World Food Day: Bayelsa Procures Modern Rice Processing Machines
“We are happy to hear that prices of essential commodities are dropping. We encourage more people to go into cassava production so that the price of garri will be stable.”
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Gov Diri, Speaker, Other Lawmakers Quit PDP
“After extensive consultation, today the 15th day of October 2025, I wish to formally notify you that in keeping with the extant protocols, I Governor Douye Diri, do hereby resign my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party.“After extensive consultation, today the 15th day of October 2025, I wish to formally notify you that in keeping with the extant protocols, I Governor Douye Diri, do hereby resign my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party.”
Gov. Diri Bags Education Award
“Education remains the bedrock of societal development. As a priority, our administration places a high premium on initiatives that advance our state’s progress educationally.”
What Alamieyeseigha Meant To Niger Delta – Diri, Ibori, Others
“If we want this country to move forward, the sub-national governments should not be controlled from the centre. If we want this country to develop, you cannot use the resources from one region to create more local government areas in another region in order to feed that region and then starve the area where these resources are coming from. That is not federalism.”
Diri Highlights Strategic Importance of Gulf of Guinea to Bayelsa
“Bayelsa’s unique geography grants us unmatched prospects for oil and gas exports, maritime logistics, fisheries, and coastal trade. Our dual identity as an energy powerhouse and custodian of delicate ecosystems defines both our responsibilities and opportunities.”
Ford Foundation, IWG Draw Global Attention To Bayelsa Oil Pollution In New York
“For decades, Bayelsa has been on the frontline of energy production, supplying the oil and gas that power our nation’s economy and bolster global energy security. Yet alongside this contribution has come an incalculable cost: widespread pollution, degraded farmlands, poisoned rivers and creeks, compromised health, and far too often ruined livelihoods. For decades, our people have endured and cried out in pain”
FG Facilitates Bayelsa, Namibe Sister-Cities Deal In Luanda
“Signing this important agreement between our two countries and two states is very historic for us from Bayelsa State, coming at a time our host, Angola, was marking its 50th independence anniversary.”
UNILAG Honours Douye Diri With Leadership Book, Proposes Professorial Chair in His Name
“We identified Your Excellency to be a leading star in Nigeria, based on leadership and governance. We decided to put together all your achievements.
Diri Seeks Equity Stake for Bayelsa in $3.5bn Brass Fertiliser and Petrochemical Project
“Today, because of the PIA, there are intra and inter-communal conflicts and litigations. So even funds that have been realised for their development cannot be disbursed to the communities. If anybody thinks the state is not much important, we will then wash off our hands.”
Senator Douye Diri Appoints Dr. Wisdom Ebiye Sawyer as New Head of Civil Service in Bayelsa State
The appointment of Sawyer, a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, followed the retirement of Barr. (Mrs.) Biobelemoye Charles-Onyema on August 31, 2025.
