief Oyeintari has been transferred to Yenagoa for further investigation as detectives intensify efforts to unravel circumstances surrounding the killing. Sources allege that Chief Oyeintari, who also…
