PANDEF is hopeful that in setting up this new Commission, Mr President will carefully select competent and tested hands with cognate skills and experience to ensure that this body plays its complimentary role to the efforts of our Governors in delivering sustainable development to the region, which continues to contribute immensely to the sustenance of the Nigerian national economy for decades.
*Approves Land For FG Project Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said affordable housing for people of the state will be accorded top priority in his second term. Senator Diri disclosed this on Friday when the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Hon. Oyetunde Ojo, and the management team…
In continuation of his constituents’ economic intervention programs for the people of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Hon. Rodney Ebikebina Ambaiowei, the Honourable National Assembly member representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency, collaborated with the National Institute For Cultural Orientation (NICO) to successfully implement a training and empowerment project for youths and women in Anyama, Bayelsa…
Navy Captain Olubolade is known to have laid the foundation for governance in Bayelsa, having put in place some of the most basic infrastructure to begin the process of development in the virgin state. Within a space of one year, he left a lasting legacy for successive governments in Bayelsa to build upon.
“As a coalition of elders, statesmen, and stakeholders from Nigerian major socio-cultural groups committed to the unity, justice, and progress of our dear country, we cannot ignore the fact that a healthy democracy thrives on the presence of a credible, organized, and vibrant opposition.”
I have already held a couple of top-level meetings on the sidelines of the AAM. These included fruitful discussions with President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Industry, Dr. Olasupo Olusi, as well as the Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Dubai-based Arise IIP Group, Mr. Gagan Gupta.
An Anambra girl named Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma has been accused of falsely claiming to be the top scorer in the 2023 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination. Miss Mmesoma, who attends Anglican Girls Secondary School in Nnewi, denies the allegations. Despite this, the JAMB board has opened an investigation into the matter to determine…
The federal government has directed that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates less than 18 years old. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, gave the directive on Monday during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory. He decried the activities of…
A Special Assistant to the Governor on Special Duties Mr. Robinson Ere Erebi has called on all Bayelsans and non-indigenes resident in the State to continue to give unflinching support to the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State His Excellency, Sen. Douye Diri. Mr. Erebi made the call in an open letter Comrade Alagoa Morris, renowned…
The Department of State Services confirmed on Thursday night that operatives had carried out search on Tukur Mamu’s home and offices in Kaduna with many discoveries. The DSS in a statement by its Spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, said that among the materials found during the search by ‘appropriate security agencies’ were incriminating materials including Military…
