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Feb192022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Yemi Osinbajo Flags Off Southern Ijaw Link Bridge *VP Commends Gov Diri on Projects Continuity

Sixty years after it was conceptualised, history was made on Saturday as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo flagged off a strategic bridge linking the riverine Oporoma, the headquarters of the largest local government area in Nigeria, Southern Ijaw, in Bayelsa State. The flag-off, which was held at Angiama community, was preceded by a historic drive on the Yenagoa-Oporoma-Ukubie road, which construction has reached Angiama. Vice President Osinbajo commended Governor Diri for continuing projects that predated his administration, saying the 36km Yenagoa-Oporoma-Ukubie road was significant as it will improve the economy of the people and reduce the incidence of sea piracy. He noted that the partnership between the federal and state governments was working as evidenced in the refund of mone...

Feb82022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Tin Can Customs Chief booted out as Hameed Ali anounces shake up

Port News, Press Release

Area Controller of Customs, Tin Can Island,Mr MBA Musa , one of the longest serving area Controllerds , is among 37 officers redeployed in a major shake up announced by the Comptroller General of Customs Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd.). In all , no fewer than 37 Comptrollers were affected in the deployments announced in Abuja yesterday. Hameed Ali while announcing the changes charged the newly posted Comptrollers to justify the confidence reposed in them by bringing their years of experience and training in trade facilitation and anti-smuggling activities to bear on their new assignment. Among those deployed are Comptroller AAS Oloyede who shall be moving from ICT/MOD to Tin Can Island Port Command, Comptroller SI Bomoi to FCT Command, while Comptroller Joseph Oboshi Attah will assume...

Jan282022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Otuokpoti Monarch’s Dethronement Stands, Says Gov Diri

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said despite protest from some quarters, the removal of the paramount ruler of Otuokpoti community in Ogbia Local Government Area, Chief Cousin Wongo, is irrevocable. Governor Diri, on Monday, announced the monarch's dethronement as well as the removal of the community development committee chairman and its youth president as a result of their complicity in the kidnap of the Commissioner for Trade, Industry and Investment, Mr. Federal Otokito, from his residence in the community. Mr. Otokito, however, regained his freedom on Monday after his abductors inflicted severe injuries on him. Speaking during a reception at Otuokpoti shortly after commissioning a Divisional Police Station constructed by the Ogbia council chairman, Ebiyon Turn...

Jan242022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

I’ll Ensure My Kidnapped Commissioner Is Released Unhurt — Gov Diri

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has assured that no stone would be left unturned to ensure the release of his Trade and Investment Commissioner, Mr. Federal Otokito, who was kidnapped a few days ago. The governor called for his immediate and unconditional release by his abductors, stressing that the state's laws against kidnapping would be followed to the letter against them. Mr. Otokito was kidnapped last Thursday night from his residence in Otuokpoti, his hometown in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. Speaking on Sunday at the 12th Kolokuma-Opokuma Thanksgiving Day in Sampou, his community, Governor Diri insisted that the state government will not pay a dime as ransom for his release. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted him ...

Jan162022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

WE DARE YOU TO EXTEND YOUR TENURE BEYOND APRIL 2022 AS ANLCA PRESIDENT….THREE WISEMEN

News Feature, Press Release

President of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, Hon Tony Iju Nwabunike, has been warned of the dire consequences should he go ahead with his plot to elongate his 4 year tenure by 365 days . Tony Iju Nwabunike was sworn in on April 14, 2020 for a 4year tenure as President of ANLCA. But at a joint Exclusive Interview last week in Port Harcourt ,the three WISEMEN insisted that Tony Iju's tenure would expire in April this year. The trio lead by Alhaji Taiwo Mustapha , Chairman BoT, Chief Ernest Elochukwu,a former President of ANLCA and Chief Emenike Nwokeoji an immediate past Vice President of ANLCA, have dared the Tony Iju led NECO not to extend their tenure beyond April this year. The Tony Iju led NECON is relying on the resolution of a General Meeting of the Association he...

Jan102022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Diri: Only PDP Can Rescue Nigeria *Party’s Governors Must Work Together, Says Wike

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, and his Rivers State counterpart, Chief Nyesom Wike, have said the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) producing the President of Nigeria in 2023 was very bright. Both governors spoke on Monday when Wike visited Diri at the Government House in Yenagoa. The Bayelsa governor said only the PDP can rescue Nigeria from its present state of insecurity and economic woes. Diri, who described the presidency as a sacred office, said the party has been repositioned to ensure it wins the presidency in the 2023 general election. A press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying that the PDP was the only party with the pedigree to give Nigerians hope and a sense of direction. He said: "The presidenc...

Jan42022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Dickson A Political Strategist, Says Diri *Bayelsa Gov Reveals Predecessor’s Role In His Political Journey

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, went down memory lane on his political journey with his predecessor, Senator Seriake Dickson, describing the latter as a political strategist. Governor Diri stated this when he received the Senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District in his hometown, Sampou, in Kolokuma/ Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. The governor recalled how both of them began their political journey serving in past civilian administrations in the state except one. His Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, in a statement, quoted the governor as saying that their long-standing relationship was of a mutual brotherly bond. Diri emphasised that his predecessor had always been instrumental in his political successes and recalled that hi...

Jan22022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

NANS, IYC, Others Present Most Youth-Friendly Governor Award To Diri

News Feature, Press Release

A coalition of youth groups has commended the disposition of Governor Douye Diri towards development of the youths. The youth organisations, who presented the Most Youth-Friendly Governor Award in the Niger Delta Region to Senator Diri at his country in Sampou at the weekend, said the Bayelsa governor has re-defined youth engagement in less than two years in office with the number of young persons appointed into his government. The coalition known as the Eminent Youths and Students Leaders in Bayelsa State comprises of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Niger Delta University (NDU) Alumni Association, Bayelsa Comrades Family, National Union of Bayelsa State Students (NUBSS) and the National Association of Nigerian Students. Others are the Young Lawyers Forum, Bayelsa Young Lecturers Fo...

Dec312021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri Signs N314.4bn Appropriation Bill Into Law

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Thursday, signed into law the state's 2022 Appropriation Bill, which was passed by the House of Assembly. Governor Diri assented to the bill in his office in Government House, Yenagoa in the presence of the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Abraham Ingobere, his deputy, Michael Ogbere, the House Leader, Monday Bubou, other principal officers of the assembly and top government functionaries. Governor Diri had in October presented to the assembly the bill tagged "Budget of Sustainable Growth" of N310,717,608,362. Speaker of the assembly, Abraham Ingobere, however, explained that the original figure was increased by N3,747,410,619. The governor expressed happiness that the budget was spee...

Dec232021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bello Koko appoints Seven General Managers at Nigerian Ports Authority …Ibrahim Nasir promoted General Manager Corporate Communications

News Feature, Press Release

The Nigerian Ports Authority has announced the appointment of some senior staff, 7 as General Managers and 10 as Assistant General Managers. This is in line with the Management’s commitment to employees’ motivation and service excellence. The new General Managers includes Moltok Josephine Adar, formerly the Asst. General Manager - Overseas Office is now General Manager Servicom; Ahmad M. Umar, formerly the Asst. General Manager Accounts now General Manager Human Resources; Sheidu-Shabi Khadija Ife, formerly the Asst. General Manager Environment now General Manager MD’s Office; and Ngini Chukwuma, formerly Asst. General Manager Facility Management is now the General Manager, Lands and Asset Administration. Others are former Asst. General Manager, Corporate & Strategic Communicatio...