The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Climate Change, Seriake Dickson (PDP, Bayelsa West), has said the National Assembly will pass the tax reform bills despite opposition from different quarters. In an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Monday, Dickson said the bills would be passed like the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), stressing that heavens would not fall when the …

Senator Seriake Dickson representing Bayelsa West said some very important personalities (VIPs) from Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are behind oil theft in Niger Delta. Dickson stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Friday. The two-term governor of Bayelsa State said the official system and oil companies are beneficiaries of oil theft in the Niger Delta. …

Former governor and senator representing Bayelsa West, Seriake Dickson, says he is confident that incumbent Governor Douye Diri will win the 11th November governorship election smoothly. He said the coast was clear for Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, declaring that they were sailing to victory on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Dickson, who had not participated …