By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, officially kicked off this year’s Governor Football Tournament at the Samson Siasia’s Sports Complex in Yenagoa on Monday. While addressing the 206 sportsmen and women, Diri tasked them to be best losers and winners by imbibing the spirit of …
Read More »Diri Approves 100% Increase in Retirees’ Gratuity, Prioritises Workers Welfare
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has approved additional N200 million for the payment of pensioners’ gratuity for the month of May. The governor gave the approval on Sunday at this year’s Workers Day celebration while responding to the demands of labour leadership in the state. Diri …
Read More »Diri Presents Jerseys to ‘Prosperity Cup’ Teams, Rewards Para Games Athletes
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has praised youths for their massive involvement in sporting activities, and also winning laurels for the state, noting that sports remain a variable tool for engaging and shaping youths into having blissful careers. The governor stated this while flagging off …
Read More »APC Chieftain Urges Diri to ‘Rescind Support for Dickson’s Ambition’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Ahead the 2023 general elections, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Chief Perekeme Kpodoh, has reiterated his call on Governor Douye Diri to “rescind his support” for Senator Seriake Dickson’s election to the Senate. He argued that the alleged support for Dickson is against an agreed …
Read More »Sagbama, Ekeremor People Kick against ‘Truncating Zoning Agreement’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A political stakeholder in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Chief Perekeme Richard Kpodoh, says people in the area will continue to fight against what he asserts as “the greedy interest of some politicians to scuttle the brotherly rotational zoning of National Assembly positions between …
Read More »Bayelsa Governor Charges Accountants on ‘Proper Reporting’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has charged accounting professionals on proper financial reporting to enhance governance and financial policies in the country. Governor Diri gave the charge on Tuesday while declaring open the 2nd session of the Mandatory Continuing Profession Development (MCPD) Programme organized by …
Read More »Diri, Dikio, Okaba, Others Pay Tributes to Boyloaf at 50
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Dignitaries and stakeholders have paid tributes to a foremost Niger Delta ex-agitator, Victor-Ben Ebikabowei, aka, ‘General’ Boyloaf as he turned 50. The Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri; the interim administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), and the president of the Ijaw …
Read More »Pastor Kumuyi Says Diri Administration, Making Steady Progress
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Renowned gospel preacher and general superintendent of the Deeper Life Christian Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has given thumbs up to the Bayelsa State Government for expanding the frontiers of development regardless of the current harsh economic realities. Pastor Kumuyi stated this on Wednesday while speaking with …
Read More »Rivers Community Confers Titles, Names Roads after Diri, Dickson
By Amos Odeh, Port Harcourt The Ataba Kingdom in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has conferred on the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, the title of Oro-Ata 1, which means the “one who does good to his people.” Also honoured was Governor Diri’s predecessor, who is the …
Read More »Diri Commends Buhari for Signing Electoral Act
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the amended Electoral Act into law. Diri gave the commendation on Thursday during the state executive council meeting in Government House, Yenagoa. A press release by his chief press secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, …
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