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Month: April 2024

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South-South Govs Meet In Yenagoa, Urge FG To Review Power Situation

Governors of the South South states under the auspices of the BRACED (Bayelsa Rivers Akwa-Ibom Cross Rivers Edo and Delta) Commission, on Tuesday, met in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The meeting, which was hosted by Governor Douye Diri, had…

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Bayelsa:  Gov. Diri Swears-in Commissioners, Board of internal Revenue Chair, LGA Council Chairmen, Vice Chairmen 

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, swore in 14 new commissioners, newly-elected chairmen of the eight local government councils, their vice chairmen as well as the chairman of the  State Board of Internal Revenue, Daniel  Iniekezimene. Those sworn-in were, Biriyai…

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Gov. Diri attends orientation for newly elected LG officials

… urges team work, financial discipline …expresses displeasure over the local government system in Nigeria Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri today graced the orientation programme for elected officials of Local Government Councils at Perdis Hotel, Yenagoa. The orientation…

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Okuama: Gov Diri Urges Igbomotoru Residents To Return Home

*Commends Military On Professionalism  *Provides Food, Cash Relief To Communities Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the people of Igbomotoru 1 and 2 communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area to return home, saying the Nigerian Army…

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Eid-el-Fitr: Gov. Diri Fetes Bayelsa Muslim Community

*Assures On Peaceful Co-existence Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, in the spirit of the Eid-el-Fitr celebration, hosted members of the Muslim community in the state at the Government House, Yenagoa.  Governor Diri, who was joined at…

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UNDP Launches Economic Revitalisation Programme in Bayelsa State.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Bayelsa State Government, has launched the Economic Revitalization Programme in Bayelsa State targeting over two thousand Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, Start-Ups and Informal Businesses Presenting the cheque of 200,000,000 to…

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LGA Election: Cocodia congratulates Elected Chairmen, Councilors

Immediate past Special Adviser to the Governor on Political Matters, High Chief Collins Cocodia, says the outright victory of the ruling party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party, at last weekend’s local government council elections, has once again reverberated…

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PDP Sweeps Bayelsa Council Election.

Report reaching Bayelsa Daily Online desk has it that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the eight LGAs and the 105 wards declared by the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission. Bayelsa daily online learnt that,in  Yenagoa LGA, Mr….

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Gov Diri Expresses Satisfaction With Conduct Of LG Poll

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has commended the state independent electoral commission for the organisation of Saturday’s local government election in the state. Governor Diri also said reports available to him indicated that the poll was generally peaceful across…

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MDCN Approves Bayelsa Medical University MBBS Programme 

*Gov. Diri Assures On More Infrastructure For Institution The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), the body saddled with the responsibility of approving medical programmes in Nigerian universities, has accredited the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)…