Tag: Sen. Douye Diri

Diri’s Fresh Plot To Destabilize Opu-Nembe Will Fail- Sylva

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Bayelsa State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, has alerted security agencies and members of the public of a fresh plot by the state Governor, Senator Douye Diri, to stoke fresh crisis in Opu-Nembe ahead of the November 11 governorship election. Sylva in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Julius Bokoru, said, “Diri had been the hand behind Opu-Nembe bloody crisis in the past two years.”According to Sylva, “The governor Diri had shown nothing but absolute disdain to the people of…

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Bayelsa Govt Woos Shell, AITEO, Others Over Partnership On Quality Education

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From Elizabeth Vincent/ Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has called on Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Aiteo and other international oil companies (IOCs) to partner it in sponsoring programmes that will promote quality education in the state. Governor Douye Diri, made the call at the grand finale of a school quiz competition tagged “First Tech-Girl Champ Science Competition” at the Dappa Biriye Conference Centre in Yenagoa. The Governor, who was represented by his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, noted that investing meaningfully in education as part of the IOCs’ corporate social…

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Kidnapped Bayelsa Commissioner Rescued, As Douye Diri Dethrones Community Monarch And Others

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Bayelsa state governor, Senator Douye Diri has with immediate effect dethroned the traditional ruler of Otuokpoti community, Chief A. C. T. Wongo and others following the rescue of the Commissioner Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Federal Otokito. The commissioner according to sources was rescued by security agents after spending day with his suspected kidnappers in their den.   This is just as the Bayelsa State Police Command have declared four persons, Joshua Abi, Clergy Okio Mabinton, Azini and Gift Tebeda wanted in connection with the incident. Douye Diri in a…

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