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… CALLS FOR INTERVENTION FROM THE ECOLOGICAL FUND Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Saturday, visited Odi community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state, to inspect the level of damage caused by a landslide. The landslide, which occurred on Friday after heavy rains swept away houses and property worth millions […]
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…OFFERS FREE EDUCATION FOR THE ORPHANS; AUTOMATIC EMPLOYMENT TO THE WIDOWS ….SAYS FG POSTING SECURITY HEADS TO UNDERMINE BAYELSA’S STABILITY SINCE 2015 …TO MOBILIZE BAYELSA COMMUNITIES FOR SELF PROTECTION It was a day of agony and grief in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State as the remains of the Government House Photographer, Reginald Dei and a Chieftain of […]
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After series of postponement, the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) kicked off across the country yesterday with logistic and technical hitches recorded in a few computer-based test centres used for the conduct of the examination. In Lagos, candidates scheduled for the first session of the exam at 7:00a.m. and who did not want to […]
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Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday was full of commendation for his Bayelsa counterpart, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, whom he said has set very high marks in governance worthy of emulation by their colleagues. He spoke as the special guest of honour at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall in Yenagoa during the formal launch […]
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Bayelsa Deputy Governor, retired Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John-Jonah, on Friday described the military as a vital element in the management of natural disasters like flooding, erosion and outbreak of diseases in the country. Retired Rear Admiral John-Jonah, who stated this while on a visit to the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs Camp at Igbogene in Yenagoa […]
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…RESTRUCTURING NOT TO DEVELOP A FEW STATES …SEIYEFA: BIGOTRY IN NIGERIA MUST STOP – DICKSON The President of Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, said that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, led by President Muhammadu Buhari, lacks the vision, capacity and the patience to develop the country. A statement by the Special Adviser […]
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Deputy Senate President, Professor Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday, berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its decision to ban the use of smart phones at polling units, describing the move as unconstitutional and unacceptable. Senator Ekweremadu made the comment while speaking to journalists during a condolence visit to the Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry […]
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The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the twelve Presidential Aspirants of the People’s Democratic Party to avoid disparaging utterances as they campaign ahead of the party’s national convention. In a statement on Monday, by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, Dickson said that it was […]
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…FG SHOULD MAKE EFFORT TO RESTRUCRTURE NIGERIA, SAYS OKOROTIE The Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, on Tuesday said the people of the Niger Delta must benefit maximally from its resources, through a restructured Nigeria, to ensure sustainable peace and stability in the region. National Chairman of PANDEF, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (rtd) stated this during […]
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Describes the adoption of the Indirect Primaries by the Rivers APC as a masterstroke and the death knell to this devious plot The recent perpetual injunction granted by an Abuja High Court, affirming the Ojukaye Flag-Amachree as the undisputed chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has been described as the end […]
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