Tag: bayelsa
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Traditional ruler seeks host communities’ participation in oil sector
King Bubaraye Dokolo, the Chairman, of the Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers, has said that host communities should play more active roles in the oil and gas value chain. Dokolo, also the Paramount Ruler, Ekpetiama Kingdom, made the advocacy while speaking at the torch lighting ceremony for the 2022 Oil and Gas Stakeholders Festival…
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Presidential Amnesty Programme revokes training contract for ex-agitators
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has revoked the training contract awarded to Express Concern International (ECN) for ex-agitators in its novel Train, Employ and Mentor (TEM) scheme. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Neotabase Egbe, the Special Adviser, Media to the Interim Administrator, Col. Milland Dikio (retd), on Sunday in Yenagoa.
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Dickson cautions Bayelsa PDP members against disunity
The immediate past governor of Bayelsa, Sen. Seriake Dickson, has cautioned members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state against disunity. Dickson, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Yenagoa by his media aide, Mr Fidelis Soriwei, urged the members to be loyal to Gov. Douye Diri.
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Again, Agip’s Ogboinbiri/OB-OB gas pipeline vandalised, set on fire [VIDEO]
Barely one week after it was attacked by vandals on March 29, the 24-inch Ogboinbiri/OB-OB gas pipeline has been vandalised and set ablaze, NAN reports. The breach of the pipeline, operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), cuts the oil firm’s gas export feed to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas gathering and processing plant. The…
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Jonathan, others, eulogise Bayelsa founding father, Aganaba
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said one of the founding fathers of Bayelsa State, late King Geoffrey Aganaba, lived an exemplary life. Jonathan, who was represented by a former Deputy Governor of Bayelsa, Rear Admiral John Jonah (Rtd), said this at the 25th anniversary of late Aganaba in Yenogoa. Aganaba was one of the…
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Bayelsa pegs petrol price at N230 per litre from N300 per litre
As fuel scarcity continued unabated nationwide, Bayelsa has directed that no fuel station should sell petrol above N230 per litre as against the national price of N165 per litre. Inaugurating a monitoring team on the pricing and distribution of petroleum products in the state, the deputy governor, Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, also directed that no consumer…
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Osinbajo, good presidential material – Bayelsa traditional rulers
The Bayelsa Traditional Rulers Council says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has the potential to be a good president. King Malla Sasime, Vice Chairman, Bayelsa Traditional Rulers Council, expressed this view while receiving Osinbajo who paid a courtesy call on traditional rulers at the Bayelsa Traditional Rulers Council Secretariat on Saturday in Yenagoa. Osinbajo was in…
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NYSC member offers medical care to 71 widows in Bayelsa
NYSC member offers medical care
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Stop seeing politics as dirty, Gov. Diri urges Christians
Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri, has advised Christians to actively participate in politics and stop seeing it as dirty if they want to positively impact on the society. Diri gave the advice while speaking at the end of a two-day programme of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, tagged “Light Up Bayelsa Holy Ghost Rally”, at…