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The Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday described former Governor Timipre Sylva as an unpopular and desperate politician whose conscience remains his greatest threat.     Dickson said in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media Relations, Mr. FIdelis Soriwei, that Sylva cuts the gnawing image of a troubled man screaming and fleeing at the sight of nobody.     Dickson was reacting to a claim by Sylva that the governor was behind a plot to pitch the Chief òf Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, against him through orchestrated media reports.       Soriwei said that Governor Dickson is too involved and indeed occupied with the execution of the mandate the Bayelsa people gave to him, to be distracted by the hallucinations of a politician whose lifeline in politics was the state òf the mood of his political masters.     The Governor’s media Aide said that it was queer and absurd that...

Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday received the 9th Commissioner of Police posted to the state within 3 months, expressing his administration’s readiness to work with any security officer for the maintenance of law and order in the state. Governor Dickson who stated this during a courtesy call by the new Commissioner of Police, Mr. Aminu Saleh, in Government House, Yenagoa, warned political actors across the country who do not have the capacity to win elections to desist from manipulating the security agencies. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei, quoted the Governor as saying that the government and people of Bayelsa would support every legitimate law enforcement activity towards promoting peace and stability particularly as the general election draw closer. Governor Dickson who charged Mr. Saleh to lead the State Command to perform its duties in a professional and credible manner, emphasized that...

The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said the verdict of history would be hard on former Governor, Timipre Sylva. Dickson said that politicians who desecrated the opportunities to serve, to abuse state resources to lure Bayelsa youths to violence would face condemnation in the courts of posterity. The Governor, in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, stressed that politicians buying guns for Bayelsa youths and fanning the embers òf violence would have their place of rejection on history’s pages of villainy. Dickson was reacting to a publication in which Sylva alleged of media plot by the governor to pitch him against the Chief òf Staff to the President, ABBA Kyari. The Governor said that it was rather unfortunate that Sylva had descended to level of scavenging for imagined information from the gutters. He said that while genuine and responsible political leaders respond to real issues, ...

On November 14, 2018, the Saturday Sun led its front page with the bold headline: "The Atiku Dilemma," with two accompanying riders: 1. We want to prosecute him for graft but no evidence to nail him, says Itse Sagay; and 2. Ex-VP now vindicated - PDP. Sagay is chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), one of the bodies empanelled by President Muhammadu Buhari to deepen his so-called war against graft in Nigeria. Given the albeit selective disposition of the Buhari administration to the war against corruption, it was expected that it would fire a rebuttal or even query Sagay for giving the President's main challenger in the February 16, 2019 election such a weighty clean bill. But days, weeks and months have since passed without even a caution to Sagay.  From the report and Sagay's comment, one perceived some kind of frustration on the part of the federal government to at least bring the former Vice President to face...

The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has visited Ijaw    National Leader, Pa Edwin Clark, to condole with him on the death of his son, Chike.     Dickson described the death of the 43 year old Chike as sudden, sad and untimely and prayed to God to give the elder statesman and his family the fortitude to bear the loss.     He said that he, the Bayelsa people and indeed the Ijaw nation were shocked by the painful occurrence.     He encouraged the elder statesman for the strength to pull himself together in spite of the sad occurrence.     The Governor assured the Ijaw National Leader of   the support of the people especially in his moment of trial.     “We are here and before the interment, we will still be here. I came and it is one of the main reasons I am in Abuja. We are here on behalf of the people of the state to condole with you on the sudden, sad, untimely dep...

The Bayelsa State Executive Council on Wednesday vowed to ensure that sponsors and perpetrators of electoral violence in the state are made to face the full weight of the law.  At its 100 meeting presided over by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, the council said it took the decision following the submission of the report by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the 2015 general elections.  The council said the mayhem that was brought on the state by desperate politicans cannot be overlooked and therefore called for the white paper on the report in order to take steps to punish all those found culpable.  Briefing journalists after the centenary meeting, the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Kemela Okara said the council took time to deliberate on the issue because of its importance. He said it was also imperative in view of the coming elections, as the government is committed to protect the lives of the people and prevent avoidable deaths that cha...

The Bayelsa State Executive Council on Wednesday vowed to ensure that sponsors and perpetrators of electoral violence in the state are made to face the full weight of the law.  At its 100 meeting presided over by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, the council said it took the decision following the submission of the report by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the 2015 general elections.  The council said the mayhem that was brought on the state by desperate politicans cannot be overlooked and therefore called for the white paper on the report in order to take steps to punish all those found culpable.  Briefing journalists after the centenary meeting, the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Kemela Okara said the council took time to deliberate on the issue because of its importance. He said it was also imperative in view of the coming elections, as the government is committed to protect the lives of the people and prevent avoidable deaths...