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The Bayelsa State Government has said that it owes nobody any apologies for removing ghost names from the over-bloated payroll in the state. The Government also stressed that the decision to flush out unqualified workers who came into the public service through dubious means should be commended by all well meaning citizens. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, stated this at the Oporoma headquarters of the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area during the grand finale of a grassroots sensitization programme on the state government public sector reforms on Monday. Mr. Iworiso-Markson who described the various town hall meetings as a huge success, said the strong support expressed by the people would give government the needed impetus to drive the reform process to success. He reiterated that no amount of blackmail would truncate the process, stressing that those crying foul over the reforms are people who were benefiting from t...

A group, Niger Delta Peace Initiative (NDPI) have accused the leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva of attracting more cultists into the party ahead of the 2019 general elections. The group ‎made the accusation in a statement it released to journalists in Yenagoa‎ at the weekend, saying Sylva's APC remains a party of cultists. President of NDPI, Diepreye Ayah who signed the statement ‎also accused Sylva of making overtures to members of the ruling party in the State to join the APC. According to Ayah, it was Sylva who ‎lured the immediate past Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr. Ibarakumo Otobo to join the APC after promising him the ticket of the party for the Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma Federal Constituency. Ayah said the APC leader met with Otobo in Abuja, where he made the promise, just the same way he had also promised Osonkinme Blankson for the same ticket. The statement recalled that the APC leader had used similar tac...

-Kyari and his men were given special promotion because of their efforts in the arrest of Evans and others  -DCP Jimoh Moshood was promoted in acting capacity to enable him be at par with sister agencies spokesmen -CP Edgal who also has AIG course mates was promoted because his zone has no CP and he has also passed all his exams without query in his file  A former member of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Ms. Comfort Obi has said that the Commission only approved promotions of those recommended by the Inspector-General of police. Obi, who made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, stressed that there was no truth in the story currently trending in the social media that the Commission carried out illegal promotions. She said that the Commission had never selected any police personnel for promotion as only the IGP has the prerogative to submit names of those he considers qualified to be elevated or demoted. “The IGP i...

...SAYS OTOBO ACTED OUT OF GREED, INGRATITUDE The Bayelsa Youths Movement has urged the Governor of the state, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, not to give attention to the recent defection of the Commissioner for Youths, Mr. Ibarakumo Otobo, to the opposition All Progressives Congress. The Secretary General of the group, Comrade Elisha Inodu, called on Governor Dickson to be resolute in his decision to raise a new generation of leaders to pilot the affairs of Bayelsa State in a statement on Saturday. He called on the Governor to ensure that he was not distracted by the betrayal and disloyalty displayed by the former commissioner who was a beneficiary of the visionary leadership provided by the governor. According to him, Otobo was picked by the governor out of thousands of youths who embraced the values of the Restoration Government and given the opportunity to serve Bayelsa in sensitive positions before his decision to turn his back on his political leaders in pursuit...

...SAYS REFORMS NOT DESIGNED TO SACK WORKERS, INFLICT HARDSHIP The Bayelsa State Government has debunked a wild claim by a faction of the All Progressives Congress led by Chief Timipre Silva that the government has sacked 28,000 workers as a fallout of the going reforms. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement on Friday that the claim made by the factional Chairman of the party, Mr. Jothan Amos, only confirmed the APC in the state as a party that thrives on lies and fraud. Iworiso-Markson said that Jothan and his faction of the APC only made a failed attempt to discredit the well-intentioned and generally received public sector reforms in Bayelsa. He said that Media reports quoting the factional APC Chairman as having described his imagined sacking of 28,000 workers as regrettable only shows that he and his misled followers are not abreast of developments in Bayelsa. The Commissioner said that it was not exactly une...

  No fewer than 100 players selected from the just concluded second edition of the Governor Seriake Dickson Football Tournament otherwise known as the Restoration Cup will begin the first phase of open camping from Monday, June 25, 2018. The screening exercise will take place at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex in Yenagoa from 8am. Media Director of the tournament, Daniel Alabrah, in a press release, asked the selected players to check their names on the notice boards at the Restoration Cup secretariat at Ijaw House along Sani Abacha Road in Yenagoa, the Ministry of Sports and at the Samson Siasia stadium. The list is also available on the Restoration Cup Facebook page and other online publications. Alabrah urged the players to report at the stipulated time for accreditation. They are expected to come with proper means of  identification, including birth certificate, school leaving certificate or INEC voters card for those up to 18 years. According to the sche...

GOV. DICKSON CUP: 100 Selected playe rs to storm camp From June 25, 2018    No fewer than 100 players selected from the just concluded second edition of the Governor Seriake Dickson Football Tournament otherwise known as the Restoration Cup will begin the first phase of open camping from Monday, June 25, 2018. The screening exercise will take place at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex in Yenagoa from 8am. Media Director of the tournament, Daniel Alabrah, in a press release, asked the selected players to check their names on the notice boards at the Restoration Cup secretariat at Ijaw House along Sani Abacha Road in Yenagoa, the Ministry of Sports and at the Samson Siasia stadium. The list is also available on the Restoration Cup Facebook page and other online publications. Alabrah urged the players to report at the stipulated time for accreditation. They are expected to come with proper means of  identification, including birth certificate, school leaving cert...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has kicked at the National Assembly for introducing new projects totaling 6403 worth N578b for themselves into the 2018 budget, while reducing 4700 worth N347b. The President made the observation while signing the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday, adding that the provisions for some ongoing critical infrastructure projects were affected by the new provisions. The President berated National Assembly saying that “ The  National Assembly made cuts amounting to 347 billion Naira in the allocations to 4,700 projects submitted to them for consideration and introduced 6,403 projects of their own amounting to 578 billion Naira.” The President said budgetary provisions in the 2018 budget for key infrastructure projects were cut by as much as N11.5b while increasing the National Assembly Budget from N125 billion to N139.5 billion  “without any discussion with the Executive.” The Pres...

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a serving Commissioner for Youth Development in Bayelsa State, Hon. Ibarakumo Otobo, under the Seriake Dickson-led administration has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The 33-year old commissioner whose news of appointment in February 2018 received widespread commendation from youths in the state says he has resigned and is joining the APC because he lost his right to freedom in the PDP. He said "I am a man of very strong character and you all know me for that. I don't work with failure. "So as a citizen of Nigeria, I have the constitutional right to choose the party of my choice. From today henceforth, I am for APC and good bye to PDP." Presenting the party's symbol to the decampee, the leaders of the party, Chief Timipre Sylva that was represented by Hon. Isreal Sunny-Goli said "this is sign that we are taking over from PDP. "This means mo...

By Cyril Onoka In an effort to further sanitize  its public service, Bayelsa State government has called on well meaning individuals to participate in newly introduced    whistle blower policy This is coming on the heels of the revelation by traditional ruler from the Ekeremor local government area that a grade level ten health worker was earning as much as N600,000 monthly. Speaking at a town hall meeting at Ekeremor Town on Tuesday, the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon. Daniel Iworiso-Markson said the present administration would not relent in its efforts to sanitize the  Public service and make it one of the best in the Country. He expressed the present administration readiness to partner with individuals, especially those that have useful information on the activities of the pay roll fraudsters in the state public service. The Information Commissioner expressed confidence that the ongoing public sector reforms would ena...

This Saturday’s National convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is likely to be crisis ridden, repo has learnt. This is as critical stakeholders of APC have concluded plans to remove the names of all the outgoing National working committee, NWC members seeking re-election at the National Convention from the ‘unity list’. The current APC NWC members seeking re-election are Mai Buni, National Secretary, Lawan Shuaibu, Deputy National chairman (North), Hilard Etta, National vice chairman (south- south), Osita Izunaso, National organising Secretary and George Muoghalu (National Auditor). It is however, gathered that only the outgoing National Secretary, Mai Buni, has been pencilled down to make the said unity list. Already some aspirants who are alleging bias in the said consensus list are threatening to cause disruption and stage a walkout from the convention if a level playing ground is not provided for all aspirants. Report from our correspondent s...

The Integrity Youth Alliance said a purported integrated online media; Aledeh.com goofed on her so called exclusive publication. Reacting to the publication titled “EXCLUSIVE: “Police Officers Pay N2 Million For Promotion, Buhari, Osinbajo’s Orderlies, FPRO Benefit”, the National Coordinator of Integrity Youth Alliance, Kelvin Adegbenga said that the online medium, no doubt is working as an agent of a retired top Police brass as he has refused to do his investigations properly before publication. “Someone like the Force PRO, Ag. DCP Jimoh Moshood should be Commissioner of Police by now considering that fact that he has spent 8 years on a particular rank, Adegbenga said. He further said that those who are aggrieved should follow the proper channels of communications in the Force to report their case rather than spinning out lies on the Mike Okiro-led board of the Police Service Commission and the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris. “We challenge Aledeh.com under ...

  …… Say It Will Accelerate Economic Prosperity, Promote Peace, Stability In N’Delta The people of Amassoma community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have expressed joy over the ongoing international airport project sited in their community. While commending Governor Henry Seriake Dickson for envisioning the airport, they said it will provide gainful employment to Bayelsans, accelerate economic prosperity, promote peace and stability of the state and the region. The airport is billed for completion in August this year. According to a press statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Francis Ottah Agbo, the community leaders spoke at the airport on Friday after a facility tour of the airport project. The tour was led by the Ebenanaowei of Ogboin Clan, King Oweipa Jones Ene who described the siting of the project in Amassoma community as phenomenal and heartwarming! King Jones-Ere also called on the Federal Government to fulfill i...

The Nigeria Police has one of the most secured communication system in the country. This was contained in a press release on Friday by the National Coordinator, United Young Professionals, Adewole Kehinde while reacting to several tweet coming from one Victor Asemota via @asemota insuniating that the Nigeria Police uses “Yahoo Mail” as a form of communication. “We wish to correct the wrong impression of Victor Asemota that Nigeria Police uses only Gmail dealing with the public and not for internal communication. Police internal communication methods are Wireless, Signals and Radio which are secured and full proof, Adewole said. He further said that the Nigeria Police Crime & Incident Database Center located at the Force Headquarters is 90 per cent completed. This will surely further boost the Nigeria Police sophisticated call center and advanced data capturing mechanisms. “We are bold to say that Nigeria Police Personnel Welfare has been the utmost agenda of IGP Ibrahi...

The United Young Professionals has commended the Police Service Commission on the recent promotion of 3,665 senior officers of the Nigeria Police which includes the Police Public Relations Officer, ACP Jimoh Moshood. In a press release by the National Coordinator of the United Young Professionals, Adewole Kehinde, he said that the Force PRO is long overdue to become not a Deputy Commissioner of Police but Commissioner of Police. “To set the record straight, the promotion of ACP Jimoh Moshood, FPRO to Ag. DCP became necessary because of the existing vacancy in the Force Public Relations Department for the rank of Commissioner of Police. “Furthermore, his promotion will assist to bring him at par in rank to the National Public Relations Officers of the under listed organisation that have equivalent of Commissioner of Police and Deputy Commissioner of Police as their Public Relations Officers •The Nigerian Army has Brigadier General as Director Public Relations; •The Nigeri...

By Pat PA Okon The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated the Muslim Umah on the successful conclusion of the Ramadan fast, urging them to continue to pray for the nation, especially towards the successful conduct of the 2019 general elections. Ekwereamdu stated this in his Eid-el-Fitr message to the Muslim Umah, signed his Special Adviser (Media), Mr. Uche Anichukwu. He also enjoined Muslim faithful to remain true to the teachings of Islam imbibed during the fast even after the holy month. "I congratulate our Muslim Umah for successfully observing the Ramadan Fast and prayers, with its life-enriching lessons in the virtues of love, forbearance, unity, patriotism, self-sacrifice. “In the last one month, I observed the piety and the spirit of giving associated with the month and, therefore, urge our Muslim bothers and sisters to remain their brother's keeper till eternity so as to make the society better for it. “I urge them to contin...

Posted by Tony Okechukwu A non-governemental Organization, Solar Sister Nigeria, has called on women to be at the forefront of driving clean and sustainable energy access in Nigeria. Solar Sister is an organization that seeks to eradicate energy poverty by empowering women with economic opportunity. Speaking during an interactive session involving development partners and media practitioners in Abuja, the Country Manager, Olasimbo Sojinrin, also advocated for gender equality in Nigeria's energy access and implementation policies. She noted that most of the women in the rural areas are living in poverty because they lack access to power, saying that the only possible way to eradicate poverty is to provide women with clean and modern energy. Sojinrin observed that the organization is working to provide communities with modern energy like solar lamp and clean cookstoves, adding that at same time, it will empower rural women by making them solar entrepreneurs. "Solar lamp p...

- Orders Massive Deployment Of Police Personnel Throughout the Country The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim K. Idris on behalf of the officers and men heartily felicitates and rejoices with Muslim faithful across the country on the occasion of the 2018 Eid-el- Fitri celebration. In statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Jimoh Moshood, the police chief directed all Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and Commissioners of Police in the various state commands to beef up security and ensure massive deployment of police personnel to all praying grounds and other places of celebration (Parks and recreation centres) throughout the country to prevent crime and ensure a hitch-free celebration. It further added that the force has also deployed both the federal highway and anti-crime patrol teams along major highways to ensure protection of the public highways, major roads and the safety of travellers and commuters. The police boss also stated that...

...PROMISES TO HELP PROMOTE TALENTED BAYELSA YOUTHS  Organizers of the Governor Henry Seriake Dickson Football Tournament also known as the Restoration Cup has appointed former English and Tottenham player, Garth Crooks, as Technical Director of the Governor Seriake Dickson Football Tournament. A statement signed by the Director General of the Restoration Cup, Ono K. Akpe, and released in Yenagoa, stated that the appointment of Crooks was based on his track records in football management and administration. While congratulating him on his well deserved appointment, Mr. Akpe called on the ex-footballer to bring his wealth of experience to bare especially in the area of ensuring that the players selected from the just concluded Restoration Cup 2018, are giving the much needed exposure in Europe and other parts of the world. The statement reads “As an international football star and Sports Consultant to the Bayelsa State Government, by this appointment, you are expected to...

                   The FCT High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja Tuesday found the former Plateau State Governor, Joshua Dariye guilty on 15-count charge of corruption; and thus sentenced himto 14 years’ imprisonment on charges of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of over N1.16bn belonging to the state. Dariye was in 2007 charged to court on a 23-count charge for the alleged offence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In his ruling, Justice Adebukola Banjoko found him guilty of breach of trust in count 1 of misappropriating N1.16 billion Ecological Fund meant for the state, count 2 (N160m), count 7 (N16.8m) and count 4 for the N250 million issued to Pinnacle Communications emanating from the state’s Ecological Fund. According to the EFCC, the former governor diverted N1.16 billion into the account of Ebenezer Ratnen Venture, which is alleged to be one of the companies through which h...