“Scientific reports from our experts indicate that between 1991 and 2018, the shorelines of Bayelsa, its neighbours, Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State, witnessed considerable retreat and erosion, with respective measurements of 81,532 metres, 17,519 metres and 8,590 metres. The rates of shoreline migration and erosion were recorded at 11.1 metres per year, 7.2 metres per year and 5.5 metres per year respectively”.
*Commends INEC For Rejecting Voodoo Votes *Dickson Congratulates Diri Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has canvassed for legislation to check the menace of vote-buying as part of measures to safeguard the country’s electoral system. Diri stated this on Tuesday at his country home, Sampou, in Kolokuma/Opokuma local government area when his predecessor and Senator…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, high scores, saying his first term in office was very impressive. A statement by the Governor’s spokesman, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the party’s National Vice Chairman (South South), Chief Dan Orbih, as having stated this when he led the zonal working…
*Says Sylva Anti-Development Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has alerted security agencies to a plot by the opposition in the state to cause mayhem in Ogbia Local Government Area during the November 11 governorship election. In a statement the Chief Press Secretary the Bayelsa State Governor Mr. Daniel Alabrah, who is also member of…
It is a sad reality that when people set bad examples when they are given responsibility, they resort to giving good advice. It is simply laughable that Sylva would accuse somebody else of lack of vision. This is a man that had the opportunity of being governor of our state for five years and later…
Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, has described the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the November 11 governorship election in the state, Udengs Eradiri, as an unrepentant liar. The Bayelsa governor’s spokesman stated this in reaction to Eradiri’s claim that Governor Diri spent N30billion on a 10.2km road that he…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has charged his appointees and members of the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) to stand firm in defence of democracy during the November 11 governorship election in the state. The Bayelsa governor also called on local and international lovers of democracy to show keen interest in the forthcoming elections…
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC ) in the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, appears to be playing the ostrich in the Opu-Nembe (Bassambiri) community crisis. Governor Douye Diri’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, while reacting to a statement credited to the former Bayelsa governor, in which he…
Kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan from the Ogbia Kingdom have applauded the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, for his purposeful leadership of the state. The Ogbia people led by their paramount ruler, the Obanobhan III, King Dumaro Charles Owaba, gave the commendation during a Thank-You-Visit to Government House, Yenagoa, on Tuesday. In an…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has disclosed that the late immediate past Chief Judge of the state, Justice Kate Abiri, was his prayer partner who always joined him to pray for progress of the state. Governor Diri spoke on Sunday when he paid a condolence visit to the family at her residence in…
