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BAYELSA FLOODS:Atiku Donates N6m to each Local Council

BAYELSA FLOODS:Atiku Donates N6m to each Local Council

News Feature, Press Release
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has donated the sum of N50 million to flood victims in Bayelsa State, which translates to about N6.25m per each of the eight Council areas of the state. Speaking at Government House, Yenagoa, during a sympathy visit Gov Douye Diri Tuesday, Atiku said the donation was his token to support the recovery process of those affected by the flood. Describing the disaster as disheartening, he lamented its effect on the lives and economy of people of the state and called on the Federal Government and public-spirited individuals and organizations to support Bayelsa in this difficult moment. The former Vice President advocated the setting up of an independent flood disaster relief fund that will provide succo...
Gov. Diri Laments Flood Devastation In Bayelsa *Presents Cash Gifts To Communities

Gov. Diri Laments Flood Devastation In Bayelsa *Presents Cash Gifts To Communities

News Feature
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has bemoaned the devastation of property and the hardship visited on people of the state by flood. Governor Diri, on Thursday, undertook an on-the-spot assessment of the flood situation in some communities and described it as very dire. The governor, who was accompanied by the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Solomon Agwana, the Commissioner for Environment and chairman of the Task Force on Flood Mitigation and Management, Mr. Eselema Gbaranbiri, his Works and Information counterparts, Moses Teibowei and Ayibaina Duba respectively as well as other top government functionaries, made stops at Tungbo, Sagbama town and Adagbabiri, all in Sagbama Local Government Area. He also visited Odi and Kaiama communities in Kolok...
PDP ‘Crisis’ Over Soon – Gov Diri

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 ...
May God Forgive Those Planning To Continue Buhari’s Legacies – Wike

May God Forgive Those Planning To Continue Buhari’s Legacies – Wike

News Feature, Politics
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has assured his Rivers State counterpart, Chief Nyesom Wike, of support in his presidential aspiration. The Bayelsa helmsman said such support for Governor Wike could be taken for granted as Bayelsa and Rivers were one and with common interests. He stated this on Friday when Wike and his team visited him in Government House, Yenagoa, to formally inform him about his presidential bid on the platform of their party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, quoted Diri as saying that Wike already knew the challenges of people of the South-South and was adequately prepared to address them if he becomes Nigeria’s president. Diri commended Wike’s developmental strides in Rivers and not...
South Needs North to Actualise Presidency …Gov Douye Diri

South Needs North to Actualise Presidency …Gov Douye Diri

News Feature, Politics
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said that no region can produce the president of the country without the support of other regions. He specifically stated that the demand of the southern governors that the presidency be zoned to the South cannot be achieved without the support of the North and vice versa. Governor Diri spoke on Thursday when a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant and Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed, visited him in Government House, Yenagoa. The Bayelsa governor urged PDP members to collectively work for the success of the party in next year’s presidential election. Diri noted that as an opposition party, what should be paramount is how to wrest power from the ruling party, which he said had lost grip of governance ...
PDP Consensus Candidate Will Oust APC From Power, Says Saraki  *Gov. Diri Cautions Against Factions In Party

PDP Consensus Candidate Will Oust APC From Power, Says Saraki *Gov. Diri Cautions Against Factions In Party

Politics, Press Release
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said the quest by some presidential aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to form a united force is for the party to take over power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. Dr. Saraki said this informed their decision to advocate for a consensus candidate among the aspirants. The presidential hopeful spoke on Monday while briefing journalists after a closed-door meeting alongside his co-aspirants, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Senator Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State, with Governor Douye Diri at the Creek Haven Government House in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Saraki stressed that as an opposition party, the PDP cannot wrest power from the APC if it is not united. According to him, the intere...
Diri: Only PDP Can Rescue Nigeria *Party’s Governors Must Work Together, Says Wike

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 presi...
Like Peter did to Christ, Onochie denied APC thrice

Like Peter did to Christ, Onochie denied APC thrice

News Feature, Politics
President Muhammadu Buhari's Senior Special Assistant on New Media Lauretta Onochie, has denied her membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress( APC). Onochie denounced the party three times before the Senate Committee on INEC on Thursday when she appeared before it for her screening as National Commissioner. Onochie arrived the venue knowing the odds she would be up against when she appear before the Senate screening Panel for her as National INEC Commissioner for Nigeria's electoral Umpire INEC, Even without being prompted Onochie herself brought up the allegation of her membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) admitting her romance with Buhari's campaign organization working for the election victory of President Buhari in 2015 before being rewarded wi...
GENUINE CHANGE BECKONS ON NIGERIANS IN 2023..GOV DIRI

GENUINE CHANGE BECKONS ON NIGERIANS IN 2023..GOV DIRI

Politics
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would bring about the desired change Nigerians are yearning for in 2023. Governor Diri also advocated the strengthening of the party from national to the state level in order to wrest power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the centre in the next general election. He stated this during a meeting with the executive of the PDP South-South zone in Government House, Yenagoa. In a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, the governor noted that PDP was the only reliable alternative party that could provide purposeful leadership at this point in time. Senator Diri, who decried the worsening insecurity in the country, pointed out that Nigeria was sliding d...
Osinbajo, Jonathan,  Adeboye, Dickson Grace Bayelsa 9th Thanksgiving Day *Again, Diri Extends Olive Branch To Opponents

Osinbajo, Jonathan, Adeboye, Dickson Grace Bayelsa 9th Thanksgiving Day *Again, Diri Extends Olive Branch To Opponents

Breaking News, News Feature
Prominent personalities, including Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former President Goodluck Jonathan, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and a former governor of the state, Chief Henry Seriake Dickson, graced the 9th Bayelsa State Thanksgiving Day on Monday. The event held at the magnificent 15,000-seat Ecumenical Centre at Igbogene near the state capital, Yenagoa, also had in attendance National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, members of the party's National Working Committee, clergymen as well as captains of industry. At the event, which was the first for his administration, an elated the Governor Douye Diri, again, extended his hands of fellowship to political opponents, calling on them an...