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News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Despite Oil Windfall, South-South States Miss 26 Percent Education Funding Benchmark in 2026 Budgets

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/despite-oil-windfall-south-south-states-miss-26-percent-education-funding-benchmark-in-2026-budgets/ar-AA210M0R

Published on: Wednesday 15 April 2026

The findings stand in stark contrast to the situation in the South-east region, where states with comparatively lower revenues have made stronger commitments to education spending.Despite being major ...

News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Seriake Dickson: How Bayelsa’s Education Reformer Became One of Nigeria’s Most Influential Senators

News channel or source: https://www.pulse.ng/story/henry-seriake-dickson-biography-net-worth-2025101709503479157

Published on: Thursday 16 October 2025

Born 28 January 1966 in Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has served as a lawyer, a Representative, a Governor, and is currently the Senator for Bayelsa West, known for transforming education ...

News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Restoring confidence in public education: How Bayelsa is tackling root causes of out-of-school children

News channel or source: https://thenationonlineng.net/restoring-confidence-in-public-education-how-bayelsa-is-tackling-root-causes-of-out-of-school-children/

Published on: Monday 28 July 2025

As Commissioners of Education from across the country gather for the Nigerian Governors Forum program State-Level Solutions to Foundational Learning and Out-of-School Children, one truth must guide ...

News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Bayelsa mulls higher education ministry

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/bayelsa-mulls-higher-education-ministry/ar-AA200zZJ

Published on: Thursday 02 April 2026

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has promised to look at the recommendation on the creation of a Ministry of Higher Education for the state.He made the promise after the Visitation ...

News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Bayelsa public primary schools remain shut over 10 months salary arrear

News channel or source: https://www.pulse.ng/story/seriake-dickson-bayelsa-public-primary-schools-remain-shut-over-10-months-salary-2024080104294324483

Published on: Tuesday 19 September 2017

Reports say teachers in Bayelsa have engaged in intermittent strikes since 2013 over issues of salaries and under-funding of primary education. Investigation by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday ...

News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Diri’s 6 years of silent, impactful revolution in Bayelsa

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/diri-s-6-years-of-silent-impactful-revolution-in-bayelsa/ar-AA20ztrM

Published on: Thursday 09 April 2026

By Daniel Alabrah On February 13, 2020, less than 24 hours before the scheduled inauguration of a new governor in Bayelsa State, a five-man panel of the Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered a verdict ...