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Lawan swears in Henry Seriake Dickson, three other new senators

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, swore in four senators recently elected through bye-elections in states across the country. The new Senators include Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (Lagos East), Senator Henry Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa West), Senator Cleopas Moses (Bayelsa Central), and Senator Nora Ladi Dadu’ut (Plateau South). The Clerk to the Senate, Ibrahim El-Ladan, administered the […]

Senator Dickson donates N10m to Bayelsa State

The immediate-past governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has donated N10m to the state to fight coronavirus. Dickson disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday personally signed by him. He said he gave the N10m to the Bayelsa State COVID-19 Committee, through his Henry Seriake Dickson Foundation. The former governor said the N10m was only […]

Former Governor Sen. Henry Seriake Dickson hails VP Osinbajo

The immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo on his 63rd birthday anniversary. Dickson described Osinbajo as a patriotic Nigerian who had deployed his immense intellect and capacity in the service of God and man. He said in a statement he personally signed that it was not in […]

Mama Goldcoast Memorial: FG promises support for Dickson to fight cancer

The Federal Government on Thursday reiterated its commitment to the fight against cancer and other killer diseases in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this in a message at the groundbreaking ceremony and fundraising of the Goldcoast Memorial Centre and inauguration of the Henry Seriake Dickson Foundation at Toru-Orua in the Sagbama Local Government Area […]

Obasanjo, Abdulsalami, Jonathan to attend Dickson’s mother’s memorial

The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, is set to organise a memorial service in honour of his mother, Mrs. GoldCoast Dickson, next Thursday. The late GoldCoast died of lung cancer on August 8,  2018,  at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas, United States of America, seven months after being diagnosed of the illness. […]

Dickson’s mother’s burial: Bayelsa govt lauds Buhari, Jonathan, others’ support

The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, described the turnout at the burial as massive and gratifying. The Bayelsa State government on Sunday expressed its deepest gratitude to all those who attended the funeral rites of the late Mrs. Goldcoast Dickson, mother of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. The government also lauded the contributions […]

Goldcoast Dickson: Exit of my friend and prayer warrior

My mother was named Goldcoast by her sailor father whose children all bore names of either marine vessels he worked on or popular port cities he visited – Gov. Seriake Henry Dickson Since August when our dear mother, Mrs. Goldcoast Dickson (Gogo), was called to be with the Lord, my family and I have passed […]

Gov Dickson has stabilised Niger Delta – NNPC GMD

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, has attributed an increase in oil production in the Niger Delta region to the peace-building initiatives of the Gov. Henry Seriake Dickson-led administration in Bayelsa. A statement by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. FIdelis Soriwei stated that Dr. […]

Mama Goldcoast Dickson’s Burial for December

The remains of Madam GoldCoast, mother of the Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, who died of cancer in August, will be interred in December in Toru- Angiama, Delta State. A statement signed yesterday by the governor on behalf of the Nanaye Dickson family of Toru-Orua, Sagbama and the Enimieye Compound of Toru-Angiama, Delta State, […]