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Bayelsa seeks to reacquire OML 46 licence

Temitope Nlewemchi — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 19:02:25 +0000

Indications have emerged that the Bayelsa Government has not given up on its Oil Mining Lease (OML 46) licence which was revoked by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). Newsmen report that Bayelsa Oil Company reapplied for the licence during the last bidding exercise conducted by the DPR. The bid was, however, unsuccessful. NAN recalls [...]

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Bayelsa Assembly Says No Plans To Impeach Governor Diri

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:01:19 +0000

The Bayelsa House of Assembly said in Yenagoa on Tuesday that there were no plans to impeach Gov. Douye Diri. “The 6th Assembly has no reason to impeach the governor; we have never contemplated that before,’’ the House Committee Chairman on Information, Hon Tari Porri (PDP-Ekeremor Constituency 1), told a news conference. He described the [...]

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I Didn’t Know I’ll Be Governor — Diri

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 17:16:48 +0000

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Sunday said he never knew he would one day become a governor while supporting the aspiration of others. Senator Diri, who joined other worshippers to offer praises to God for witnessing the first Sunday of the year made the remark at St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Sampou, his [...]

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Bayelsa Assembly Defends Approval Of Loans For Diri

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:40:02 +0000

Members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly have explained that the loans so far approved for Governor Douye Diri were legitimate and tied to specific items on project interventions and development of the state. Bayelsa people had criticised and lampooned the state’s lawmakers for their swift approval of loan requests from the governor, which [...]

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Governor Diri Reacts As Supreme Court Rules In Suit Against Him

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 05:37:41 +0000

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri, has reacted to the Supreme Court judgement which affirmed him as the duly elected governor of the State. The apex court, in a unanimous judgement delivered by a seven-man panel led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, dismissed the six appeals filed against Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. In [...]

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PDP Governors Celebrate Duoye Diri Victory

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 09:37:47 +0000

The Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum, on Friday, congratulated and celebrated Bayelsa State governor, Duoye Diri over the Court of Appeal ruling setting aside the decision of the Bayelsa State election tribunal which had earlier cancelled his declaration as winner of the governorship poll. In a written speech of solidarity signed by Director General [...]

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