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Three frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in Bayelsa State have pledged that their administration would give priority consideration to sports development. The aspirants, Senator Douye Diri, Dr. Nimibofa Ayawei and Barr. Kemela Okara, who are all seeking the sole ticket of their party to contest the November 16 governorship election, made the promise when organisers of the Restoration Cup presented the tournament’s branded jerseys to them. The Tournament Director, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, who is also Special Adviser to the Bayelsa Governor on Public Affairs, quoted Senator Diri as saying that as a former Commissioner for Sports in the state, it is expected that sports would be prioritised when he becomes governor. PDP Governorship Aspirant, Sen. Douye Diri, (middle); flanked by the Director General of the Restoration Cup Football Tournament, Mr. Ono K. Akpe (right); and Restoration Cup Tournament Director, Hon. Daniel Alabrah, during the official presenta...

... AS DICKSON LAUNCHES CANCER FOUNDATION IN MEMORY OF LATE MOTHER ...FG PROMISES TO SUPPORT FOUNDATION Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, former Presidents Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, and former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar have advocated concerted action against the spread of cancer in the country. The nation’s leaders spoke on Thursday at the official launch of the Henry Seriake Dickson Foundation and ground breaking ceremony of the Goldcoast Dickson Cancer Centre at Toru Orua, Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa state. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei said, they all commended Governor Seriake Dickson for taking the initiative to fight cancer through emphasis on early detection and treatment and pledged to support the foundation. Represented by Minister designate, Dr. Chris Ngige, President Buhari described the establishment of the centre as a step in the right direction designed to prev...

Organisers of the third edition of the Governor Henry Seriake Dickson Football Tournament otherwise known as the Restoration  Cup have said that the competition will resume on Friday, August 9, 2019. The Tournament Director, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, who disclosed this in a press release issued on Monday, said the tournament was briefly put on hold due to some logistics challenges. Alabrah added that heavy rainfall also rendered some of the pitches unconducive for good football. "Apart from the pitch at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex, which is of international standard, most other pitches slated for matches got waterlogged due to the heavy rainfall this year. We had no choice than to suspend matches due to logistics and other challenges that we had to contend with," he said. Alabrah commended the centre coordinators, team sponsors and managers as well as the players for their understanding and patience. He explained further that matches will commence in all the other c...

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...