A Senior Special Assistant on General Duties to Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, Mr. Prudent Oguruguru, has been convicted of assault by a Bayelsa State High...
The Bayelsa State Government has decided to take legal action against international oil companies (IOCs) for decades of unaddressed oil pollution in the region. Governor Douye...
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has emphasized the necessity for Nigeria to return to true federalism in order to fulfill its economic potential, stating that...
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has approved Governor Douye Diri’s request to appoint an additional 12 special advisers. The House, which resumed from recess on...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the re-election of Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri. A three-man panel of the appeal court, in a...
Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State and former Minister of State, Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has rejected the Bayelsa...
Governor, Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has decried the killing of 17 soldiers drafted to the Okuama Community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of...
Leader of The Force of Egbesu, General Gbolodi, has reacted to a trending video and statement allegedly issued by him over the weekend, on the military...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, presented certificates of return to Governor Douye Diri of Kogi State and Kogi State Governor-elect, Usman Ododo. The...
Political parties and their candidates in the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi will sign a peace accord next Wednesday in Abuja. The...
Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister for State, Petroleum Resources (oil) Heineken Lokpobiri has denied reports that he had entered into a strong alliance with the Governor...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Opu-Nembe over the crisis in the community. One person was killed and several others...
The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) is a time bomb, according to the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, who called for its amendment. Diri said the exclusion...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) screening committee on Tuesday cleared the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, for the November 11 governorship election in the state. The...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has formally launched the state’s electronic court filing system. The governor, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by his...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has lamented the rising out-of-school children in the state. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) had in...
Penultimate week, the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, was in the news internationally for some scandalous sexual reasons. A top South African lawmaker, Zanele Sifuba, the...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has called for the Federal Government’s intervention in the devastating flood ravaging the state. Diri, who made the call in...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Tuesday decried the worsening insecurity in the country. He said the security crisis had continued to escalate since All...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, said on Saturday the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would take over the country’s presidency in 2023. Diri, according to a...
The Bayelsa State government on Wednesday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Bassambiri and Ogbolomabiri areas of the Nembe local government area of the state over violent...
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has raised the alarm over the spate of arms proliferation and worsening insecurity in all parts of the country....
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri has backed calls for electronic voting in the country, saying it will solve most of the electoral challenges facing...
The Governor of Bayelsa, Douye Diri, has condoled with the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, over the death of some policemen in Ijaw River during...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Saturday expressed optimism that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates would win the state’s senatorial by-elections. Diri, who spoke...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has advocated for the control of the ecological fund by states instead of the Federal Government from Abuja. The governor also...
Former President Good luck Jonathan and the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Sunday called for the immediate adoption of an electronic voting system to curb...
The appeal court on Friday overturned a ruling which had earlier nullified the election of Douye Diri as governor of Bayelsa State. The five-man panel stated...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has directed all schools in the state to reopen on October 5. The state Commissioner for Information, Orientation, and Strategy,...
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri has kicked against the deduction of the state’s funds by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) in...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Wednesday forwarded names of two additional commissioner-nominees to the State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. Diri had on...
The Bayelsa State Governorship Petition Tribunal has nullified the election that produced Duoye Diri, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governor of Bayelsa State. The...
Six months after his inauguration, Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Thursday forwarded the names of 24 commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly for screening...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, said on Tuesday the state government had put in place measures to check the spread of COVID-19 among students who would...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Monday rejected the congratulatory message from a former governorship aspirant in the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Timi...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, said Tuesday a medical doctor had tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. The development brings to two the number of...
Douye Diri has been affirmed as the Governor of Bayelsa State by the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State. The court dismissed the appeal...
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has announced an extension of the stay-at-home order in the state by another week. In a statement in Yenagoa, the state...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Tuesday, presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N242.28 billion to the state House of Assembly. Diri, while presenting his maiden...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has imposed a five-day dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state. The development is part of the state government’s efforts to prevent the...
The Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri, has extended the lockdown in the state for two more weeks. At an enlarged meeting with members of the state’s COVID-19...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, Wednesday dismissed reports that he had contact with his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, and the Chief of Staff to the...
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has approved a loan request for N2.9 billion from Governor Douye Diri “to buy operational vehicles for the governor, deputy...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the All Progressive Congress (APC) is now relying on clandestine moves to snatch Bayelsa State Governorship seat from...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Saturday affirmed his readiness to defend the Ijaw ethnic nationality in the country. Diri, who stated this during a meeting...
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide on Friday said there are plans by disgruntled politicians to visit Bayelsa State with violence ahead of the Supreme Court...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday congratulated the new Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri. The ex-President, who sent a congratulatory message to the governor via...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Douye Diri, was on Friday evening sworn in as the new governor of the state. Diri was...
Bayelsa State Governor-elect, Senator Douye Diri has received his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Diri was issued the certificate shortly after...
In line with the ruling of the Supreme Court, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday declared Diri Douye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
