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Feb102021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov. Diri Receives Senator, Ex-Reps, APC, YDP Defectors *Solicits IPAC’s Collaboration

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the political class in the state to shun politics of hate in the interest of development of the state. Speaking in Government House, Yenagoa, when he received defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Young Democratic Party (YDP) on Tuesday evening, Governor Diri said the only way they can benefit from creation of the state is to unite for the purpose of development. The defectors include former Nigerian Ambassador to Venezuela, Senator Felix Oboro as well as former members of the House of Representatives namely Hon. Bolous Indiamaowei, Hon. Mike Epengule and Hon. Graham Ipigansi, who are all returning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from APC. A statement by the governor's Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Al...

Feb52021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov. Diri Commends Firm For Bayelsa United Kitting Deal *State Football Teams To Get New Boards

News Feature, Sports

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has commended a Nigerian sports management company, XO Sports, for its kitting deal for the state-owned Bayelsa United Football Club. Governor Diri said he was excited that a young Nigerian entrepreneur, Mr. Luper Anaka, was behind the deal to kit the team at no cost to the state government. The governor gave the commendation in Government House, Yenagoa, when the Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Daniel Igali, presented the official kits of Bayelsa United to him. In a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel, he called on multinational oil companies and corporate organisations to take over the sponsorship of sports as government ownership of teams was no longer fashionable. He noted that for sporting ac...

Feb42021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa Executive, Legislature Relationship Cordial – Gov. Diri

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said he enjoys a cordial and collaborative relationship with the state legislature since he assumed office almost a year ago. Governor Diri stated this in Asaba, Delta State, on Wednesday while declaring open a three-day special retreat for state legislators with the theme: "Building Capacity For An Impactful Legislature." He called on members of the 6th House of Assembly to focus on the training in order to enhance their legislative duties and foster better working relationship among the three arms of government. The governor in a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, urged the assembly members not to see the retreat as a tea party but an exercise to enable them effectively perform their functions. He li...

Feb12021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Stakeholders Demand Better Federal Presence In Bayelsa Buhari Govt Will Do More – Sylva We Deserve Full Cabinet Position – Gov. Diri

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, joined other key stakeholders to demand better federal government's presence to fast track overall development of the state. The stakeholders made the call during a Special Town Hall Meeting organised by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in conjunction with the state government at the Chief Harold Dappa Biriye Conference Centre in Yenagoa. They called on the federal government to revisit the abandoned federal secretariat and housing projects among other federal infrastructure lacking in the state. In their presentation, chairman of the Central Zone, Ijaw Youth Council, Clever Inodu, and the council's spokesman, Ebilade Ekerefe, stressed that constructive engagement of the youths was vital to sustaining the peace and securit...

Jan292021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri Constitutes Committee On NDU ASUU, HIJAC Demands

Education, News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has set up a special committee to look into the demands of the Association of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Niger Delta University (NDU) chapter as well as that of the Higher Institutions Joint Action Committee (HIJAC) in the state in order to address them. Senator Diri, who inaugurated the committee on Friday in Government House, Yenagoa, when he met separately with both bodies, expressed his administration's preparedness to ensure peaceful resolution of the welfare issues affecting staff of the state-owned higher institutions. In a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, the governor was quoted as mandating members of the committee to look into their demands and submit its report within two weeks. ...

Jan282021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Mohammed Bello Koko- The man who wants Hadiza Bala Usman’s job?

Maritime, Port News

The tussle which dogged the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, under the Chairmanship of Chief Olabode George which ultimately sent some members to jail may be rearing its head again. Rumour had it then that Capt. Olu Abidoye, then Executive Director Marine and Operations was at daggers drawn with Architect Aminu Dabo who served as Managing Director. Abidoye, basking in his core professional competence was believed to be angling to succeed Aminu Dabo, thereby creating all manner of bottlenecks to frustrate the Dabo management and paint it in bad light and inefficient in a bid to ease his way to the leadership of the Authority. Ironically, all that resulted in a boomerang as they all ultimately lost their positions and ended up in jail! A similar scenario seems to be playin...

Jan252021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

EXCLUSIVE : Here are the many sins of Hadiza Bala Usman as compiled by Shipping World Magazine

Port News

Here are the many sins of Hadiza Bala Usman, who would be in the saddle at Nigerian Ports Authority for 10 years, as compiled by Shipping World Magazine: Alleged Corrupt Practices * Cancelling running stevedoring contracts and awarding same to self and acolytes for 10 years; * Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects that are supposed to serve as Palliatives for communities impacted by port operations , she has turned into a jamboree and avenue for indiscriminate award of inflated contracts at all locations, especially in the North * The Palliatives intended to assist Internally Displaced Persons turned into an avenue for contract awards at exhorbitant cost. * PBT approved the purchase of Toyota Coaster staff buses but chinese made buses were supplied. Ditto for ambula...

Jan252021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

NIMASA, AMNESTY OFFICE PARTNER TO CURB MARITIME

Maritime

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has declared its intention to work in partnership with the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the fight against piracy and other crimes in the country’s maritime domain. Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this in Abuja during a working visit to the interim Sole Administrator of PAP, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd.). Jamoh underscored the importance of collaboration among relevant agencies and communities in the quest for maritime security, saying, “We should be working together in partnership to help us appreciate and evaluate the challenges from our various perspectives and collectively come up with solutions that would work for all of us, and the country at large. “Security problems more often ...

Jan252021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

HADIZA BALA USMAN’S TENURE ELONGATION: GROUP THREATENS COURT ACTION *The Gen Abdulsalami Connection.

Breaking News, Maritime, Press Release

A group of concerned stakeholders in the maritme sector which calls itself The Maritime Advocacy Initiative have threatened to institute a legal action against the Federal Government if the Presidency failed to reverse what it called an attempt to elongate the tenure Hadiza Bala Usman through the back door. The 5 year tenure of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority would expire in June The group said in a statement in Lagos obtained exclusively by Shipping World that whereas Mr President reserves the right to appoint anyone of his choice into a public office as enshrined in the 1999 constitution as ammended, renewing her tenure five months before its expiration makes the exercise of that power a nullity. Spokesman for the group, Capt Ishola Kehinde asked rhet...

Jan212021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Petitions flood ANLCA National Secretariat over Third Term Ambition of Mike Ebeatu, Onne Chapter

News Feature, Press Release

More petitions have flooded the National Secretariat of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents,ANLCA, over the purported third term bid of Mike Mr Mike Ebeatu who is seeking to contest the Chairmanship position at the Onne Seaport chapter . The latest in the series of petitions is from one Chief Ogbuotulugo, a major Stakeholder in the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) which has been addressed to the National Leadership and relevant stakeholders over the Third Term ambition of Mr Ebeatu, a two-term Chairman of Oil & Gas Free Trade Zone, Onne Chapter. The petition was copied to all NECOM Members, all BoT Members, all Patrons and National Leaders. The petitioner stated that Mr. Mike Ebeatu who had served as two-term of six years as Chairman of Onne...