Category: Bayelsa

With Saturday fast approaching, Ijaw Youths in the Niger Delta region have come out strong to defend their only homogeneous Ijaw state, Bayelsa, from external infiltration and invasion. This comes as the organizer of the Yenagoa rally, George Turnah, has raised alarm over a threat to his life following his decision to forge ahead with […]

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, on Saturday condemned the attack on the Tebedaba-Brass trunkline in Brass Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa State by unknown vandals. Lokpobiri, who vowed that the security agencies and surveillance contractors would track down those responsible for the criminal act, also charged communities to […]

The high court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital, has restrained supporters of Nyesom Wike from holding a rally in the state pending the determination of a motion on notice. The rally in honour of Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has been slated for April 12. I.A Uzakah, the presiding judge, on […]

Proposes Remediation, Global Sanction For Polluters. Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has again taken his campaign against environmental degradation and the impact of climate change on communities in the Niger Delta to the international arena. The Bayelsa governor on Monday advocated for the imposition of sanctions on polluters of the environment as well […]

… as Gov. Diri signs Harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers Law, 2025 A new law to extend the retirement age of teachers in primary and secondary schools in Bayelsa State to 65 years has been signed by Governor Douye Diri. Governor Diri who signed the Law on Monday, March 10, 2025 in his office followed […]

… as Gov. Diri assures project will not suffer funding, admonishes civil servants to reciprocate gesture. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dame (Mrs.) Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has performed the groundbreaking/foundation laying of the construction of iconic 9-storey secretariat complex for civil servants in Bayelsa State. Governor Douye Diri, in his remark, […]

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State on Saturday advocated increment in the derivation fund for crude oil producing states from 13 percent to 30 percent, insisting that 13 percent is deprivation. Senator Diri stated this while commissioning the Onuebum-Otuoke Road in Ogbia Local Government Area and Legislator’s Quarters (New Yenagoa City G.R.A) in Yenagoa Local […]

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has stated that the government has concluded arrangement for the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Ekeremor-Agge road, as part of activities to mark the 5th anniversary of the prosperity government. Governor Diri who stated this at the 152nd executive council meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, said same […]