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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 const...

Mar212023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

PDP Clears Diri For Bayelsa Governorship Election

News Feature, Politics

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Screening Committee for Bayelsa State on Tuesday screened and cleared Senator Douye Diri for the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. The screening exercise took place at the PDP headquarters in Abuja. Senator Diri, who is the incumbent governor of the state, was the only aspirant from the party that picked the PDP nomination and expression of interest forms for the November poll. Chairman of the screening committee and Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, said the panel screened Governor Diri in line with guidelines of the party and as stipulated in the Electoral Law. Shaibu said the Bayelsa helmsman met all the requirements of the party for the election. He said: “We have checked the documents of...

Feb282023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri Faults LP Chair On Election Manipulation Claim

News Feature, Politics

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described as false a claim by the Labour Party (LP) National Chairman, Mr. Julius Abure, that the declared results of last Saturday’s election were taken to the Government House in Yenagoa and manipulated. Mr Abure alleged that the presidential and National Assembly elections results were manipulated in the Government House of Bayelsa and two other states. The LP chairman made the claim during a joint press conference with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Abuja on Tuesday following the controversy over the presidential election results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Dismissing the statement as false and lacking substance, Governor Diri exonerated Bayels...

Feb252023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Governor Diri Tasks INEC On Logistics Challenges *Advocates Electronic Voting

Misc, News Feature, Politics

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has blamed poor logistics arrangements on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the delay in commencement of voting across the state in Saturday’s election. Senator Diri, who stated this after casting his vote alongside his wife, Dr. Gloria, at ward 6 unit 4 (Kalama-owei wari) in Sampou Community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area about 10:30am, urged INEC to address the logistics challenges. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as calling on INEC to extend the voting period to accommodate those who were delayed as a result of the logistics delay. He, however, lauded the performance of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and advocated that Nigeria...

Dec22022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

SEN DICKSON, ALAIBE ENDORSE NDIOMU, DECLARE SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY PROGRAMME •••THANK PRESIDENT BUHARI, NSA FOR HIS APPOINTMENT ••• URGE STAKEHOLDERS TO BACK HIM

News Feature, Politics

Former Governor of Bayelsa State, and Senator representing Bayelsa West, Senator Henry Seriake and former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Chief Timi Alaibe, have declared support for the the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Maj Gen Barry Ndiomu. The two prominent Niger Delta leaders said that they have confidence in the ability of Ndiomu to run the Amnesty Office effectively to the benefit of the region, the appointing authority and the country. Senator Dickson and Chief Alaibe spoke shortly after a meeting at the residence of the Senator at his Maitama residence, Abuja, on Friday morning. They thanked President Mohammadu Buhari and the National Security Adviser Abbagana Monguno, for the appointment of Ndiomu to pilot the af...

Nov82022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri Presents 2023 Budget Proposal Of N385.2bn

News Feature, Politics

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, presented a N385,211,578,924 Appropriation Bill for the 2023 fiscal year to the House of Assembly for consideration. Presenting the proposal tagged: "Budget of Sustainable Growth and Reconstruction," at the assembly, Senator Diri said it was hinged on a six-pronged agenda, which include continuous building of infrastructure and reconstruction of such infrastructure that had been severely degraded by the floods. He also said the civil service would be made more professional as well as transform the agricultural sector to be an essential contributor to the state’s economy and generate employment through various empowerment programmes. Senator Diri stated that while his administration continues to engage the federal government fo...

Oct222022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Peter Obi shocked at lack of Federal Presence in Bayelsa *Says State Needs Urgent Help

Politics, Press Release

Former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr. Obi said flying into the state in a chopper gave him a better aerial view of the situation and that the state needs urgent help. Obi spoke on Saturday in Yenagoa, the state capital, when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Douye Diri at the Government House before they both visited internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the Oxbow Lake Pavilion camp in Yenagoa. He lamented the hardship experienced by people of the state as a result of the floods and wondered why the federal government had not sent a high-powered delegation to the state with a view to providing assistance for the people. While calling on the federal government to declare an emergency over the flooding in par...

Oct102022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

PDP ‘Crisis’ Over Soon – Gov Diri

News Feature, Politics

Bayelsa state Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has expressed the conviction that the feud within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would soon become a thing of the past. Senator Diri stated this on Sunday during the PDP South-South Zonal Stakeholders meeting at the Ibom Hall in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State ahead of the party’s presidential campaign flag-off on Monday. The Bayelsa governor, who described the PDP as a big family that has held sway in the South-South geo-political zone, noted that in such large families there were bound to be disagreements. His words: "South-South is the only zone that has a preponderance of PDP governors. Therefore, it should be the zone to kick-off the PDP presidential campaign. “We have also been lucky to produce the vice presidential candidate. "PDP ...

Sep252022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Our Projects Not Shrouded In Secrecy – Bayelsa Govt

News Feature, Politics

We have read the scurrilous claims, circulating largely online, by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Perekeme Kpodoh, against the government of His Excellency Senator Douye Diri. In the report, Chief Kpodoh alleged that the cost of projects being executed by the Bayelsa State government was shrouded in secrecy and that the contractors were unknown. One leg of this claim is laughable. Contractors and even consultants involved in a road or building project are often displayed on boards at project sites. Only those with ocular issues or bent on mischief cannot see them. The road, building and other projects undertaken by the Governor Diri administration, which Kpodoh could not deny, are clearly visible and not done under the cover of darkness. But, importantly...

Aug62022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

SEN KWAKWANSO TO UNVEIL NNPP’s Maritime Agenda …

Maritime, News Feature, Politics

Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People's Party, Sen Rabiu Kwankwaso along with other party stalwarts is set to storm Lagos to unveil its maritime agenda. The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) will be making history as the first ever political party in the country to present a maritime agenda to Nigerians prior to a general election. A statement by Prime Maritime Project, promoters of the event disclosed that so because the party considers that deserves priority attention of the NNPP Consequently, the party’s presidential flag bearer, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, alongside his running mate, Bishop Isaac Idahosa, and other party stalwarts will storm Lagos on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 for that purpose, the statement signed by Mr Kingsley Anaroke, Prime Maritime Project Director of...