Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has lauded his wife, Dr. Gloria Diri, for setting up the Gloria Diri Foundation to care for the needy, particularly the elderly in society. He gave the commendation over the weekend at the ground breaking ceremony for the Gloria Diri Foundation Home for the …
Read More »Bayelsa Deputy Governor Visits Correctional Centers, Encourages Inmates
Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has urged inmates at correctional centres across the country not to despair over their situation, but rather have faith in God. Senator Ewhrudjakpo gave the encouragement on New Year Day when he paid an unscheduled visit to the Nigerian Correctional Service, Medium Security …
Read More »Bayelsa Govt Tasks Communities to Raise Capable GMoU Teams
Bayelsa State Government has emphasized the need for communities in the state to present credible and competent representatives to oversee the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) they enter into with corporate bodies operating in their areas. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, laid the emphasis at a resumed meeting with …
Read More »Bayelsa Airport: Govt Intensifies Efforts to Begin Commercial Flights Next Month
Bayelsa State Government says it is making last ditch efforts to acquire the operational license for the commencement of commercial flights by the end of January next year. The state deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, disclosed this on Wednesday during a meeting with the airport management and service providers in …
Read More »Diri, Wike, Akpabio Harp on Synergy Between NDDC, N’ Delta States
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, his Rivers counterpart, Chief Nyesom Wike and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, among other stakeholders have stressed the need for synergy between the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and state governments in the region. They made the call over the weekend …
Read More »COVID-19’s 2nd Wave: Bayelsa Gov Charges Ministries on Enlightenment
… Tasks Security Agencies on ‘Peaceful Yuletide’ Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has charged people of the state to take the COVID-19 protocols seriously, stressing that the second wave of the ravaging pandemic is real. Speaking through his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, at the 16th State Executive Council meeting …
Read More »Brain Drain: Diri Calls for Patriotism as Resident Doctors Meet in Yenagoa
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has appealed to medical doctors and other health practitioners to show more patriotism by joining forces with progressive elements in the country to turn around the health sector. Governor Diri made the appeal on Thursday while declaring the annual conference …
Read More »Supreme Court Ruling: Litigants Not My Enemies ~ Diri
Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has again extended a hand of fellowship to those that filed petitions in court against his election. Governor Diri in his reaction to Wednesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court, which dismissed the last batch of cases against him and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, …
Read More »SPDC Denies Involvement in Leadership Crisis at Host Community in Bayelsa
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), on Monday said it did not interfere with the selection of community representatives on Cluster Development Boards (CDBs) that administer its community development funds. SPDC said under the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) template, host communities solely select or recall who represents …
Read More »Bilabiri Community writes Deputy Gov on recall of Cluster Board Rep
The leadership of Bilabiri Community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has appealed to the state’s deputy governor, Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, to wade into leadership tussle in the Mien Cluster Development Board (CDB), a body that administers development funds provided by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). According to …
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