By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Chairman of the Directorate for Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Engr. Ebiye Tarabina, has tasked contractors handling government projects in the state to intensify efforts to meet projects’ completion deadline. Engr. Tarabina gave the directive during an inspection and evaluation tour of ongoing projects in the state recently. …
Read More »Diri Canvasses Harmonized Salary Structure for Health Workers in Nigeria
… As Jonathan Seeks End Health Workers’ Strike Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, says harmonization of the salary structure of all classes of medical personnel in the country is a panacea to check the unending wage-related industrial crises in the health sector. This was as former Nigerian President, Dr …
Read More »Diri Pays Tribute to Adokeme, Late UNIPORT Alumni President
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described the late national president of the University of Port Harcourt Alumni Association, Chief Christopher Adokeme, as a man of many parts that impacted positively on various facets of life. Governor Diri stated this on Tuesday evening at the …
Read More »IOCs Relocation: Bayelsa Decries Delay, Urges FG to Prevail on Oil Firms
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to prevail on the international oil companies (IOCs) to relocate to the state without any further delay. Governor Douye Diri made the appeal on Thursday, at the 2nd Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Research and …
Read More »We Have Given Loans to 4, 000 Students in Bayelsa ~ Amaegberi
In this interview, the Executive Secretary of Bayelsa State Students Loan Board, Dr Michael Amaegberi, spoke to Amos Okioma, on the mission and vision of the board and how the state governor, Senator Douye Diri, has sustained it to reduce the drop-out rate of indigent students with desire to further their …
Read More »IYD: Bayelsa Youths Advised to be Exemplary, Shun Acts ‘Inimical to Progress’
As Bayelsa State joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World International Day, August 12, youths in the state and Niger Delta in general have been advised not only to be exemplary in their conduct, but to uphold virtues that will bring glory and commendation to the state. …
Read More »UN Affiliate Sites $3.5bn Projects in Bayelsa
… Inducts Gov Diri into Hall of Fame The United Nations Rescue Services, a non-governmental body affiliated to the United Nation Economic and Social Council, is to embark on different developmental projects worth $3.5 billion in Bayelsa State. The convener/global chairman of the UN Rescue Services, Ambassador Steve Midalah, disclosed this on …
Read More »Brass Fertilizer Company to Create 15,000 Jobs
The Bayelsa State Government has allocated 595 hectares of land for the proposed Brass fertilizer company in Odioma Kingdom in Brass Local Government Area of the state. This was as the government also hinted that the bush clearing at the site of the said project has commenced in earnest. The …
Read More »Diri to Declare Holiday to Honour Bayelsa Queens, Bayelsa United
Bayelsa State Government is to declare a public holiday in honour of Bayelsa Queens and Bayelsa United following their emergence as champions of the Men and Women’s competitions of the 2021 AITEO Cup. Governor Douye Diri made this known when he visited players and officials of Bayelsa Queens and Bayelsa …
Read More »Residents Flee Homes as Erosion Sweeps Houses in Obogoro, Bayelsa
Five buildings and other property in Obogoro Town in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have been submerged into the Ikoli River following a landslide arising from coastal erosion. The incident which took place late Saturday night to the early hours of Sunday displaced several persons with scores of …
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