Bayelsa State Archives — Page 3 of 3

November 20, 2020 No Responses

Bayelsa Begins Training For 3,000 CBN Agric Loan Beneficiaries

Some 3,000 youths and women, who are beneficiaries of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Agricultural Loan Scheme in Bayelsa State on Thursday commenced entrepreneurship trainings. The programme, under the Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS) is targeted at Rice. Cassava and Fish farmers selected fr...

October 13, 2020 No Responses

Diri Swears In Five Commissioners, 25 Special Advisers

Governor of Bayelsa State. Douye Diri, on Monday, swore in two new cabinet Commissioners, three non-Executive Commissioners of the state Local Government Service Commission, and 25 Special Advisers. Also inaugurated were six Technical Advisers to complement th...

August 18, 2020 No Responses

Bayelsa Assembly Confirms 24 Commissioner Nominees

The Bayelsa House of Assembly on Tuesday screened and confirmed list of 24 nominees as Commissioners-designate. The Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Abraham Ngobere, had announced receipt of the list of 24 commissioner nominees from...

August 13, 2020 No Responses

Diri Urges Agip To Relocate To Bayelsa

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has urged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to relocate its operational headquarters to Bayelsa where it operated most oilfields and Brass oil export terminal. Diri, made the call at the virtual inauguration of the...

August 9, 2020 No Responses

FG Begins Shipyard Project Feasibility Study In Bayelsa

The Federal Government has commenced the feasibility study for the construction of a shipyard on Brass Island in Bayelsa. The Minister of State for Petrolem Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, confirmed the development in a statement posted on the Twitter ac...

May 29, 2020 No Responses

FG Dissolves Governing Councils Of UNIPORT, Maritime University

The Federal Government on Thursday dissolved the Governing Councils of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State and the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Bayelsa State. A statement by Mr Ben Goong, a director in the Office of the Honourable...

March 1, 2020 No Responses

Diri: Expect My Cabinet In Three Months

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa says he will constitute his cabinet “in the next three months”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Diri disclosed this at a Thanksgiving Service held at the King of Glory Chapel, Government House,...