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PRESS RELEASE BY  PEOPLE’S TRUST The Alternative Political Party ADOPTS DATTI BABA AHMED AS ITS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE We at People’s Trust,The Alternative Political Party,being newly registered have researched and rigorously vetted 37 Presidential aspirants from all political parties including the incumbent who has not indicated that he is fully gearing for another term. In all, we see that majority of these aspirants are the usual suspects, former Governors, former Vice Presidents, Former Military Dictators etc with huge baggage of the same old way of governance that has left our country impoverished and inching every day to the brink of disintegration. We say it is time to reverse this process. We need an intelligent leader who is completely detribalized and abreast with world best practices of leadership responsibility and responsiveness to the needs of its diverse peoples. A leader whose every action brings us closer together rather than tear us apart. Nigeria’s democracy has c

Governor Dickson Woos More Investors To Bayelsa ...Says Bayelsa Is World's Best  Kept Investment Secret The investment drive of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has continued to yield positive  result as more investors  have indicated interest in investing in the state, in Agriculture, Tourism and Oil& Gas sectors. This,  according to a press statement signed by the Governor's Chief  Press Secretary, Francis Ottah Agbo was the outcome of Governor Dickson's presentation  at the 6th edition of the Africa CEO Forum currently holding in Abidjan, the capital of Cote D' Voire. Dickson who described Bayelsa State as world's best kept investment secret called on African entrepreneurs to take advantage of the investment-friendly atmosphere created by his government to do business in the state, largely regarded as the epicentre of the Niger Delta region. He said his participation at the Africa CEO Forum was meant to unveil those investment secrets by pr

  Bayelsa : Cultists To Languish In Jail For 20 Years, To stem the menace of secret cult in Bayelsa State, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has signed the Secret Cult, Societies and Similar Activities Prohibition Amendment Law 2018. The new law makes it mandatory for offenders to be jailed upon conviction, for not less than 20 years, without any option of fine. Appending his signature on the amended law in Government House today, Governor Dickson noted with serious concern, the rise in cult and other related activities in the state, especially in Yenagoa and its environs, stressing that, with the amendment, the law enforcement agencies have been empowered to deal decisively with suspected cultists and their sponsors.  Governor Dickson explained that, the amendment to the law, which had existed since May, 2012, was necessitated by the urgent need to check arise in cult activities among youths. He said the amendment was necessary to give the law enforcement agencies more powers to proa

PRESS STATEMENT DANJUMA’S CALL, A WEIGHTY EVIDENCE OF BUHARI, APC’S FAILURE, SAYS PDP...URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HELP NIGERIA KOLA OLOGBONDIYAN The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the call by the former minister of defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, that Nigerians should defend themselves against killers, is yet another testimony of the tragic situation which the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have dragged our nation. The party said Gen Danjuma's statement justifies its stand that the Buhari Presidency and the dysfunctional All Progressives Congress (APC) must be held responsible for our agonizing state, adding that, Nigerians are now daily paying the supreme price because of the failures of a grossly incompetent leadership and a deceitful ruling party. The PDP, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday, said the pronouncement, coming from an army general, a former chie

PRESS STATEMENT Dickson, Jonathan, Clark, Nwodo, Falae, Others Task FG On Restructuring Nigeria Before 2019 Elections ...Say 2019 Election Will Be A Referendum On Federalism. Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Seriake Dickson, has joined coalition of leaders from four geo-political regions to reiterate his call on the Federal Government to restructure the country before the 2019 general election. Governor Dickson, who spoke on Saturday in Yenagoa, during the South-South Mega Rally with the theme: "Restructuring the Nigerian Federation", noted that, only restructuring will guarantee the development, unity and peaceful coexistence of the country. The Governor in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Francis Ottah Agbo maintained that, those championing the cause of restructuring are the patriots and true believers in the Nigerian project. Governor Dickson, who emphasized the need for consensus building to foster better understanding on the issue and c

DICKSON TASKS PRIVATE SECTOR ON SPORTS DEVELOPMENT IN BAYELSA ...DIRECTS COUNCILS TO SUPPORT RESTORATION CUP Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the private sector to key into his administration's commitment to promote and drive sports development in the state. He said his government will continue to support sports since it is another area to positively engage youths in the state. Governor Dickson spoke in Abuja during the official presentation of the Restoration Cup 2018 branded jersey to him by Team Restoration members led by the Coordinator, Richman Ndakwe, Ono Akpe (Director General), Daniel Alabrah (Media Director) and David Nanakumo (Director, Protocol & Events). The governor, who was assisted by his Chief Press Secretary, Francis Agbo and other key aides, said tournaments like the  Restoration Cup would help curb cultism and  youth restiveness in the state. He commended the organisers of the football competition and those who sup

JONATHAN, SOUTH SOUTH GOVERNORS, LEADERS, OTHERS TO STORM YENAGOA FOR RESTRUCTURING RALLY... The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), under the dynamic leadership of Chief (Dr.) Edwin Kiagbodo Clark will on Saturday, March 24, hold what it calls a mega rally in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State to demand the restructuring of the Nigerian federation.    The rally which is billed to kick off by 9:00 am, will hold at the Grand Pavilion & Boat Club,Ox-bow Lake, Swali, Yenagoa.     Themed “Restructuring The Nigerian Federation,” PANDEF insists that  the 2019 general election is a referendum on Restructuring Nigeria and calls on the Federal Government to restructure the federation before the 2019 polls.     A press statement signed by  Chief TKO Okorotie, Chairman of Media/Publicity of the mega rally, named  the former DG NSO, Chief A.K. Horsfall as Chairman of the occasion, while the Royal Father of the Day is His Eminence, King Edmund Daukoru, the Amayanabo of Nembe.   Chief Okoro

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RESTORATION CUP, OTHER YOUTHFUL PROGRAMS ....SHUN CULTISM - Coordinator Restoration Cup Organisers of the Governor Seriake Dickson Football Tournament, has urged youths to shun cultism and other social vices, capable of rendering them unproductive and useless. The youths were rather asked to embrace policies and programs put together by the current adminstration, especially, this year's  football competition, tagged, The Restoration Cup, 2018. Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to the Governor and Coordinator of the tournament, Richman Ndakwe, who disclosed this in Yenagoa, said apart from the mouth watering prizes for the winners, football as it were, is one of the greatest ways to bring peace and harmony in any society. He called on the Caretaker Chairmen of the eight local council areas, to ensure every community registers and participate in the tournament, as this year's edition, is community based, and the preliminary stages will be played at the var

PRESS STATEMENT: PDP TO ORUBEBE; WE WILL NOT DISAPPOINT NIGERIANS Kola Ologbondiyan   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reassured that its repositioned and rebranded platform remains the best political vehicle to return Nigeria to the path of good governance and national unity. The party said it has been aggregating opinions of its members and Nigerians at large on the way forward and has since perfected a level playing ground as no individual or group can claim ownership or control of the party under its present leadership. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Tuesday, said the fears expressed by one of the party leaders and a former minister, Elder Godsday Orubebe, was rather misplaced as the issues contemplated in his open letter are no longer obtainable in the repositioned PDP. It is also obvious to all, that our great party, under the leadership of Prince Uche Secondus, has since been thrown open to all Ni