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Dickson’s Critics Will Regret After His Exit – Bayelsa Govt

January 18, 2020 4:30 pm

The Bayelsa State Government yesterday maintained that those who were bent on taking the outgoing Governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, to the cleaners, since the loss of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election, would regret it after his exit.

Speaking during the monthly transparency briefing for the month of November, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, argued that  Dickson will go down in history as one of the best performing governors in the country.

During the meeting,  government through the Special Adviser, Treasury, Accounts and Revenue, Mr. Timipre Seipulo also …

Military Sack Bayelsa Community Over Killing Of 4 Navy

January 18, 2020 7:12 am

Gunmen ambushed and killed four soldiers and a civilian in Nigeria’s oil-rich south, local sources said Wednesday, breaking months of uneasy calm after unrest over the distribution of the country’s oil revenues and forcing a military retaliation.

Armed men ambushed the military contingent in the Ekeremor waterways area of Bayelsa State as they returned from an assignment in the Letugbene community on Monday.

The gunmen, who outnumbered the soldiers, forced the servicemen to surrender, marched them to a creek, executed them and stole their weapons and military gear.

A civilian boat driver with the military detachment attempted to escape but …

Bayelsa: Gov. Dickson Orders Payment Of New Minimum Wage

January 11, 2020 1:13 pm
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has approved the payment of the ₦30,000 new National Minimum Wage to workers in the state with effect from January 2020.

Governor Dickson gave the approval on Friday during a meeting with the leadership of organised labour at the Government House, Yenagoa.

The governor directed the State’s financial team to follow through the template set by the National Wages and Income Commission in implementing the new salary level.

He explained that the meeting was convened to enable the state government and the labour unions jointly work out the modalities for the payment of the

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Shutdown of PH DisCo Plunges Bayelsa into Darkness

January 3, 2020 8:53 am

People of Bayelsa State celebrated the Christmas and New Year festivities in darkness as the power outage occasioned by the altercation between Ijaw youths and Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) entered day 10 thursday.

Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) had after almost a year of unbearably erratic power supply in the state besieged the offices of PHEDC, forcing the staff to ground operations or improve on their services.

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The youths have since occupied the premises to protest the poor power supply to residents after several negotiations for PHEDC to supply …

Buhari Calls Jonathan Over Attack On His Bayelsa House

December 24, 2019 2:08 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called former President Goodluck Jonathan to sympathize with him following gunmen attack on his Otuoke, Bayelsa State residence.

President Buhari, in the telephone conversation, voiced his sadness over the “tragic and unfortunate attack.”

This was disclosed in a statement sent to NAN by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.

The statement read in part: “The president, who hailed the soldiers on guard for bravely repelling the attack, condoled with family members as well as officers and men of the Nigerian Army over the loss of one of the guards.

“He assured that

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Rivers Wins Soku Oil Wells From Bayelsa

December 16, 2019 10:27 am

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the transfer of Soku oil field from Bayelsa State to its rightful owner, Rivers State.

Delivering judgment in a suit instituted by Rivers State, Justice Inyang Ekwo, ordered the National Boundary Commission to rectify the error in its 11th edition of Administrative Map, which designated San Bartholomew River as the boundary between the two states, instead of River Santa Barbara.

The error was said to have surfaced in the 11th edition of Administrative Map produced by the NBC in 2002.

The NBC was said to have in its letter dated July …

Bayelsa Election: Ijaw People Attack Sule Lamido

December 15, 2019 3:04 am

The people of Ijaw have provided the reasons former President Goodluck Jonathan had to work against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and governor Seriake Dickson in the governorship election in the State.

Giving the reasons, the Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, also warned a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido to henceforth, stop rubbishing their son, Jonathan, with blackmail.

Leader of the group, Comrade Joseph Evah, told the Sun that the Ijaw nation was not happy with the comments of Lamido on Jonathan in a recent interview.

He said the comments were targeted to “blackmail, malign, rubbish and bring to …

Theft In Bayelsa Government House: Policemen Arrested

December 7, 2019 2:48 am

Three policemen, four personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and one maintenance staff attached to the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Bayelsa State Government House, Mrs. Ebizi Ndiomu-Brown were on Thursday arrest over alleged involvement in the theft of ₦ 3.5 million from the office.

The alleged theft, which reportedly occurred on Wednesday night, was discovered on Thursday morning with the safe where the cash was kept reportedly vandalised.

Sources close to the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff confirmed that the office where the money was kept, which had …

PDP Accuses Jonathan Of Trading Off Bayelsa

November 25, 2019 3:31 am

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Elders’ Forum has accused former president Goodluck Jonathan of trading-off Bayelsa in the November 16 state’s governorship election and expressed worry over his conduct.

David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared winner of the election which the PDP had insisted was rigged in favour of the Federal Government backed APC.

The PDP Elders’ Forum in a statement by its Chairman, Benson Odoko, in Yenagoa, criticised the former president for openly fraternising with the APC and noted that the Jonathan, by his actions, did not leave anybody in doubt that he was supporting the …

Where Is Diezani In Bayelsa Politics

November 24, 2019 10:41 am

A few years ago, Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, was not only powerful but influential. She was the go-to person if you wanted anything done. She was also constantly in the news as one of the few cabinet members who had the ears of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

It was no surprise, therefore, that her exquisite detached house in Lekki Phase 1 Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, was heavily guarded by mobile policemen and naval ratings.

But as the popular as the saying goes, the only thing constant in life is change. Today, the number of boats anchored …

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Abe Congratulates Bayelsa Govenor-elect

November 20, 2019 11:53 am

Senator Magnus Abe, the immediate-past representative of Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has congratulated Bayelsa State Governor-elect, Chief David Lyon, on his landslide victory at the just concluded governorship election in the State.

Abe, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Parry Saroh Benson, also congratulated members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) family, and the good people of Bayelsa State for turning-out en masse to vote for one of their own as a support for the desired change to the next level.

He called on the opposition candidates to bury the hatchet and join hands with …

Timipre Sylva: Petrol Price Should Be ₦181 Per Litre

Sylva: How Dickson Made APC Victory In Bayelsa Much Easier

November 19, 2019 2:49 am

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipreye Sylva has `thanked’ Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa for making it much easier for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), David Lyon, to win the Nov. 16 election.

He disclosed this after presenting the Bayelsa Governor-elect, David Lyon, to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.

Sylva attributed the electoral victory of the APC candidate to what he described as “poor performance by the Bayelsa State government”.
He said: “It’s been a very hectic week but I will like to bring in this Eritrean proverb, …

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