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GOV DICKSON ISSUES RED CARD TO BILL SEEKING PENSION FOR FORMER BAYELSA STATE LEGISLATORS   ......DECLINES ACCENT TO BILL  By Donald Sylva Governor Seriake Dickson The Governor òf Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has declined assent to the bill seeking pension for former lawmakers from Bayelsa State as proposed and passed by the Assembly  The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, quoted the Governor as having said that he conveyed the decision to decline assent to the Bill in a letter to the Speaker òf the Bayelsa State House òf Assembly on Monday. The Governor held consultations with the Assembly members in his country home of Toru-Orua, where he explained his reason for declining assent. Iworiso-Markson quoted the governor as having said that the bill was inconsistent with Section 124 of the Constitution òf the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. Governor Dickson said that he was of the view that the Stat

The Champions of the Iris Smart Technologies Abuja Cricket League, the APCC in a group photograph before the final match ABUJA PAKISTANIS CC WIN MAIDEN EDITION OF IRIS SMART TECHNOLOGIES ABUJA CRICKET LEAGUE By Omokhamera Alugbeli On Sunday 28 th April, 2019, dateline Abuja, the Abuja Pakistanis Cricket Club, APCC completed their winning streak in the Iris Smart Technologies Abuja Cricket League with a resounding victory over the Cricket Club Abuja Panthers CCAP who they defeated with an emphatic 81 runs. The CCAP won the toss and elected to field first thus putting the APCC in to bat. The APCC got to a slow start with the early fall of the wicket of the APCC Captain and Best Player of the League, Hashim Mohammad as well as the slow run rates in the early overs thus giving the CCA Panthers a momentary shine that was soon faded away by the fireworks of Kalpa Alvis. At the fall of the wickets of Hashim and Saad Butt it was the turn of Kalpa Alwis to come in to bat at

Bayelsa Starlets and Officials celebrating their third place match Victory AFRICA YOUTH CUP TOURNAMENT IN CAPE VERDE, BAYELSA STARLETS EMERGE THIRD BEST AT AFRICA YOUTH CUP ....Players, officials hail Gov. Dickson Posted by Editor Bayelsa State-sponsored Restoration Starlets, on Saturday evening, came from behind to defeat Ivory Coast's Deportivo Academy 2-1 in the third place game of the Africa Youth Cup tournament.  The match played at the beautiful Estadio National in Praia, the capital city of Cape Verde, saw the Bayelsa lads put up a sterling performance to the admiration of the crowd. Special Adviser to the Bayelsa Governor on Public Affairs, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, reported from Praia that the Ivorian young stars went ahead in the 20th minute of the game before Okere Wilson equalised from the spot in the closing moments of the first half. The Starlets maintained their domination after the break  with Wilson again putting his team ahead midway in

RESTORATION STARLETS OF BAYELSA RECORD EMPHATIC 4-1 VICTORY OVER CAPE VERDE YOUTH TEAM ...AS "AGUERO' SCORES GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR By Donald Sylva Bayelsa’s Restoration Starlets opened their  campaign in the Africa Youth Cup in Cape Verde on Sunday evening with an emphatic 4-1 trouncing of the Cape Verde youth team, Misto Barlavento, in their first game. The Restoration Starlets in Cape Verde Information made available by  Mr. Ono k. Akpe, DG of the  Restoration Cup, the Teibowei Diepreye tutored side silenced the home fans just five minutes into the game when gangling Alison William scored the first goal from the spot after being brought down in the 18 yard box by the Cape Verdian number 5.    Barely two minutes later William struck again with a glancing header from a corner kick floated in by Tarabina Beweriebo, the team's captian,  to put the BAYELSA lads two goals ahead . Hard fighting Barlavento urged on by the voiciferous home c

BAYELSA 2019: Who Occupies the Creek Haven Government House? By Donald Sylva Gov. Henry Seriake Dickson Following the recent declaration by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of November 2, 2019 as date for the Bayelsa Governorship Election, the race for the next landlord of the ‘Creek Haven” Bayelsa State Government House, Yenagoa, is on the upward swing and fast gathering momentum. Bayelsa State as a microcosm of Nigeria is very significant as it is majorly made up of the Ijaw ethnic nationality, with the main language spoken being Ijaw aside dialects such as Izon, Kolukuma, Mein, Bomu, Nembe, Epie-Atisa, and Ogbia. Like all the other 35 states, it is divided into three senatorial zones, the Bayelsa Central, Bayelsa East and Bayelsa West. Under this democratic dispensation, the first governor, Late Chief DSP Alameiyeseigha, hailed from Southern Ijaw LGA of the Central Senatorial District; his deputy, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan who took over from h

BAYELSA DEPUTY GOVERNOR MAKES CASE FOR RECOGNITION OF NIGERIAN ENGINEERS By Donald Sylva Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (Rtd) on Thursday stressed the need for government and other stakeholders to accord more recognition to indigenous engineers in the execution of projects. Rear Admiral John Jonah laid the emphasis when a delegation of the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers led by its National Chairman, Engr Robinson Ejilah paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa. The Deputy Governor, who expressed dissatisfaction with the current level of dependence on expatriates, noted that it would be difficult for Nigeria to make any appreciable progress in sustainable national development if local production is not encouraged. He urged the Federal Government to revisit the Vision 2020 National Development Policy Document with a view to promoting the use of Nigerian engineers in fixing needs in the power, construc

IRIS SMART TECHNOLOGIES ABUJA CRICKET LEAGUE GROUP STAGES END AS CCA PANTHERS EMERGE FINALIST ALONG WITH ALREADY QUALIFIED APCC By Michael Egiethua in Abuja The CCA Panthers in a group photograph just before their brake or make match against the Aso Rock CC. The Iris Smart Technologies Abuja Cricket league ended the group stages of the league this past Sunday with the last two games of Day 6 (Week 6) played at the CCA Oval, National Stadium, Package B Abuja on Sunday 14/4/2019. The permutations were very rife the week before, as to who amongst the trio of Abuja Indians Cricket Club (AICC), Cricket Club Abuja Panthers (CCAP) and Aso Rock Cricket Club (ARCC) would join the already qualified Abuja Pakistanis Cricket Club in the finals of the very intensive and highly contested League. Of all the scenarios, the one that came to play was the “if AICC lose against the APCC and the CCAP wins against the ARCC the CCAP will qualify for the final match”. So it was that in t

AFRICAN YOUTH CUP; SPORTS STAKEHOLDERS LAUD GOV. DICKSON.... AS RESTORATION STARLETS JET OFF TO CAPE VERDE By Donald Sylva Bayelsa Restoration Starlets on their way out of Nigeria to Cape Verde   Organisers of the Governor Seriake Dickson Football Tournament, otherwise known as the 'Restoration Cup', have expressed their gratitude to the Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, for his unprecedented support in Sports development in the state. This is coming as eighteen players selected at the last edition, named "The Restoration Starlets", on Wednesday, left the state for Senegal en route Cape Verde, for an invitational tournament, set to kick off this weekend. Speaking in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital, Director General of the Restoration Cup, Ono Akpe, described the backing by the Governor, as laudable, as his efforts has led to several outstanding achievements recorded in the sporting sector, since he took over as the number one citize