Bayelsa House of Assembly has given approval to Gov. Douye Diri’s request to appoint additional 12 Special Advisers. The House, which resumed from recess on Wednesday, received three correspondences from the Executive, including the governor’s request for an approval to…
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Monday, swore in 14 new commissioners and the newly-elected chairmen of the eight local government councils in the state. The governor also swore in the chairman of the state Board of Internal Revenue, Mr…
By Bassey Williams, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Governor, Sen. Douye Diri has tasked the new management of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to prioritize the development of host communities and also improve on the performance of their…
The Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate in Bayelsa, Udengs Eradiri, has approached the election petition tribunal, seeking the disqualifications of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate, Senator Douye Diri, and his APC counterpart, Chief Timipre Sylva. Eradiri, who rejected the…
The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri of allegedly pressuring the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest and prosecute Timipre Sylva over “trumped up charges” from the…
The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Tuesday said Ex-Gov. Seriake Dickson of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) deserves credit for his work on the Sagbama-Ekeremor road project. Sylva applauded Dickson, who…
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his heartfelt condolences to Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa over the passing of his father, Abraham at 88. The president, in a condolence message by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Monday in Abuja also…
Gov. Doure Diri of Bayelsa on Wednesday inaugurated its first electronic court filing system, to quicken the process of litigation and administration of justice. Diri, who launched the new filing system at the re-modelled State High Court complex at Onopa,…
Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri, has denied knowing a South African parliamentarian, Zanele Sifuba, who accused him of leaking her nude video. The governor said he does not know, let alone have contact with Sifuba, who is currently facing the…
The Bayelsa State government has earmarked N77.92 billion to tackle flooding and other infrastructural projects, representing 20 percent of the proposed N385.2b total budget for its 2023 fiscal year. Governor Douye Diri disclosed on Monday that the budget, themed, ‘Budget…
