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CD lauds Court Decision on Bayelsa Local government elections. Calls On BYSIEC to Immediately Implement court order.....  The Campaign for Democracy (CD)  has applauded the decision of a Bayelsa State High court sitting in Yenegoa, ordering the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission, to immediately conduct the local government elections in the state. The CD said the courageous intervention of the judiciary has now cleared every obstacles, formerly impeding the conduct of the elections, as it urge the Bayelsa State government and every other stakeholders, to give the needed support to the state's Independent Electoral Commission, towards a successful conduct of the elections.  Speaking through its Deputy President, Comrade Bayo Obatughase in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday, CD said the court decision is expected to enhance the process of taking the dividends of democracy closer to people at the grassroots in Bayelsa State, as the Local govern...

Calls On BYSIEC to Immediately Implement court order..... The Campaign for Democracy (CD)  has applauded the decision of a Bayelsa State High court sitting in Yenegoa, ordering the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission, to immediately conduct the local government elections in the state. The CD said the courageous intervention of the judiciary has now cleared every obstacles, formerly impeding the conduct of the elections, as it urge the Bayelsa State government and every other stakeholders, to give the needed support to the state's Independent Electoral Commission, towards a successful conduct of the elections. Speaking through its Deputy President, Comrade Bayo Obatughase in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday, CD said the court decision is expected to enhance the process of taking the dividends of democracy closer to people at the grassroots in Bayelsa State, as the Local government, remains the closest level of government, to the Lagos population of the ci...

...URGES NIGERIANS TO IGNORE HIS CALUMNIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST GOV DICKSON A prominent Socio Cultural Organisation in Bayelsa State, the Ogbia Renaissance, has called on the State Government and the traditional institution to sanction a Second Class Chief, AJ Turner, for partisanship.  Chairman of the group, Mr Obhioru Mitanoni, said that Turner acted contrary to Section 6, Cap C4 òf the Bayelsa State Chieftaincy law when he accompanied a politician to pick a gubernatorial form at the national headquarters of the party in Abuja. Mitanoni said that Turner’s recent activities were unbecoming of the expected conduct of a traditional ruler and should be sanctioned by the state government and the relevant traditional institutions with supervisory responsibilities over the conduct and operations of traditional rulers in the state. The group expressed the alarm that Chief Turner a known ally of Governor Dickson who was made a Second Class tradition ruler by the governor had c...

500 METRIC TON FLOUR MILL BERTHS IN AKWA IBOM A flour mill with a capacity to process 500 metric tons of wheat daily is set to commence test production in Mkpok-Okat, Akwa Ibom State. The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner For Information, Mr Charles Udoh who disclosed this on Wednesday to newsmen in his office said that the company, Kings Flour Mill is one of the results of the public private partnership model adopted by Governor Udom Emmanuel to attract investors to the state. Udoh noted that the factory, which is one of the best of its kind in the country will create direct jobs for the teeming youthful population while also offering an expansive value chain for a lot more people. Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel in May 2017 flagged-off the construction of a flour mill in Mkpok-Okat with the assurances that when the mill begins production, it will have the capacity to employ more than one thousand five hundred youths in the state. Speaking to newsmen after a tour of...

Obey Court Orders, Eschew Impunity and Stay Away From Bauchi State – PDP Govs Forum Tells NASS Following the Bauchi High Court, Monday order restricting the National Assembly from interfering in the leadership crisis in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, the PDP Governors Forum has advised the hierarchy and the entire membership of the National Assembly to abide by the court order and stay away from interfering in the affairs of the House . In a press statement from its Secretariat in Abuja, Chairman of the Forum, Hon. Seriake Dickson (Executive Governor of Bayelsa State) on behalf of his colleague-members called on NASS to comply with the court order: “We also call on the National Assembly to walk back the culture of impunity and lawlessness that is hardening its bite on the polity, and show more respect for the rights of the people.” “Acting otherwise or delaying in respecting the order would represent a direct and serious affront to the rule of law in a democratic government ...

Forwarded GOV DICKSON CONGRATULATES SYLVA ON HIS NOMINATION ...URGES BAYELSAN SENATORS NOT TO OPPOSE HIS CONFIRMATION The Governor òf Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has directed Bayelsa Senators to support the confirmation of former Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva as a minister of the Federal republic. The Governor also congratulated Sylva, his major political opponent in Bayelsa in the past ten years on his selection as a ministerial nominee in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, on Wednesday, He said that he had to call on the senators to support Sylvia’s nomination as minister in the interest of Bayelsa as the Governor of all citizens of the state irrespective of political differences. The Governor recalled that he congratulated former Minister òf Agriculture, Mr. Heineken Lokpibiri, and canvassed similar support for him, when his name was forwarded to the senate in President Buhari’s first tenure. He said that by...

The Igbimo Odo Yoruba's attention has been drawn to a media statement today,  by a faction of the dreaded Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, calling on the Federal Government to arrest former President Olusegun Obasanjo, over comments made by him in his open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday.  We strongly consider this ridiculous call by this faction of the notorious Miyetti Allah group as not only an insult, but a joke taken too far by these characters, who have today become an organization of national security concern to the average Nigerian. We want  to liken the latest call for the arrest of former President Obasanjo to the infamous 30 days ultimatum issued by one of its surrogate organisations known as the Coalition of Northern Group CNG, over issues around the establishment of cattle colonies by the Buhari administration.  We hereby dare the Federal government to arrest President Olusegun Obasanjo and see what will be the...

By Cyril Onoka Bayelsans in Diaspora, a socio-political group, has called for the sustainability of the team spirit canvassed by the state governor, Seriake Dickson. A group which vehemently condemned the recently published stance of the Restoration Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State Chapter and Bayelsa PDP Restoration Foot Soldiers (BPRFS) in the build up to the November 2019 Bayelsa governorship election, said they were unnecessarily heaping moral burden on the governor. The group kicked against the position of Restoration Caucus of the PDP, which on Sunday, through the Governor’s Special Adviser on Political Matters, Mr. Feynman Wilson, sought exclusivity of eligibility for only their members as intending gubernatorial aspirants. In a press statement by Messrs Williams Akpata and Ebikemefa Charles, the group’s National Coordinator and Secretary General respectively, described the group’s position as an illusion and contradiction to the team-sp...

By Admin Some communities in Bayelsa State have described as fraudulent the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMOU) with international oil companies (IOCs) operating in their areas. The oil-bearing communities located in Yenagoa and Ogbia local government areas made the claim during a stakeholders forum organised by the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) in Yenagoa and Ogbia respectively. The commission is holding a week-long interactive engagement with stakeholders in the eight local government areas of the state in order to ascertain the impact of oil spills on the environment, local communities, livelihoods and health of the people. His Royal Majesty, the Ibedaowei of Ekpetiama Kingdom, King Bubaraye Dakolo, in his presentation, said the GMoUs are a fallacy. His words: "The GMoUs are fallacies. The oil companies deceive the communities with these documents and still will not clean up the environment when there is a spill or even provide ...

By Admin The Peoples Democratic Party Youth Network has blamed the unwieldy number of gubernatorial aspirants from  the party on the ambition of former Managing Director òf the Niger Delta Development Commission, Chief Timi Alaibe. The group called on the leadership of the PDP to display tact, caution and maturity to handle the  sensitive issue of the gubernatorial ticket of the PDP in the November 16, governorship election in the state in order to avoid jeopardizing the party’s chances in the election. The Secretary General of the PDPYN, Mr. James Oputin, said that a large number of aspirants unprecedented in the history of the PDP, have besieged the party to indicate interest in the governorship because of the ambition of Alaibe and his movement to the PDP. According to him, the bitterness and growing disenchantment among the members of the Bayelsa PDP about the surreptitious bid to hand over the party to Alaibe was at the root of the incredibly  hig...

...URGES SECONDUS TO BE WARY ÒF DANGEROUS EXTERNAL MANIPULATION  The Peoples Democratic Party Youth Network has warned that it would resist any attempt to hand over the candidacy of the party to politicians who abandoned it for the All Progressive Congress and who were defeated in 2015. The Secretary General of the Group, Mr. James Oputin, said in a statement in Yenagoa on Sunday that any move by the leadership of the PDP to hand over the party to politicians and aspirants who turned their back on the party during critical moments would spell doom for it. Oputin called on the PDP national leadership to thread with caution on the sensitive issue of electing a candidate for the gubernatorial contest in the state in order not to endanger its chances òf retaining political power. He argued that the members of the PDP Youth Network who are spread across the state are alarmed by an emergent alliance of those who have been fighting the government since 2012 and APC returnees who they ...

The Governor òf Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated the Secretary to the Government òf the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, on his reappointment. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, quoted the Governor as having described the reappointment of Boss Mustapha as as well deserved in a statement on Saturday. He said that it was a fact that the SGF carried out the vast responsibilities of his exalted office effortlessly with respect and dignity. He commended the President for finding him worthy of being reappointed for a second term which according to him, indicated an appreciation of the good work of the SGF. The Governor said that it was his wish that the SGF would continue to succeed in this particular assignment and other endeavors in the future. He said, “I hereby congratulate Mr. Boss Mustapha, on his reappointment as the Secretary to the Government òf the Federation. “This particular appointment...

Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Seriake Dickson has said that monies voted for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are being channelled to fund the elections of ruling political parties in the country. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei. quoted the Governor as saying that  the development has hampered the Commission's capacity to actualize its mandate to bring development to oil producing communities. The Governor made the comment while receiving the Acting Managing Director òf the NDDC, Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, and a high-powered team from the commission at the Government House, Yenagoa, on Friday. The Governor said that that the use of NDDC funds for election and reasibs other than what they were voted for, was unfortunate and should be a thing of concern to leaders of the Zone. The Governor joined the NDDC Acting MD to demand the payment of the N1.9 trillion being owed the Commission to enable it to carry out its ...

...SAYS IT IS PROVOCATIVE, DIVISIVE, UNHELPFUL The Governor òf Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has urged the Federal Government to cancel the controversial RUGA policy. The Governor said that the policy of RUGA settlement was inimical to national unity and cohesion describing it as provocative, divisive and unhelpful. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, on Thursday, quoted the Governor as having made the comment while speaking on the first day of the interdenominational prayer and fasting service for the 2019 Gubernatorial election in the state on Wednesday night. He said that Bayelsa under his leadership would not give out any inch of its territory for the establishment of any such RUGA settlement as proposed by the Federal Government. He stressed that any move to grab land in the state for the purpose of building RUGA settlement would be challenged. He suggested that those involved in cattle b...

·  Assures citizens that the Police will do the right thing The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM,mni has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault on a female Nigerian by Senator Abbo Elisha. Specifically, the IGP directed the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, CP Bala Ciroma to provide a personal and round-the-clock supervision of every facet of the investigation, including the Forensic analysis of the video currently in circulation as well as the actions/inactions of the Policeman seen in the video footage. The IGP, while assuring citizens of utmost professionalism by the Police in the handling of the matter, promised that the Force will ensure that justice is manifestly done in this case irrespective of whose ox is gored. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Bala Ciroma has already established contact with the victim of the assault and has com...

Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has charged the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) to continue to promote national peace, stability and inclusiveness for the overall development of the country. Governor Dickson stated this on Tuesday when he received the executive and members of the Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI) led by former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, at Government House, Yenagoa. His Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as saying that it was imperative to proffer solutions to the problems that Nigeria is currently grappling with. He also expressed confidence that if all Nigerians work collectively with sincerity of purpose, a cohesive, stable and peaceful Nigeria can be achieved. His words: "We need to find solutions to the challenges that our nation currently faces; the challenge of building a unified national vision and agenda....

The Bayelsa State Government has described as sad and unfortunate the fire incident that happened on Tuesday morning at the state owned radio station, Glory FM (Radio Bayelsa) 97.1 in Yenagoa. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson told newsmen when he visited the station that the incident was a major setback to the government and people of Bayelsa State. Iworiso-Markson who was accompanied by some members of the state media team said being one of the most formidable medium to disseminate information, the incident would affect the government and the people. He however assured that everything will be done within the shortest time to ensure the station comes back on air and appealed for calm from the staff, loyal listeners and clients of the radio station. "Its an unfortunate situation and we feel sad about it but nevertheless we have to move on. We will do what we can to bring the station back on air. Its a pride to the state an...