By Diana-Okon Effiong Calabar, June 28, 2013 An Information and Telecommunication Centre , built and equipped by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), has been donated to Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH). The Centre was handed over to CRUTECH authority by Mr Chike Onyejekwe, SNEPCo’s Managing... Read more
Russia to prevent Syria no-fly zone, U.S confirms issue not on NATO agenda
The United States is not asking NATO to back a Syria no-fly zone and the issue is not currently on the alliance’s agenda, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to NATO said on Monday, hours after Russia declared that it would not permit such action to be imposed over Syria. “We... 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
Gov. Dickson, NAOC decry increasing rate of oil theft, to set up maritime security outfit
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
Bayelsa governor, NAOC boss condemn increase in oil theft, to set up maritime security outfit
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
2013 Boro Day Celebration: Gov Dickson lays foundation stone for Adaka Boo Memorial Institute
In fulfillment of his promise, Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Adaka Boro Memorial Institute at Boro Town in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the State. Governor Dickson who described the project as symbolic, said it would form part... Read more
Dickson, Clark, Yakassai advocate united Nigeria, eulogize late Major Boro
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Friday in Yenagoa led prominent citizens in the Country, including the foremost Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark and Alhaji Tanko Yakassai in calling for a united and formidable Nigeria devoid of ethnicity, terrorism and religious bigotry. Reminding the people of the historic... Read more
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has decorated the Commander of the State’s internal security outfit “Operation Doo Akpo”, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bello Ahmed with his new rank of Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police. Speaking in a brief ceremony in Government House, Yenagoa, Governor Dickson described the newly... Read more
A lawyer says British diplomats recommended that a British man detained in Kenya 2 ½ years ago on suspicion of attempting to join Islamic fighters in Somalia be freed. He was let go and last week allegedly helped butcher a British soldier on the streets of London. Wycliffe Makasembo... Read more