Nigeria’s Former President and Chairman of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF), Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Governor Henry Seriake Dickson and the people of Bayelsa State over the completion of the Bayelsa International Airport and the event of the maiden flight to the airport. In a congratulatory letter to the Governor, Dr. Jonathan stated that […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised Governor who want to do well to go and learn the secret of success from the Bayelsa state Governor, Seriake Dickson. Chief Obasanjo also said God has taken control of the affairs of Bayelsa State and it’s people in view of its past history of being […]
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Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, yesterday, described those clamouring for the restructuring of the country as the real patriots who mean well for Nigeria. He said the statement by President Muhammadu Buhari regarding those clamouring for restructuring, who the president said have parochial interest, as faulty. The governor said this while delivering a lecture […]
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday took his 2019 presidential ambition to the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, and stakeholders of the state’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and demanded their support. Abubakar, who arrived the State Government House in Yenagoa, at about 12pm also presented a document he developed on restructuring titled, “Restructuring as a […]
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Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa says the 13 per cent derivation given to the Niger Delta is insufficient to develop the region. The governor said this on Tuesday during a live media chat in Ijaw language on Tuesday in Yenagoa. He said the derivation principle was short of the yearnings and aspirations of the people […]
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Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, yesterday charged Bayelsa businessmen and women to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to grow and sustain their businesses. Dickson, who identified the development of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) as critical to jump-start any economy, gave the charge […]
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The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, has said that a former Governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, is still owing him N500,000 judgment debt since 2012. Dickson, who revealed this in a statement on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said that Sylva, who allegedly held the Supreme Court […]
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The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, has ordered the immediate payment of teachers in the state. He said the government had released N540m to pay their two months salaries in line with the ongoing 50 per cent salary payment agreement with labour, a Government House statement said on Sunday. The governor called on […]
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IF Seriake Dickson the Governor of Bayelsa State is expecting a congratulatory message from President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent re-election for a second term of office, he had better forget it. Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture told journalists in Abuja on Monday that the President would not follow the habit of […]
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BAYELSA State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Chief Timipre Sylva alleged yesterday that the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conspired with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to “rig” him out of the election. According to Nation, Sylva, who vowed to challenge what he described as the procured victory of the […]
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The Transition Monitoring Group on Monday said the Bayelsa governorship poll fell below the global standards for credible elections. The TMG Chairman, Ibrahim Zikirullahi, who presented its final statement on the election to journalists in Abuja, said the election witnessed widespread cases of ballot box snatching that hindered the counting and announcement of results at […]
Read More Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson yesterday won a second term after a tension-soaked election. The election came to a conclusion following the declaration of results of Saturday’s supplementary election results in the troublesome Southern Ijaw Local Government Area and 101 polling units across six local government areas. Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won […]
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