Tag Archives: Henry Seriake Dickson

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 …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday sponsored a motion seeking to retain the name of a foremost Niger Delta activist and leader, Harold Dappa Biriye, on the new permanent headquarters of the NDDC. While presenting the motion on …

Women from the Epie/Atissa communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against the alleged menace of herdsmen. The women waving leaves at the Tombia Roundabout, Etegwe axis of Yenagoa, also barricaded the ever busy Mbiama – Yenagoa road, which is the major …

… Calls on Security Agencies to ‘Fish out Perpetrators’  By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Ijaw Youths Council Worldwide has condemned the attack on the country home of the former governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, at Toru Orua, and the killing of an inspector of Police by suspected …

In line with the vision and philosophy of Africa’s first modern poet and literary icon, late Dr. Gabriel Imomotimi Gbaingbain Okara, his foundation, Gabriel Okara Foundation, recently donated new teaching aids, including white marker boards and accessories with some of his books to Community Secondary School Bumoundi in Yenagoa Local …

Immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Henry Seriake Dickson, has commiserated with the state governor, Senator Douye Diri, former president of the Ijaw National Congress, Prof Kimse Okoko, father of the late businessman and politician, Keniebi Okoko over his untimely death.  Governor Dickson also condoled with the wife of …

A pressure group, under the aegis of Save our Unity and Nauseant Democracy (SOUND), has said it is time for the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, to make available the financial and audited report of the financial situation of the state, over a month he took over the helm of …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Most Reverend Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York has launched a blistering indictment of oil companies operating in the Niger Delta, calling their actions “nothing less than environmental genocide.” The archbishop chairs the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission, working alongside industry and environmental experts …

… Devastation Like Dropped Bomb ~ Archbishop Sentamu By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa No fewer than 60 communities and groups have presented evidence of oil-related devastation to the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) chaired by the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu. The 10-man panel inaugurated by Governor Henry …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Friday Kombowei Benson on Wednesday said the legislators were going to revisit the life pension bill at the appropriate time. The legislators had on April 24, 2019 hurriedly passed a bill sponsored by the leader of the House, Hon …