Aghoro Community bemoans slash of Trans Ramos oil spill compensation from N3.68 bn to N34 m

Members of Aghoro 1, community, Ekeremor Local Government Area in Bayelsa on Friday berated the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) for short-changing them.

They criticised the oil firm for arbitrarily determining the compensation figure for the May 17, 2018 spill in the area.

The oil spill had impacted and polluted an estimated area of 113.03 hectares.

A joint Investigation Visit (JIV) report of the incident obtained by NAN had concluded that the leak on the pipeline at three spots were caused by equipment failure and discharged some 1,114 barrels of crude oil into the environment.

CSO urges Lyon administration to scrutise appointment of 35 Perm Sec by Dickson Govt.

The Bayelsa Rainbow Coalition for Good Governance on Wednesday urged the incoming administration in Bayelsa to be wary of the last-minute policies of the outgoing administration including appointment of 35 Permanent Secretaries.

Gov Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa had on Nov. 22 inaugurated 35 new Permanent Secretaries and one Commisioner three months to the end of his second tenure.

Addressing a Press Conference in Yenagoa, Mr Francis Wainwei, Chairman of the group flanked by Secretary Mr Goodluck Igbudu noted that it was an irony that the Dickson led administration was engaging in acts that would increase the liability of incoming government.

Bayelsa Guber: Bayelsa youths urge PDP, Gov Dickson to emulate Jonathan, concede defeat

Niger Delta Youth Coalition for Peace and Progress (NDYCPP) has urged the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Gov Dickson to emulate Ex-President Jonathan and concede defeat.

Mr Henry Nabena, Bayelsa chapter Chairman gave the advice on Tuesday in an interview in reaction to the just comcluded governorship election in Yenagoa.

The youth group applauded the peaceful conduct of the electorate who voted in the November 16 governorship polls maintained that Dickson should toe the line of Jonathan his political God Father and learn to be a statesman.

Bayelsa Election: Observer group applauds INEC’s preparedness sues for peaceful polls

Women Arise for Change, an electoral observer group in the Nov 16, Bayelsa governorship election has applauded the preparedness of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) for the poll.

Dr Josephine Okei-Odumakin, President of the Non Governmental Organization (NGO) who spoke at a media brief after training of election observers in Yenagoa noted that INEC had put in place a smooth logistics for the election.

She noted that the 30 observers deployed by the group for the Bayelsa governorship election across the eight local government areas were trained and acquainted with the rules of observers as approved by INEC.

We are still in Bayelsa Guber race, says APC, heads to Appeal Court

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa says it remains in the race for the Nov.16 governorship election.

The party insisted on Thursday that in spite of a Federal High Court judgment that nullified the party’s governorship primary of Sept 4, 2019, the party would participate.

A Federal High Court presided over by Justice Jane Inyang had on Thursday nullified the nomination of Chief David Lyon as the candidate of the APC in a suit filed by Senator Heineken Lokpobiri , one of the aspirants that sought the ticket of APC.

Inyang held that the primary election conducted by the APC violated the party’s rules and constitution and therefore a nullity in the eyes of the law and restrained INEC from recognising any of the aspirants that participated in the exercise.

Do not dump PDP, Gov Dickson begs Bayelsa people ahead guber polls

Gov Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has urged the people of Bayelsa to keep faith with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as they go to the polls on Nov 16 to elect his successor.

Dickson who made the call in a radio broadcast on Sunday night monitored by in Yenagoa noted that voting against the PDP would amount to betrayal of trust to PDP faithful nationwide.

He said that the faithful of the party who supported former President Goodluck Jonathan to become President would be disappointed if the people of Bayelsa dump PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He advised the people to make informed choices between Senator Douye Diri of the PDP and Chief David Lyon of the APC haven heard the candidates sell their plans as they canvass for votes in a peaceful atmosphere.