Former President Nelson Mandela began responding better to treatment Wednesday morning for a recurring lung infection following “a difficult last few days,” South Africa’s president said. President Jacob Zuma told parliament that he is happy with the progress that the 94-year-old is making following his hospitalization on Saturday. Mandela... Read more
Young men armed with machetes and sticks have entered the streets of Nigeria’s biggest city in the northeast to target suspected Islamic extremists, even as soldiers continued an offensive against the radical fighters. The vigilante group, known as “Civilian JTF,” a play off the acronym used to describe the... Read more
Gov Dickson holds monthly transparency briefing, declars N29.5BN balance for May 2013
NigeriaPress Releases June 7, 2013
Bayelsa State Government has declared a total sum of N29.5bn as balance in its coffers after statutory deductions and capital payments as at the end of May. Addressing the media on the income and expenditure profile of the state for the months of April and May 2013, at its... Read more
NGF will not disintegrate, but better positioned to strengthen nation’s democracy – Gov Dickson
NigeriaPress Releases June 7, 2013
Contrary to speculations making the rounds, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has expressed optimism that the current crisis rocking the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) would not make it to disintegrate. Governor Dickson made this remark at a state banquet organized in honour of the National Executive Committee of... Read more
Unveiling the Lies of Jewish Origin of the Igbo People and Revealing the Jewish Agenda in Igboland
Opinion June 6, 2013
by Chibuzo Ihuoma The truth about Igbo origin There have been various tales of Igbo origin, some true and others false. Those true are, stories from Onu Igbo (from the mouth of Igbo without outside influencing); however, those that are false are, either unintentional and due to the lack... Read more
The Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) on Thursday asked the members of the crisis-torn Nigeria Governors Forum to resolve their crisis and focus on the delivery of the dividends of democracy. This is just as the Bayelsa State Governor; Hon. Seriake Dickson tasked the legal body on true fiscal federalism,... Read more
Pagano have decried the alarming increase in oil theft in the Niger Delta region. Receiving a delegation of the NAOC management in his office in Yenagoa, Hon. Dickson said the situation was becoming worrisome, noting its effects on the economy of not only Bayelsa State, but the Nation as... Read more
In line with the restoration policy of the Bayelsa State Government, Bayelsans who have made significant contribution to the development and advancement of the culture of the Ijaw Nation have received cash awards totaling N6.5 million. Also Governor Seriake Dickson announced that a centre for the study and preservation... Read more
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and the Managing Director of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, Mr. Ciro Pagano have decried the alarming increase in oil theft in the Niger Delta region. Receiving a delegation of the NAOC management in his office in Yenagoa, Hon. Dickson said the situation... Read more
2012 disaster took a toll on farming in communities affected by the disaster, says relief agency boss.
FeaturedNigeriaSpecial Reports June 4, 2013
Correspondent, Dianabasi Effiong spoke with the Director-General of the Cross River State Emergency Relief Agency (SEMA), Vincent Aquah on the impact and role of his agency following the 2012 flooding that devastated several communities of the state after the Lagdo Dam in Cameroun burst and overflowed into neighbouring Nigeria. Excerpts: “Cross River... Read more
