“So the World Bank will, alongside our state government officials, go round the whole of Yenagoa and some neighbouring places. They will deploy geo-mapping and also sensitise the people on this water supply project to Bayelsans.”
“We must understand what is at stake. If we fail to act together, others will decide our future without us. We will live with their decisions instead of helping shape them. The time to organise is now. Our relevance, resources, dignity and shared future depend on what we do today.”
The Bayelsa State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, has been recognised for his commitment to disability inclusion following his assent to the law establishing the Bayelsa State Agency for Persons with Disabilities. The award, presented by the Centre for Disability Rights, Empowerment and Development (CDRED) at the conference hall of the Ministry of Women…
“What we are doing here is not only for politics as membership cuts across political parties. They are people that have what it takes to advise government. We need the advice of experienced citizens.”
“We want to give kudos to the Bayelsa State Government for the projects it has embarked upon and for the general peaceful atmosphere of the state as we have seen it.”
“One major lesson I learned is that confidence is very important, but so is being yourself. I also learned the importance of preparation, consistency and being able to handle pressure.”
“When 95% of strategic socioeconomic gatekeepers share the same linguistic and regional background as the Commander-in-Chief, it shifts the narrative from ‘Renewed Hope’ to ‘Renewed Exclusion.’”
The Bayelsa State chapter of Diri/Akpe Believers has paid a courtesy and familiarisation visit to the State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Warman Weri Ogoriba, at the party’s secretariat in Yenagoa. Speaking during the visit, the Director-General of the group, Hon. Douyi Willy, congratulated Hon. Ogoriba on his emergence as the APC…
Dr. Yusuf was sworn in by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the 8th substantive Chairman of the NPC on December 3, 2025, and had begun implementing a Seven-Point Agenda focused on repositioning the Commission and strengthening its contribution to national development.
By EMTV News The Member representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Engr. Rodney Ebikebina Ambaiowei, has commenced the renovation and rehabilitation of dilapidated secondary school facilities in three communities across Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The ongoing interventions cover secondary school buildings in Oweikorogha and Peremabiri, as…
