“Your Excellency, our leader, it is with immense joy and sincere gratitude to God Almighty that the entire PDP family warmly congratulate you and your amiable Deputy Governor on this remarkable judicial victory. It has further proven that you are indeed, the Peoples Governor and that the mandate freely given to you by.citizens of the state cannot be stolen by anyone”.
By Chuks Akunna Chief Timipre Sylva became Bayelsa governor on May 29, 2007. On April 15, 2008, the Court of Appeal nullified his election, ordering fresh elections. Sylva won the re-run polls. When his tenure was about ending in May 2011, he secured a court order that his tenure began in 2008, not 2007. That…
“My message to my constituents is simple: embrace Christ. With Christ, all things are possible. With God, nothing is impossible. It is not of him that runs or wills, but of God who shows mercy. If we truly believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, all that we desire will come to pass, and Bayelsa—the Glory of All Lands—will reach its fullness.”
“Contrary to Mr. Nabena’s fears, Governor Diri has proven himself to be a unifier—an inclusive leader committed to working with all stakeholders for the collective good.”
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…
Some yet to be identified youths from Amassoma Community In Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on July 15, 2024, reportedly killed a final year student of the department of political Science, Niger Delta University, over his refusal to pay a N150 levy at a popular Sand Dump. Resident of the community who…
“Our work with the Nigeria Armed Forces seeks to build capacity to address the root causes of insurgency and insecurity and support institutional modernisation and transformation.”
“A very deep void has been created by his passing and it is only God that can give us the fortitude to fill that vacuum. May God grant the governor, the Ewhrudjakpo family and people of the state the grace to overcome the painful loss.”
“In the face of such a loss, what can we say that would adequately capture the essence of her spirit and character? Let us thus draw strength from our shared faith and simply say in the words of the hymn writer: “Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.”
Troops fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine, including the Rusich Sabotage and Reconnaissance Group, are threatening to leave the conflict unless the Kremlin secures the release of one of their founding members from Finnish custody, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Yan Petrovsky is facing extradition to Ukraine on charges of terrorism. The…
