“I am happy with the aspect of capacity building, training and mentorship. As a government, we have been doing that and after training we also give them starter packs. So you are coming to an area we consider a priority”
By Godknows Bolade Igali An archetypical inference to a tsunami, news of the tragic death of ace banker, businessman, educator and philanthropist, Herbert Onyewumbu on 9th February, 2024 hit the global news space with indescribable shock; and misbehave. True, Herbert had died from a helicopter crash, on the cold plains remote part of the Mojave…
“The forests should belong to us, but under government regulations. We cannot condone wrongdoing. Moving forward, we will establish a database to keep records of the unions we are working with and the individuals involved in the business.”
“Exco approved the purchase of gas turbines with a combined capacity of 60 megawatts that will serve Yenagoa and environs.”
His Information Commissioner counterpart added: “Approval was given expressly for the purchase of the turbines. That is to say, hopefully, before the end of this year, Bayelsans will begin to enjoy uninterrupted power supply.
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and political activist, Comrade Timi Frank, has expressed his disappointment with the Supreme Court’s decision on the double nomination case against the joint ticket of the President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had approached the court to invalidate the joint…
The All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State has said that it is uncomfortable with recent, obviously pretentious showers of praise it is receiving from Gov. Douye Diri and has asked the governor to keep the praise to himself. The party is aware Gov. Diri is merely trying to make it seem our leader and Governorship…
Dr. Igali prayed for Sommie’s soul to rest in peace and urged all who mourn her to take solace in the legacy she leaves behind.
His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State, today continued his visit to flooded communities in the State. He was at Otuoke, country home of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, in Ogbia Local Government Area to assess the level of the flood. The governor who assured the community of support also met with the…
I have been in great pain to write this letter to you and take the liberty to caution that in this complex national assignments which you find yourself enlisted to carry out, you must be timorous enough to not find yourself taking decisions that pale in the sight of best and acceptable standards of decency. This is more so as I have thoroughly read the Gazette dated 19th March, 2025 appointing you as Administrator as well as extracts of National Assembly Proceedings of Thursday, 20th March, 2025 and do not find the kind of wide and sweeping powers being deployed by your office.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr revealed in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that he would vote for former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden in the 2024 election. Barr, who had previously stated that Trump should not be near the Oval Office, expressed his belief that Biden is unfit for office and that…
