Mechanic Village Inferno: Bayelsa Govt Sets up Probe … Non Indigenes Group, Monarchs Visit Site The Bayelsa State Government says it has constituted a committee to investigate the cause of the fire outbreak that gutted some parts of the Mechanic Village along Imiringi Road in Yenagoa. Governor Douye Diri, who …
Read More »Gov’ship Tribunal: Ewhrudjakpo Dedicates Victory to God, Judiciary
By David Owei, Yenagoa The deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has described the state election tribunal ruling in Abuja on Saturday, which struck out the suit filed by Mr Vijah Opuama, challenging his eligibility as running mate in the 2019 governorship election as God’s unfailing love over …
Read More »Supreme Court Ruling: Diri, Wife, Deputy Dedicate Victory to God
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The chapel at the Bayelsa State Government House, King of Glory, was agog as songs of praise to God rent the air over the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the case filed by Chief Timi Alaibe challenging the candidacy of Governor Douye Diri in the November, 2019 Bayelsa …
Read More »LG Minimum Wage: Bayelsa Govt Sets Up 18-Man Committee
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has set up an 18-member committee to look into the issues of promotion and minimum wage raised by labour unions in the interest of industrial harmony in the state. The state governor, Senator Douye Diri, inaugurated the committee headed by the secretary to …
Read More »COVID-19: Bayelsa Adopts Stiffer Measures to Curtail Spike As Fatalities Hit 16
By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government says effective from Monday 13 July, 2020, it will commence the enforcement of wearing of face masks in all public places as part of precautionary measures to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Governor Douye Diri stated this during an interactive meeting with …
Read More »Gov Diri Tasks Army on Agge, Oluasiri Bases
… Seeks Cooperation on Arrests in Bayelsa Communities By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the Nigerian Army to ensure that the Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Agge in Ekeremor local government area becomes operational to beef up security in the area and in the …
Read More »RSUST Alumni Extol Virtues of Bayelsa Deputy Governor
The Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has been commended for his forthrightness, outspokenness and passion for promoting the common good. Class 98 Old students of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nkpolu, Port Harcourt, resident in Bayelsa gave the commendation during a solidarity visit to the …
Read More »Bayelsa Deputy Governor, Ewhrudjakpo, Mourns Okoko
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has commiserated with the Okoko family of Obunagha community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area over the sudden demise of their son, Mr Keniebi Okoko. According to a press release by the senior special assistant on media to the deputy …
Read More »COVID-19: Bayelsa Gov Directs Distribution of Foodstuff to Cushion Pandemic
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has directed officials of the state emergency management agency (SEMA) to commence the immediate distribution of foodstuff in its warehouse. Speaking with newsmen after inspecting the SEMA warehouse at Igbogene on Monday, Governor Diri said the distribution is to mitigate the effects of measures …
Read More »Bayelsa’s Unified Ticket Chairman Debunks Allegation of Multiple Taxation
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Against the backdrop of the recent protest embarked on by commercial vehicle drivers in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, and its environs, over the high ticket rates put in place by the state government, chairman of the Bayelsa State Unified Ticket, Comrade Doubara Komukou, has denied …
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