LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal, has succeeded his outgoing Bayelsa State counterpart, Seriake Dickson as the chairman of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum. This confirmation was made in a statement issued Monday by a Special Adviser to Governor Tambuwal, Mr Mohammad Bello. The statement added that the choice of…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson who voted at Owewari, Polling Unit 005, Toru Orua in Sagbama local government area, called on the Indepedent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the election in some parts of the state, where the exercise was characterized by alleged brigandage, hijacking of…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York has launched a blistering indictment of oil companies operating in the Niger Delta calling their actions “nothing less than environmental genocide”. The Archbishop chairs the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission is working alongside industry and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2001 to 2019. The President was worried by the persistent criticisms of the operations of the NDDC. Buhari gave the directive while receiving governors of the states that make up the Commission…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor òf Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that Democracy in Nigeria cannot grow without a vibrant media. The Governor called on those in governance to tolerate contrary views and supposedly offensive reportage of events by the media in the interest of the society and growth of democracy…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Most Rev Dr. Matthew Kukah, has arrived in Lagos State for the third annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP). His arrival was confirmed in a statement released on Thursday evening by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda. The theme of the conference holding at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State will be the Chief Guest of Honour at the 3rd annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) holding at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State on October 4, 2019. A statement on Tuesday by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, said the theme of the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum has backed the bid of the party to challenge the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which dismissed the petition of the party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at the Supreme Court. The forum in a statement by its chairman and Governor of…