The National Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday, passed a vote of confidence in the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Ayu has been on the news over disagreement between him and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Wike had faulted the emergence of Atiku as the presidential flag bearer,…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, was on Thursday night among some of the distinguished honorees at the 2026 edition of the Nigerian Universal Keystone Sports Awards (NUKSA) in London. The Bayelsa governor was represented at the NUKSA Awards Gala Night held at the Ham Polo Club in Richmond by the Commissioner for Sports,…
A lot has been said about our father today. But the point that needs to be made here is that our lives are meaningful to the extent to which we make the lives of others meaningful.
The Member representing Yenagoa Constituency II in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Waikumo Amakoromo, recently joined Hon. Oboku A. Oforji, Member representing Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, on an official inspection visit to the ongoing Erasko Energy Integrated Manufacturing Complex and Lubricant Blending Plant located in Obunagha Community, Yenagoa Local…
The Federal Government has urged organised labour to propose or agree to a realistic minimum wage that will not lead to massive job losses in Nigeria. Speaking at the opening of the 2024 Synod of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said…
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has announced with deep shock and profound sadness the death of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, PhD, who passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2025. In a statement jointly issued by its Board of Trustees and National Executive Committee, PANDEF described the late…
Geo-Monitors’ report from the field indicate that the Trial Census lasted for about 25days. First 10-12days were used for the training of Enumerators while last 10-13 days were used for building numbering and household listing, validation of EA frames and actual enumeration of persons in selected localities in the six geopolitical zones, namely, North East (Adamawa), North West (Katsina)North Central (Nasarawa), South East (Anambra), South-South (Bayelsa), South West (Ogun).
“Bayelsa is open for investment and we are looking at what can be done in agro-processing and how to develop our oil palm estate, which has immense potential but still at its teething stage. Based on this partnership, we can establish factories and industries that will foster the relationship between Brampton and Bayelsa.”
Some are talking of invasion. Again I ask, in view of the fact that the Nigerian government is part of this operation, are you accusing the Nigerian government of being complicit in the invasion of Nigeria?
“As our mother (Dame Jonathan) had said, once a governor emerges, we all need to rally round and support him to succeed. As a result of your support and the peace we have in Bayelsa, we have been able to achieve so much.”
