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  A member of Bayelsa PDP Social media crew, Steve Tekerebo, wrote on his Facebook page; "I think the direct and indirect continue insults on Bayelsa PDP social media crew by Moses Oruaze Dickson and his cohorts is not sad but dangerous to our common objectives as a party.   Firstly, it was Lagos boys to dislodge your own Bayelsans that are directly and indirectly engaged to defend and promote the image of your brother's government and the candidate of our great party. But thank God for the candidate position to keep on engaging Bayelsans who are already with him as media aides from the beginning when you were nowhere to be found.   Secondly, you are restrategising with some known APC media persons like Mienpamo Onitsha Saint to discredit the PDP social media crew in order to gain some cheap points to finally effect your original failed plans and aims".   

Facebook The plot to impeach the Speaker of the Bayelsa Assembly, Tonye Emmanuel Isenah, has thickened following his refusal to step down against the directive of Governor Seriake Dickson and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders. It was gathered that lawmakers loyal to the governor and the PDP had been mobilised to carry out an impeachment proceeding against Isenah, who had insisted that his resignation would not add any value to the PDP’s quest to win the November 16th gubernatorial election. It was learnt that external forces powered by the opposition were planning to provide protection to Isenah to enable him retain his office. Some of the lawmakers were also said to be against the move to remove the speaker, whom they described as a good jolly fellow and had vowed to stand against any motion in the House to actualise the plot. Isenah was said to have tried to convene a sitting of the House on Monday with a plan to discuss some issues and adjourn t...

Bayelsa Assembly Speaker, Tonye Emmanuel Isenah, has taken his stand on the issue of resignation. He said "I have served the party PDP and Governor Seriake Dickson faithfully and with unflinching loyalty and I will not resign as doing so at this crucial time will not in any way help the party succeed in the November 16, governorship elections". He concluded by calling his teeming supporters to distance themselves from making unguarded statements and posts on the social media. When the need arises, he will make official statements concerning the resignation saga.

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has plan or intention to continue in office beyond 2020, through his anointed candidate, Senator Douye Diri. He has anointed someone who will take over from him so that he can be able to manipulate the person to do his bidding after leaving office. Nobody is licensed to occupy Government House, it belongs to Bayelsans and left for them to decide who will occupy it by their PVCs.

The Peoples Democratic Party Youth group has called on Bayelsans to ignore a wild rumour being peddled by unscrupulous characters about a purported meeting between Governor Seriake Dickson and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva. The Secretary-General of the PDPYN, Mr. James Oputin, urged Bayelsans to ignore the unfounded rumour which he described as a product of mischief. He said that the politicians behind the rumour were scared of the growing internal cohesion within the PDP ahead of the April 16, 2019 gubernatorial election in the state contrary to their expectations. Oputin also advised the members and supporters of the PDP to ignore the false story designed to malign the leadership of the party in Bayelsa. He said that the surreptitious design to put unnecessary doubts in the minds of well-meaning supporters of the party in the state should be resisted. The PDPYN Scribe said that Governor Dickson and the leadership òf the PDP did no...

  Onunu is a delicacy from Rivers and Bayelsa State.  It is yam pounded with boiled plantains and then finished off with Palm oil and fresh pepper if you wish to add it. Onunu is served with a spicy fish pepper soup. Below are the ingredients and method used for this meal: Ingredients  Yam Ripe plantain Palm oil Fresh pepper –  optional Method: Put the yam to boil, when it has cooked right about halfway, add the ripe plantains. Before you pound ensure that both the yams and the plantains have cooked through till soft. Start to pound the yams first because of its pulp and stretchy nature, once almost smooth, add the plantain. You can use a food processor with the dough hook/blade attached, or you can use a hand or stand mixer with the paddle attachment first to pound the yams to a pulp, then finish off with the dough tool. Once you have gotten both ingredients to a smooth consistency, add a little palm oil. The mash...

The Speaker Bayelsa State Assembly has told the public why he was told to resign as the number one lawmaker in the state Assembly. He said "I was pressured to impeach the Deputy Governor for no reason and i refused".

Why I’m not very satisfied with PDP’s performance in Bayelsa – Diri culled from daily trust. Senator Douye Diri is the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate for the November 16, 2019 election in Bayelsa State. Diri, who currently represents Bayelsa central senatorial district in the Senate, on the platform of PDP, has been a critical player in the politics of his state since the commencement of the current democratic dispensation in 1999. He shares his vision and plans for the state if elected as the governor of Bayelsa. Daily Trust: Your party, the PDP has ruled Bayelsa for the past 20 years. Are you satisfied with the level of development in the state? ADVERTISEMENT Senator Douye Diri: We are not satisfied with what has come into Bayelsa and the level of development we have seen. If we are satisfied, then there will be no need for me to contest this election. We know that within the 20 years of our rule, there were certain regimes that did not do well, which was why some...

The All Progressive Congress (APC) House of Representatives member, representing Nember/Brass Federal Constituency, Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli, has boasted that the outcome of November 16 gubernatorial election will shock the state ruling party, PDP. Sunny-Goli, in an interview, said those insisting that Bayelsa is a traditional PDP State where APC cannot win are not obvious of the reality on ground due to the alleged abject poverty the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government has subjected the people of Bayelsa to. He said PDP has nothing to convince the people of  Bayelsans about its candidate. "On November 16, PDP will get the shocker at the poll. APC would not only come out victoriously, it will win with landslide victory. What is PDP going to use to campaign? After eight years, they could not provide streetlights for the people. It has been constructing the only expressway for eight years which is an eyesore. Mark it today; APC will give PDP a shocker," he concluded. ...

 The Speaker of the 6th Assembly in Bayelsa State, Hon. Tonye Issenah spits fire, directs his boys to tear his posters on his customised vehicle for Senator Douye Diri the PDP gubernatorial candidate which is from the same Local Government Area with the incumbent speaker of the state assembly.

Before her defection, she was a political appointee and was sacked because of her recent press statement against the PDP led government, Please Sir, I am very sorry that I worked against the APC and your humble self all out to prove my sincere commitment to the party (PDP) you introduced me into and gave me a life time member of the Party Stakeholders Committee as a former PDP State Woman Leader in 2015. You should have mercy on me and take me back as your girl and used to be. I can't defect without rendering apology to you. Honestly, I am indeed very sorry for everything. Now, I know better how some politicians are not worth dying for. Please my mentor , for the sake of God do forgive me and all my supporters. We are deeply very sorry. From henceforth, I have learnt my lessons and will live within your leadership. I am so elated that I am still alive to render this public apology to your Excellency Sir. God bless us all. To air is human and to forgive is divine. I remain yo...

Mr Markmanuel Parkison, a former house of assembly member and a staunch PDP member defected to APC. He hails from Yenagoa which is a stronghold of the PDP and it is believed in many areas that his defection will lead many people to the APC because he is loved by his people. He is a business man that has empowered many people in his home town AGUDAMA. He has large followership in the state capital, so, we are expecting more defectors in the coming days.

Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a stalwart of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) worldwide and younger brother of governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Comrade Robert Igali, and three others along Elele Community in Rivers State while on a visit to Bayelsa State-bound accident victims in the hospital. The accident victims, according to eyewitness account, were returning from the marriage ceremony of one of the aide of the member representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Preye Oseke.

 The new N30,000 National Minimum Wage has suffered another setback following minor changes at the end of the committee meeting held in Abuja, on Monday. At the meeting which was chaired by the Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-ita,  the federal government and the labour teams of the joint public service negotiating council only made minor adjustment to their earlier positions. It would be recalled   that President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the N30,000 national minimum wage in April, 2019; just as its implementation is yet to be effected five months after presidential assent.  It was gathered that the federal government decided to step up from 9.5 percent to 11 percent for grade levels 7 to 14 and 6.5 percent from 5.5 percent for levels 15 to 17. Speaking on the changes, Simon Anchaver, the chairman of the organised Labour, said, “workers stepped down to 29 from 30 percent for grade levels 7 to 14 and 24 from 25 percent for levels 15 to 17.”...

It was gathered that the mass defection rocking the Bayelsa PDP is said to have been fuelled by the outcome of the party’s governorship primaries. The outcome of the primaries had been rejected by some aspirants, who accused the party of being biased. For example, a former Presidential Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Timi Alaibe, is believed to be planning to ditch the PDP following the outcome of the Bayelsa State governorship primary. Senator Douye Diri, an ally of the outgoing governor of the state, Seriake Dickson, was declared the winner of the primary. Diri, who represents Bayelsa Central at the National Assembly, defeated 19 other aspirants to emerge as the PDP candidate for the November 16 governorship election in the state. He polled a total of 561 votes to win the governorship ticket while Alaibe came second with 365 votes. Both Diri and Alaibe are from the same Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area. Alaibe had complained about the number of delegates ac...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the November 16 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Friday said the insinuation that he is a stooge of the outgoing governor, Seriake Dickson, is totally false. The governorship hopeful also underscored the need for peace in the rank of the 20 PDP aspirants he defeated to emerge the party’s flag bearer for the election. Diri, who spoke in Abuja, insisted that the insinuation that he would be a stooge to cover up for the incumbent governor of state does not add up. He said: “When people say you will be a stooge to cover up, I can tell you that there is practically nothing to cover up. “The resources that came to the state were used for the development of the state. “With what I saw and I participated in allocating to the ministries, departments and agencies in the state, there is nothing to cover up for anybody. ”We sit together with the governor to allocate what comes to the state. There is ...

Stakeholders and former ward chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have condemned verbal attacks on Senator Lawrence Ewrujakpo following his earlier choice by Governor Seriake Dickson as the running mate to the party’s candidate, Senator Douye Diri. Fresh crisis erupted in PDP following earlier insistence by Dickson and some party chieftains that Erwrujakpo, who hails from his Sagbama Local Government Area and represents Bayelsa West at the Senate should be Diri’s running mate. Following outcries by many party members, who condemned the development describing it as clanish, selfish and recipe for failure at the election, Dickson convened a stakeholders meeting to review the decision within the September 23 timeframe for substitution of candidates. But former PDP ward chairmen under the auspices of the Patriots said the attacks on Ewrujakpo was unwarranted and disappointing. The stakeholders said persons descending on the senator with campaigns of calumny were del...

A youth group of the APC gubernatorial candidate, Lyon Network was full with joy to have received Senior Maciver, a former PDP member, as he paid a courtesy visit to the group. The former PDP stalwart promised to work with the Lyon Youth Network to ensure the victory of Chief David Lyon in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state which is slated on the 16th of November, 2019.

Timi Alaibe, an aspirant in the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary in Bayelsa State has decided to go to court to challenge the process that led to the election of ad hoc delegates. A source close to Alaibe who spoke with our correspondent on Friday said Alaibe, who had earlier rejected the result of the primary which was won by Senator Douye Diri, has already filed the case earlier today.

  The Ekeremor Youth Stakeholders Forum has also thrown their weight behind the decision to allow Sagbama Local Government Area to produce the next Deputy Governor. The group Buttress its point that Ekeremor who has not producued a governor will produce the next governor when it will be zoned to Bayelsa West again.  The youth group seized the medium to call on the leadership of the party and Bayelsans to rally  round the decision of the stakeholders of the East in their resolve to call for the speakership and give the position of the deputy governor to west in the state due to the fact that they have also proproduced speakers in different dispensation.

The Chairman of the OTITA'S force, younger brother to the deputy governor of Bayelsa State, has written to the PEOPLES DEDEMOCRATIC PARTY in the state of his intention to withdraw from the party. He is an astute grassroot mobiliser and a force to reckon with in Nember politics. From the information at our disposal has it that he has defected to the APC.

Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that 10 million Nigerian would be out of poverty in the next 10 years. Osimbajo made this promise on Thursday at Abdullahi Fodio Palace in Birnin Kebbi when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Bashar. “President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to take 10 millions Nigerian out of poverty in the next 10 years, we believe very strongly we can achieve it in collaboration with the state governors “We are here in Kebbi for several things and to promote National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and petty traders’ businesses, and to inspect the renovation of the market in the state,” he said. A ccording to the Vice President, the National Micro and Medium Enterprises scheme is a scheme that is designed to develop the business of petty traders in the country, which can alleviate the level of poverty in the country. “We give petty traders N10,000, when they pay back we increase it to N20,000. “This is a very good program ...

 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the results of the primaries conducted by the registered political parties for the November 16 governorship elections in Bayelsa . This is contained in 11-page  report for Bayelsa  state .  According to the report, 64 parties conducted primaries that were monitored by INEC in Bayelsa state with seven females emerging victorious.NOMINATE AFRICAN OF THE YEAR 2019 Speaking on the reports, INEC’s Director, Voter Education and Publicity (VEP), Oluwole Osaze Uzzi, said that the lists were not the list of candidates contesting the respective governorship elections. “As stated in the heading, they are the results of the Political Party Primaries monitored by the commission. “Some parties may chose, for whatever reason, not to sponsor any candidate even after conducting primaries. It is all in our resolve as a commission to proactively disclose information to the media and the public. We had not previously off...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a few days ago concluded its governorship primary in Bayelsa State, won by Douye Diri, a senator who is backed by the  incumbent governor of the state, Seriake Dickson. But for those who think Timi Alaibe’s hope of becoming the next governor of Bayelsa has been dashed, it appears they must have to wait a little bit before drawing a conclusion: Mr Alaibe, one of the 20 aspirants defeated by Mr Diri, has said it is not over yet. Mr Alaibe was supported by the former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, who is also a former governor of the state. “Be assured that this evil act against the wish of the people of Bayelsa State, carried out by a handful of selfish people who decided to play god by arrogating to themselves the unrighteous act of imposing their personal decisions on us, will not go unchallenged. At the end, Bayelsa people—who are in the majority—will have their way,” Mr Alaibe said on Wednesday in a statement issued by his campa...