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Dankwanbo solicits votes from Bayelsa PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2018 0

Gombe State Governor and Presidential aspirant for the 2019 election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, has appealed to stakeholders and national delegates of the party in Bayelsa state to either vote for him or chose more suitable and credible

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‘My refusal to join APC is why they want me dead’

Ihesiulo Grace 16 September 2018 0

The Caretaker Chairman of Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa state, Hon. Victor Isaiah, has raised the alarm of alleged death threat on his life. He also said there are plots to assassinate him and make the council ungovernable. According to him, some people are after him because of his refusal to join the All […]

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Bayelsa adopts consensus candidate for Assembly election

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2018 0

No fewer than 13 communities that make up Ekeremor constituency two in Ekeremor Local government area of Bayelsa State have pledged their support for the consensus candidate of the All Progressive Party (APC), in the forth coming State assembly election. Ekeremor constituency two is where the current Minister of state for Agriculture, Hon. Heineken Lokpobiri […]

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122 aspirants jostle for 24 Bayelsa Assembly seats

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2018 0

A total of 122 aspirants from the eight Local Government areas of Bayelsa state have been screened to contest for the 24 seats in the State House of Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), primaries, as three aspirants fail the screening. Out of the numbers cleared 17 aspirants are incumbent lawmakers […]

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Bayelsa APC aligns with Oshiomhole, adopts direct primaries

Ihesiulo Grace 9 September 2018 0

The leadership and state executive committees of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state yesterday aligned with the National Chairman of the Party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole over the adoption of the direct primaries for the State, National and Presidential primaries of the party. The decision by the Bayelsa APC was taken at a well […]

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Vote-buying will not stop my victory – Aspirant

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2018 0

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Assembly aspirant in Bayelsa, Pastor, Ayogoi Simon Yaibimi, has said vote – buying in the forthcoming primaries of the party will not stop him emerging as the flag bearer of his constituency. Yaibimi, who described politicians encouraging vote – buying as desperate, noted that his popularity, administrative experience,

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2019: Bayelsa Speaker finally bows to pressure, picks Reps form

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2018 0

The Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Kombowei Benson, has finally bowed to pressure by withdrawing his bid to run for a 4th term at the State House of Assembly and picked the form to run for the Federal House of Representatives seat of Southern Ijaw Federal constituency of the State. Speaker […]

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2019: Female aspirant promises purposeful representation in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2018 0

A female aspirant vying for Ekeremor constituency 1 seat in the Bayelsa state House of Assembly, under the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP), Barr. Tari-ere Gita Joyce, has promised purposeful and effective leadership, if elected in the forthcoming elections. Tari-ere a Yenagoa based lawyer and a grass root mobiliser under the Restoration led government of the […]

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Agency raises flood alert for Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Kogi, Anambra, Delta, Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2018 0

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has warned Nigerians living by the banks of River Niger and its floodplains to immediately relocate over possible flooding. The agency gave the warning on Wednesday in Abuja in a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Engineering Hydrology, Mr Clement Nze. Nze named the states likely to be […]

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FG denies plan to sell NLNG

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2018 0

*Reps query $1.6bn contract variation Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu on Tuesday, laid to rest speculations that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration plans to sell the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) located at Bonny Island, Rivers State. Speaking through the Director of Gas Resources, Mrs. Esther Ifejika at an

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APC accuses Bayelsa Govt of cover up over killing

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2018 0

The leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayelsa state chapter has accused the Bayelsa State Government of alleged attempt to cover up last week killing of two members of the party during a violent clash in Brass Local Government Area of the State. According to the APC, the attempt by the Bayelsa State Government through […]

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Abiri sues FG, demands N200m for 2 years detention

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2018 0

The Bayelsa State-based journalist who recently regained his freedom after two years in custody of the Department of State Service (DSS), Mr. Jones Abiri, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking N200 million damages as compensation from the federal government for abuse of his fundamental human rights. In the suit […]

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Bayelsa crisis: An attempt on my life – Council Chairman

Ihesiulo Grace 24 August 2018 0

The Care-taker Chairman of Brass Local Government area of Bayelsa state, Victor Isaiah, said the crisis that occurred in the area that left three persons dead was an attempt to take his life by some thugs sponsored by chieftains of a political party in the state. He stated this in a statement issued in Yenagoa […]

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Bayelsa imposes curfew on Twon Brass over killing

Ihesiulo Grace 24 August 2018 0

The Bayelsa Government on Friday imposed a curfew on Twon Brass in the Brass Local Government Area of the state, where three were killed on Aug. 15. The Deputy Governor of the state, Rear Adm. Gboribiogha Jonah retired, told a news conference in Yenagoa that the curfew would last from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. […]

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Mum was my guardian angel, says Gov Dickson

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2018 0

Bayelsa State Governor, the Henry Seriake Dickson, has paid glowing tributes to his late mother, Mrs. Goldcoast Dickson, whom he described as an integral part of his journey in life. Governor Dickson, in his brief remarks on Monday night during a solemn service organised by the state government at the Governor’s Lodge in Yenagoa to […]

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OML 83 & 85: Bayelsa, NNPC, First Global sign MoU

Ihesiulo Grace 20 August 2018 0

The KEFFES host communities have signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the First Global Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Ltd, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and First E and P on OMLs 83 and 85. KEFFES is an acronym for Koluama I & II, Ekeni, Fish Town, Foropa, Ezetu I &II and Sangana located […]

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2019: APC women admonished on active participation

Ihesiulo Grace 17 August 2018 0

The wife of former Governor of Bayelsa state and leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Bayelsa state, Mrs. Alainyingi Sylva, has urged Bayelsa women and female members of the opposition party in the state on active political participation in the forthcoming elections in the country. She stated this while addressing women on Thursday […]

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2019: Don’t allow desperate politicians use you, Bayelsa commissioner tells youths

Ihesiulo Grace 16 August 2018 0

As political activities begin across the country, a call has gone out to youths in Bayelsa State not to allow themselves to be used as instruments of destabilisation during the period. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson made the call in Yenagoa, when the executive members of the National Union of Ogbia […]

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2019: Coalition of youth groups drums support for Timi Alaibe Guber aspiration

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2018 0

A coalition of five youth groups in Bayelsa State, has call on politicians in the state, women groups, NGOs, other youth groups and well meaning Bayelsans to support the Governorship aspiration of a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mr. Ndutimi Alaibe. The groups while briefing newsmen in Yenagoa said they […]

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Dismissed police commit suicide after defiling 9yrs old girl, 5 others

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2018 0

…Infect victims with HIV A dismissed policeman from Cross Rivers State yesterday committed suicide after allegedly defiling and infecting a nine-year old girl and five others with Human Immune Virus (HIV) in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. According to investigation by some members of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), the