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Sep292023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Breaking: Tinubu plots Hadiza’s Return as MD NPA…

As El Rufai pays Surprise visit to Oyetola. Indications have emerged that the disgraced former Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman, who was kicked out of office by fmr President Muhammadu Buhari, may be on her way back to office as Chief Executive Officer of the NPA. Usually dependable sources confirmed to our Magazine that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been under intense pressure from former Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State to have her return to her duty post, more than two years after she was sacked for financial impropriety. A source who confided in Shipping World magazine said it all looks certain for Hadiza Bala Usman to secure another term at the NPA, following an understanding between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and El Rufai to use this appo...

Sep262023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa Poll: CAN Backs Gov Diri

News Feature, Politics, Religion

Bayelsa State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has endorsed the second term bid of Governor Douye Diri in the November 11 governorship election in the state. CAN made its stand known at a one-day interactive session with the governor at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Swali, Yenagoa, on Monday. The state CAN chairman, Very Rev. Father Joseph Opelema, said the body was impressed by the governor’s performance in infrastructure development in the last three and a half years and wants him to continue. The Christian organisation said the state needed a God-fearing leader to pilot its affairs, and that Diri fits its choice. It also noted that the governor has given the state a ray of hope through his commitment to prayers, support for the church and developmen...

Sep252023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

We Expect Peaceful Bayelsa Poll, Says US Consulate-General Gov. Diri: Let The People’s Will Prevail On November 11

News Feature, Politics

The United States Consulate-General in Nigeria has said they were monitoring activities in Bayelsa State ahead of the November 11 governorship election and expect that it will be peaceful and credible. The consulate’s Political/Economic Section Chief, Mr. Mike Ervin, stated this on Monday during a courtesy visit to Governor Douye Diri at the Government House, Yenagoa. Ervin said the delegation was in the state to monitor the activities because the United States was a partner of the Nigerian government in the conduct of elections. He said: “As you well know, the United States is a fundamental partner of the Nigerian government in the conduct of elections. We are friends and we learn from one another when it comes to democracy and how democracy can thrive. "We are also here to see ...

Sep192023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Nov 11 Poll: Gov Diri Urges Appointees, PDP Members To Defend Democracy

Politics

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has charged his appointees and members of the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) to stand firm in defence of democracy during the November 11 governorship election in the state. The Bayelsa governor also called on local and international lovers of democracy to show keen interest in the forthcoming elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states in order to ensure a free, fair and transparent process. His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said in a statement that Senator Diri spoke at a meeting of the PDP state working committee at its secretariat in Yenagoa and at another meeting with his appointees at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall in the Government House. The governor expressed the optimism that with the Independent National Elec...

Sep122023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Former Bayelsa Legislators Endorse Gov Diri For Second Term

News Feature, Politics

Former legislators in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly have endorsed Governor Douye Diri’s bid for a second term in office. The ex-lawmakers under the aegis of the Bayelsa Former Legislators Forum passed a vote of confidence in Senator Diri during a courtesy visit to Government House, Yenagoa, on Tuesday. A former Speaker of the House of Assembly, Dr. Boyelayefa Debekeme, moved the governor’s endorsement motion and was seconded by a former Speaker and acting governor of the state, Chief Werinipre Seibarugu. The forum comprises Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) members. In his remarks, chairman of the forum, Robert Enogha, commended Senator Diri’s exemplary leadership style, which he said has engendered peace, stability and development of the ...

Aug272023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Nov 11 Poll: I Won’t Spill Blood To Retain Governorship Seat – Diri *Provides Relief Materials For Displaced Bassambiri Indigenes

News Feature, Politics

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has vowed that he will not spill blood to retain his office ahead of the November 11 governorship election in the state. Governor Diri made the vow at Ogbolomabiri after assessing the security situation in neighbouring Bassambiri in Nembe Local Government Area of the state on Saturday. Men of the police Strategic Weapons and Tactical (SWAT) team and some non-state actors in military camouflage on August 12 invaded Bassambiri community on the orders of the Acting Inspector General of Police. Some persons suffered gunshot injuries as a result of the invasion while many others were displaced. Addressing the displaced Bassambiri indigenes at the King Koko Square at Ogbolomabiri, the governor said anyone who sacrifices the lives of ...

Aug232023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Ministerial Appointment: Gov. Diri Congratulates Lokpobiri

News Feature, Politics

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has congratulated the newly appointed Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri. Governor Diri in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, described Lokpobiri as an illustrious son of Bayelsa with deep experience in public service. He said he is confident that given his track record, Lokpobiri will steer the ministry towards greatness. The governor further said his administration will support and cooperate with the Minister to attract the needed development to Bayelsa for the benefit of the people. He said: “On behalf of the Government of Prosperity and the people of Bayelsa State, I extend my warmest congratulations to a worthy son of our state, Distinguished Senato...

May102023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Court of Appeal: Names All 5 Judges to Determine Obi, Atiku’s Petitions Against Tinubu (Full Profiles)

Law, Politics

The court of appeal has unveiled the five justices to sit over the presidential election petitions of the candidate of the People's Democratic Party PDP Atiku Abubakar and candidate of the Labour Party, LP Peter Obi against the victory of the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 presidential election. 1. Hon. Justice Haruna Simon TSAMMANI (Chairman) Born on 23rd November 1959, he hails from Tafawa Balewa LGA of Bauchi State. Tsammani obtained his LL.B degree from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1982. He attended the Nigerian Law School, Lagos for his BL in 1983. He was appointed a Judge of the High Court of Bauchi State on 17th September 1998 and later elevated to the Court of Appeal on July 16, 2010. He served as the Chairman of the...

Apr262023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

APC Youth Leader, Others Defect To PDP As Thousands March For Diri’s Second Term

News Feature, Politics

Thousands of youths, on Wednesday, took to the major roads of Yenagoa in a solidarity walk in support of the re-election bid of Governor Douye Diri. The youths from the eight local government areas of the state walked a distance of more than 10 kilometres from the popular Tombia roundabout to the Peace Park opposite the Government House. A prominent APC youth leader in the state, Gifted Natus, also led scores of defectors to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as part of the re-election walk for the governor. Speaking on their behallf, Natus said they decided to join Governor Diri’s Prosperity Family because in the last three years under his watch, Bayelsa State has been politically stable and peaceful. He noted that the leadership of their former party dampened their hopes and ...

Apr122023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Nov 11 Poll: Diri Emerges PDP Governorship Candidate

Politics

Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State, has emerged candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. Senator Diri clinched the ticket on Wednesday with a total of 305 votes as sole aspirant of the party out of 313 votes cast during the primaries, which took place at the Dr. Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre in Yenagoa. Addressing the delegates and party stakeholders, chairman of the PDP Electoral Panel and Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, said Diri having satisfied the statutory requirements of the primaries was declared winner. In his remarks before the exercise, Senator Adeleke called for a peaceful conduct of the process in accordance with the party's constitution and relevant provisions of the c...