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S’Court dismisses ACPN, FJP’s appeal challenging Kogi, Bayelsa guber polls

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2020 0

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed appeals filled by Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) and Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). ACPN and FJP had instituted separate cases over their party’s unlawful exclusion from the November

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Supreme Court Judgement: APC’s mandate will be restored- Sylva assures Bayelsans

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2020 0

The Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has called on Bayelsans to shun all acts of violence and lawlessness as he assures that the mandate that has been denied the APC by the Supreme Court and the Independent National Electoral Commission […]

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Bayelsa’s identity theft, Douye Diri and our gene of fraud

Ihesiulo Grace 17 February 2020 0

The Bayelsa governorship election voided by the Nigerian Supreme Court on Thursday last week has provoked a conversation on the metastasis of the cancer of identity theft in Nigeria and the country’s place in this malaise in the world. The most instructive of the several historical narratives of identity theft was one that happened in […]

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APC demands fresh governorship election in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 17 February 2020 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding for a fresh governorship election in Bayelsa. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena, said this at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja. Recall that the Supreme Court had on Thursday nullified the election of […]

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Sylva cautions Bayelsa APC supporters against violence

Ihesiulo Grace 16 February 2020 0

Minister of State for Petroleum and former Governor of Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva, has admonished party members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to keep calm and shun all acts of violence and lawlessness following the Supreme Court judgement. Sylva, who described as provocative and regrettable the events in […]

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Bayelsa: Reps PDP caucus demand prosecution of Oshiomhole

Ihesiulo Grace 16 February 2020 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus of the House of Representatives has hailed the emergence of Senator Diri Douye as governor of Bayelsa state via a Supreme Court judgement. Also, the caucus is demanding the immediate prosecution of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole for his volatile statement in the […]

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Jonathan congratulates Diri, assures he’ll meet expectations of Bayelsans

Ihesiulo Grace 15 February 2020 0

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the newly inaugurated governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri. In a statement on Friday, Jonathan said he trusts in Diri’s ability to deliver, having worked closely with him. Douye Diri, sworn in as Governor of Bayelsa State Diri was a commissioner when Jonathan succeeded Diepreye Alamieyeseigha as governor of […]

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Police impose 3–day dusk to dawn curfew in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 15 February 2020 0

…Arrest 8 suspects in connection with violent protest in Yenagoa …Diri sworn-in as new gov, pledges to work for peace, prosperity of Bayelsa The people of Bayelsa State have been advised to stay indoors from the hours of 8pm to 6am from Friday to Sunday with respect to the violent protest that followed the Supreme […]

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Breaking: Douye Diri, sworn in as Governor of Bayelsa State

Ihesiulo Grace 14 February 2020 0

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November 2019 governorship, Douye Diri, has been sworn in as the Governor of Bayelsa State. Details later…

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Bayelsa gov’ship: APC, PDP differ over Lyon’s sack by S’Court

Ihesiulo Grace 14 February 2020 0

. It’ll be legally wrong to swear-in Douye Diri as gov- Oshiomhole .Judgement will not deter us from pursuing justice in Imo – PDP The nullification of the electoral victory of the Bayelsa State governor-elect, Mr. David Lyon, by the Supreme Court on Thursday has elicitated different reactions from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and […]

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Breaking: S’ Court sacks Bayelsa Governor- elect, Lyon

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2020 0

…declares runner up with highest vote spread winner Some hours to his inauguration the Supreme Court on Thursday sacked Mr David Lyon as Governor Elect of Bayelsa State. A five man panel of the apex court presided by Justice Mary Peter-Odili nullified the election of Lyon on the grounds that his deputy, Senator biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo […]

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Bayelsa APC guber primary: S’Court dismisses Lokpobiri appeal

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

.Coast clears for Lyon’s swearing – in on Friday The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri challenging the result of primary election conducted on September 4, 2019 by the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State for election of the party’s governorship candidate. APC electoral committee had at the […]

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Angry appointees barricade Bayelsa Govt. House over unpaid salaries

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

Political appointees from rural development areas of Bayelsa state on Tuesday barricaded the entrance to the state Government House over their unpaid two- month salaries. The appointees from the 24 rural development areas in the state were appointed into office on October 15, 2019. Speaking with newsmen in Yenagoa, the political appointees said that they […]

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Bayelsa: APC accuses outgoing govt of looting property, cars, others

Ihesiulo Grace 3 February 2020 0

…Calls for vigilance on governor’s family members, friends Ahead of the February 14 handover date to the new government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state, the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, has accused the outgoing governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson, his family members and friends of plan to loot […]

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Court reinstates 8 permanent secretaries sacked by Wike

Ihesiulo Grace 31 January 2020 0

The National Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state on Friday voided the sack of eight permanent secretaries by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state. The Rivers state government had in 2015 sacked the eight permanent secretaries, the state head of service and the state accountant general, among others. The sacked permanent secretaries are Samuel […]

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Soku Oil Wells: Bayelsa seeks return, heads to Appeal Court

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2020 0

The Bayelsa Government on Monday said it has appealed the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which ceded the disputed Soku oil wells between Rivers and Bayelsa to Rivers. Solicitor General of the state, Mr Preye Agada, disclosed this during an interaction with newsmen in Yenagoa. Breaking: Court confirms Rivers’ ownership of Soku oil […]

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Gov Dickson orders immediate payment of minimum wage in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2020 0

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has approved the payment of N30,000 new national minimum wage to workers in the state with effect from this month. The governor, who gave the approval Friday night during a meeting with the leadership of organised labour in Yenagoa, directed the state’s financial team to follow through the template […]

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Six-year-old son rescued from kidnappers after 3 weeks in captivity

Ihesiulo Grace 8 January 2020 0

The 6-year-old son of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Water Resources, Nengi Talbot Tubonah, has been rescued after three weeks in captivity. The boy was abducted on December 22 by four gunmen, who stormed the commissioner’s residence at the New Commissioners’ Quarters in Yenagoa. The gunmen broke into Talbot’s home at the quarters located in Opolo […]

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Lyon commiserates with Army over death of soldier, attack on Jonathan’s home

Ihesiulo Grace 25 December 2019 0

Bayelsa State Governor-elect, Chief David Lyon, has commiserated with the family members of the deceased as well as officers and men of the Nigerian Army over the loss of one soldier during the Tuesday attack on the residence of the former President Goodluck Jonathan at his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa State. Lyon, who condemned […]

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Dickson colluded with APC to lose Bayelsa State – Wike

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2019 0

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Soku Oil Wells belong to the Government and People of Rivers State as the Federal High Court affirmed and based on  the admission by the National Boundary Commission that it erroneously  shifted the boundary between Rivers and Bayelsa States  from River Santa Barbara to River […]