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  ...Receives NYSC Presidential Honorees  Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has offered scholarship to another first class law graduate from the state, Miss Pere Esther Amazige. Miss Amazige, who graduated from the Rivers State University in Port Harcourt, is the second female Law graduate to bag the scholarship after Miss Ebizi Eradiri that had a double First Class at the Niger Delta University and the Nigerian Law School. Senator Diri made the offer on Tuesday while receiving Miss Amazige and her mother, Mrs Joy Amazige, in Government House, Yenagoa. The governor, who assured her of his administration's preparedness to sponsor her education up to doctorate level in any university of her choice within and outside the country, congratulated her for achieving the feat against all odds. Governor Diri saluted Amazige's courage and resilience, pointing out that she was not deterred from achieving her dreams by her father's death. "You have a lot of offers in the

  By Adewole Kehinde Established on April 1, 1977 as Nigeria’s National Oil Company, the NNPC has been living in the dark shadows of a cesspool of monumental corruption and opacity; a place perpetually lagging behind its peers in other climes; where nothing is done properly and efficiency to the benefit of its shareholders, which are the Nigerian people. In addition to its exploration activities, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was given powers and operational interests in refining, petrochemicals and products transportation as well as marketing. Between 1978 and 1989, NNPC constructed refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt and took over the 35,000-barrel Shell Refinery established in Port Harcourt in 1965. In 1988, the NNPC was commercialized into 12 strategic business units, covering the entire spectrum of oil industry operations: exploration and production, gas development, refining, distribution, petrochemicals, engineering, and commercial investments. Cur

  ...Receives NYSC Presidential Honorees  Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has offered scholarship to another first class law graduate from the state, Miss Pere Esther Amazige. Miss Amazige, who graduated from the Rivers State University in Port Harcourt, is the second female Law graduate to bag the scholarship after Miss Ebizi Eradiri that had a double First Class at the Niger Delta University and the Nigerian Law School. Senator Diri made the offer on Tuesday while receiving Miss Amazige and her mother, Mrs Joy Amazige, in Government House, Yenagoa. The governor, who assured her of his administration's preparedness to sponsor her education up to doctorate level in any university of her choice within and outside the country, congratulated her for achieving the feat against all odds. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, Governor Diri saluted Amazige's courage and resilience, pointing out that she was not deterred from achieving her dreams b

Bayelsa State government has halted logging without permit and other deforestation activities in order to protect the state's forest reserves. Henceforth, all commercial timber dealers are to obtain permit from the Ministry of Environment before embarking on logging activities. Governor Douye Diri, who stated this on Monday during this year's International Day of Forests celebration in Yenagoa, also directed that an executive bill in consultation with the Environment Ministry and related civil society organisations be prepared and forwarded to the House of Assembly.  A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said the governor also said that the new bill would repeal existing environmental laws that are now obsolete. His words: “Henceforth, all timber dealers are to obtain permit before taking out logs from our forest reserves. This is to protect our forests. "I hereby direct that an executive bill in consultation with the state Ministry of Environment a

  ...Bayelsa Gov Urges Team To Be Good Ambassadors President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Hon. Daniel Igali, has given kudos to the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, for his administration's tremendous support to Nigerian wrestlers.  Hon. Igali gave the commendation when the governor visited the Nigerian wrestling camp in Yenagoa ahead of their departure to Tunisia for the Tokyo Olympic Games African qualifiers.  Igali, who is also Bayelsa State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, expressed gratitude to Senator Diri for his support to the  federation since the wrestlers began camping about a month ago. His words: "On behalf of the NWF, I want to thank Governor Douye Diri for all the support to wrestling. We started camping here over three weeks ago and the governor has been responsible for bringing everybody to camp in Bayelsa. "Bayelsa is the only state that hosts annual national wrestling championship in the past 10 years in the country. All our a

 His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State, today in Yenagoa visited the national camp of the wrestlers preparing for the Olympics qualifiers for African countries. All the nine wrestlers going to Tunis including veterans Odunayo Adekuoroye and  Blessing Oborodudu are African champions and the governor charged them to be worthy ambassadors of Nigeria. "I believe you will go and qualify for the Olympics. I implore you to be of good character and be worthy ambassadors of Bayelsa and Nigeria. I was here not too long and I am here again just to motivate you. My coming will add another tonic to your preparation”, Gov. Diri stated.

  The President and the Chief Executive Officer of Baraza multi-purpose cooperative society Arc. Miebi Bribena has assured it's members to be patient with the management of the cooperative saying that no contributor money would loss as management only faces minor challenges. The Arc. Bribena disclosed in an one-on-one interview session with TrackNews Online, he said ” he wishes to use this medium to inform all members of our cooperative to remain calm as issue of delay in payment will has resolved and they will surely get their pay as the new payment schedule procedure which they all agreed in the general meeting with members. “As earlier stated in our general meeting via zoom on the 20th of March, 2021, the issues bothering on timely payments are issues that has been discussed and addressed.  “As stated in the zoom meeting we are faced with a situation where abilities to change and withdraw our profits takes five to fifteen working days as against the previous timeline of two to f

 To forestall conflicts in oil-bearing communities, the Bayelsa State government has said it would commence a review of the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) between Cluster Boards and Community Trusts with international oil companies (IOCs) in the state.   It said henceforth, such agreements would have to be approved and monitored by the state government.   Governor Douye Diri, who gave the directive through a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said the agreements should also align with policies of the state government in order to foster better relationship between host communities and the oil companies on the one hand and the indigenes of such communities on the other hand.   His words: “The state government is interested in being a party to such agreements to ensure all parties comply with the terms. A situation where oil firms breach agreements with their host would no longer be tolerated. This often resulted in conflicts in communities.   “Conseque

  Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the state-owned security outfit code-named _Operation Doo Akpo_ is to be reactivated and strengthened with state-of-the-art equipment. He said this was part of the government's strategic security effort to sustain the peace and security in the state. Senator Diri disclosed this on Thursday when he received the South-South zone chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Israel Ege and his entourage in Government House, Yenagoa. Commenting on the security situation in the country, he said the South-South governors met and directed that special advisers on security matters in the various states come up with strategies to secure the zone. The governor in a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, reminded the zonal Christian leadership of the recent enactment of a law banning open grazing in the state and called on all to abide by the law. His words: "As South-South governors, we

 Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has bagged another award. This time as Best Governor in Community and Rural Development 2020 by the Nigerian Pilot Newspaper.  Presenting the nomination letter to the Governor in Abuja on Wednesday, the Director Publications Chuks Ohuegbe pointed out that Governor Fintiri's consideration is based on his giant strides in infrastructure development inspite of security challenges in the region.  According to Mr Ohuegbe, "Governor Fintiri's Rural Mobility Access Roads project RAMP 2 is adjudged as the best performing in Nigeria which informed there choice, describing it as a critical factor in the administration's development agenda for the State.  Accepting the award, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri thanked the Editorial team for finding him worthy, noting that he was elected to work for the People and would not relent in meeting the needs of the ordinary Adamawa People. Rt.Hon Ahmadu Fintiri noted that the award will spur him

  Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has called on citizens and residents of the state to take advantage of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise and get innoculated against the virus. Governor Diri made the call on Wednesday after he received the Oxford Astra-Zeneca vaccine jab inside the Executive Chamber of the Government House, Yenagoa. He advised that while the people trust God for protection, they should also take the necessary steps to get protected against the virus by taking the vaccine. His words: "I have just taken the vaccine. The Deputy Governor has also taken it. May I now call on Bayelsans to go and take their jabs against the COVID-19 pandemic that is ravaging the world." A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said the governor appealed to the Federal Government to re-assure Nigerians about the safety of the vaccine due to the controversy arising from its rejection in some countries. "The vaccine appears a little bit co

 Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the state-owned airport is ready for commercial flight operations.  Governor Diri stated this when he made an unscheduled visit to the facility ahead of a final certification visitation by the country's aviation regulatory authorities on March 30. In a press release, his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying that the state government had provided the required facilities for the smooth take-off of operations at the airport. His words: “I have spent over one year on this project after taking over from my predecessor in office, Senator Seriake Dickson, who initiated it. What we are doing now is dotting the I's and crossing the T's. So far, I think every requirement is on ground. "I believe when the inspection teams from the aviation authorities come, they would be satisfied with what we have done and grant us the licence for commercial use of the airport." The governor expressed the hope

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has lauded the Victims Support Fund (VSF) for the execution of projects in selected schools in the state.  Speaking in his office in Government House, Yenagoa, when he received representatives of the VSF, Governor Diri described the projects as timely and a welcome development, noting that Nigeria needed such initiatives to move the country forward.  A press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as saying that Bayelsa was not as rich as being perceived and would therefore need the support of agencies like the VSF to meet its developmental needs.  The governor commended former President Goodluck Jonathan for setting up the VSF and expressed delight that it has been sustained and is meeting the needs of ordinary Nigerians.  He remarked that with bodies like the VSF bringing succour to people of the country, agitations against inequality and injustice would reduce. His words: "Private initiatives like