Politicians Must Abide By Peace Accord During Bayelsa Elections – Police
The Police Command has warned Bayelsa politicians and their supporters to respect the peace accord signed by participants in the election. According to the Police, nothing less than 31,000 policemen...
View ArticleBayelsa Decides: PDP Candidate, Sen Douye Diri Casts His Vote Despite Flooding
PDP candidate, Senator Douye Diri and his wife, Gloria have exercised their franchise in Sampou Community of Kolokuma /Opokuma Local Government Area. Senator Diri voted at exactly 10:36 am at Polling...
View ArticleElection Materials Arriving Late In Bayelsa Is An Indictment On INEC – GEJ
Ex President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan is not happy with the late arrival of election materials at his home state in Otuoke, Bayelsa State. GEJ disclosed this as he addressed journalists after...
View ArticleAPC Is Hijacking Voting Materials In Bayelsa State – Seriake Dickson
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa voted at Polling Unit 005, Ward 2, Toru-Orua community, Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. According to him, APC is working with security agencies to hijack...
View ArticleBayelsa, Kogi Elections: INEC Should Extend Voting Time – YIAGA Africa
After the late commencement of voting in some of the polling units in Bayelsa and Kogi state, YIAGA Africa has urged INEC to extend the voting time for the gubernatorial election. In a recent press...
View ArticleINEC Starts Collation Of Election Results In Bayelsa State
Sagbama Local Government Area Collation Officer, Prof Moses Osawarue of the University of Benin, has announced that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP won the local government area with 60,339, while...
View ArticleAhmed Lawan Congratulates Kogi, Bayelsa Governors-Elect
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring a level playing field that has helped the people to assert their sovereignty and select their leaders. Lawan then...
View ArticleGEJ Is Happy With Us Winning The Gov Election In Bayelsa – APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has come out to say that ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan is happy with the result of the November 16 governorship polls in Bayelsa State. The APC Governorship...
View ArticleSecurity Agencies Were Part Of The Rigging In Kogi, Bayelsa Elections – CSOs
Civil society groups have come out to say that security agencies, including the police, were part of the rigging and manipulation of Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. The...
View ArticleI Refuse To Accept The Bayelsa Gov Poll Result – Seriake Dickson
Governor Seriake Dickson has come out to say that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would challenge the outcome of Nov. 16 Bayelsa governorship election in court. He revealed this as he addressed a...
View ArticleYahaya Bello, David Lyon Must Lead Kogi And Bayelsa Well – Tinubu
APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu has urged Bayelsa and Kogi governors-elect, Yahaya Bello and David Lyon to offer good leadership and progressive governance in their states. He revealed this in a...
View ArticleAPC Did Not Earn Their Victory In Bayelsa State – Seriake Dickson
Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson has said APC leaders are using GEJ to give legitimacy to the alleged electoral fraud the party committed during the recent governorship election in the...
View ArticleWe Have Nothing Against GEJ – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it has nothing against former President Goodluck Jonathan over the just concluded Bayelsa governorship election. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola...
View ArticleBayelsa Elections Was A Charade – Gov Seriake Dickson
Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has said it was sad that INEC went ahead to announce the November 16 governorship election results “in spite of the brigandage and violence that marred the...
View ArticleNovember 16 Election Was An Insult To Bayelsans – Seriake Dickson
Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has come out to say there was no governorship election conducted in Bayelsa on November 16, 2019. According to him, the election conducted by INEC on that day...
View ArticleSeriake Dickson Has Vowed To Turn Bayelsa State Upside Down – APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State has urged state governor, Seriake Dickson, to desist from heating things up in the state with wild allegations and inciting comments. APC revealed...
View ArticleI Have Laid A Solid Foundation For The Next Bayelsa State Governor – Seriake...
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has come out to say that he will be leaving very huge shoes for his successor after 8 years of developing the state. He disclosed this briefly after...
View ArticleOur Decision On Who Is Governor In Bayelsa State Is Final – S.Court
The Supreme Court has decided to not reverse its judgment that sacked David Lyon and Degi-Eremieoyo as governor and deputy-governor elect of Bayelsa State. In a recent unanimous decision by a seven-man...
View ArticleI Didn’t Know I’ll Be Governor — Diri
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Sunday said he never knew he would one day become a governor while supporting the aspiration of others. Senator Diri, who joined other worshippers to...
View ArticleSammie Okposo’s Child Out Of Wedlock Is God’s Blessing – Bodmas Kemepadei
A media aide to Bayelsa State Governor, Bodmas Kemepadei has come out to list 10 things gospel singer, Sammie Okposo should do after cheating on his wife. He recently had his say via his social media...
View ArticleWe Will Deliver Bayelsa State To Atiku – The Atiku Domestic Voters Structure
A group, The Atiku Domestic Voters Structure (DOVO), has pledged to deliver Bayelsa to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, during the 2019 general elections. The...
View ArticleBayelsa State Political Parties Will Be Treated Equally During Election – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Bayelsa has promised equal treatment to all parties participating in the forth coming polls in the state. Mr Timidi Wariowei, Head of Department...
View ArticleFG Cannot Oppress Bayelsa State – Seriake Dickson
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson, has said the state will not bow to any sort of intimidation by the Federal Government. He said said that Bayelsa was not like any other state to be pushed...
View ArticleThe Military Engaged In Electoral Fraud During Elections In Bayelsa State –...
Seriake Dickson has accused the military, specifically, General Officer Commanding, 6 Division of the Nigerian Army of tampering with the will of citizens in the electoral process in Bayelsa State....
View ArticleAtiku Leads With 5 LGAs In Bayelsa State, Buhari Wins In 2
Muhammadu Buhari has emerged victorious in 2 out of 7 LGAs in Bayelsa State. The two LGAs are Nembe and Southern-Ijaw, according to INEC. There are a total number of eight local government areas in the...
View ArticleWe Killed No Navy Officer In Bayelsa State – APC
The Bayelsa chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from recent allegations connecting the murder of a Navy personnel, Mr James Sokari during Saturday’s House of Assembly...
View ArticleArch Bishop of York raises Alarms over Bayelsa Environmental Genocide, blames...
The Chairman of Bayelsa State Environmental Degradation Commission and Arch-Bishop of York, Dr. John Tucker Sentamu on Sunday raised the alarm over environmental terrorism and genocide facing the...
View ArticleI Won’t Hesitate To Sign Death Warrants For Kidnappers In Bayelsa – Seriake...
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has promised to not waste time in signing death warrants of convicted kidnappers in the state. According to him, this will let anyone trying to indulge in violence...
View ArticleMarginalisation: Niger Delta Leaders urge President Buhari to appoint...
Niger Delta leaders have decried marginalisation of Delta State and vowed on Friday to take up the marginalisation issue of Delta State with the highest authority in Nigeria. The leaders said there was...
View ArticleReligious Leaders Must Pray For A Worthy Successor In Bayelsa – Seriake Dickson
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has urged religious leaders in the state to organise prayers that will give the state a worthy successor. He revealed that whoever gets the governorship ticket...
View ArticleElection Primaries Will Never Divide APC In Bayelsa – Heineken Lokpobiri
Former Minister of State for Agriculture, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri has said the problem of primaries for the upcoming governorship polls in Bayelsa will not threaten the peace in APC. Sen. Heineken, a...
View ArticlePDP Will Conduct A Peaceful Primary In Bayelsa- Daniel Iworiso-Markson
Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has told all Bayelsans that the September 3, 2019 governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will...
View ArticleUche Secondus Is Trying To Manipulate PDP’s Governorship Primary In Bayelsa –...
The Peoples Democratic Party South-South Youth Vanguard have said that PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus is attempting to subvert the party’s constitution to suit Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Seriake...
View ArticleTimipre Sylva Should Use His Office To Develop Bayelsa State – Seriake Dickson
Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has begged the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva to use his office to develop projects in the state. Seriake, who revealed this in Yenagoa recently...
View ArticleAPC Will Defeat PDP In Bayelsa State – Adams Oshiomhole
Ahead of the November 16 Governorship polls in Bayelsa state, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has promised to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in...
View ArticleBayelsa Indigens Must Chase PDP Out On November 16 — Chief David Lyon
APC governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Chief David Lyon has pledged to right all the wrongs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government if he is elected as governor. Chief David, who vowed...
View ArticleBayelsa Will Vote For A Party That Believes In Genuine Democracy — Adams...
APC chairman, Adams Oshiomhole has inaugurated 2 campaign councils for the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, warning the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to try to learn new...
View ArticlePDP Is Panicking Ahead Of Bayelsa Governorship Polls – APC
The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused PDP of trying to cause panic in the state which will set the foundation of “a state government-sponsored violence” ahead of the...
View ArticleI Will Link Brass Island By Road If I Win Bayelsa Polls – Senator Diri
PDP candidate for the November 16 governorship polls in Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has vowed to link Brass on the Atlantic shores of the state by road if he wins the election. He made this vow...
View ArticleBayelsa State Should Not Be As Backward As It Is Now – David Lyon
The All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, David Lyon, has come out to say that the social conditions of the people and their communities should not be as poor as it is...
View ArticleBayelsa Governorship Poll Results Will Not Be Transmitted Electronically – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it is not thinking about the electronic transmission of results in the Bayelsa State governorship election. This information was disclosed during...
View ArticleThe Media Must Be Objective During Kogi And Bayelsa Elections – INEC
The Independent National Commission (INEC) has urged the media to deliver exact, objective and professional reporting of the polls as they ready themselves for Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections....
View ArticleCandidates For Bayelsa And Kogi Elections Should Avoid Violence – Femi...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajamiabila, has begged the main actors in the Bayelsa and Kogi states’ governorship polls and candidates in the Kogi West Senatorial election to...
View ArticleINEC Must Avoid Inconclusive Poll In Bayelsa State — BAPI
Ahead of the November 16, 2019 governorship poll in Bayelsa State, a non-partisan group, Bayelsa Peace Initiative, BAPI, has warned supporters of political parties over violent conduct. In a recent...
View ArticlePolice Will Be Neutral During Kogi/Bayelsa Elections ― IGP
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has promised that the police would be effective and neutral during the Nov. 16 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States. Mohammed Adamu...
View ArticleBayelsa State Government Must Account For N100BN Airport Project – Adams...
APC chairman, Adams Oshiomhole has told Bayelsa Government to account for the N100 billion expended on the construction of the state airport runway project. Adams, who described the project as the most...
View ArticleBayelsa Election Would Be Violence-Free – APC
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has come out to say that the Nov. 16 governorship polls in Bayelsa State will be violence-free. The party leaders, at a recent rally in Yenagoa, begged the Peoples...
View ArticleCourt Has Granted APC Stay Of Execution In Bayelsa ― Timipre Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Timipre Sylva, has said the Court of Appeal in Abuja has granted the All Progressives Congress (APC) a stay of execution on the judgment delivered by the Federal...
View ArticleCandidates In Kogi, Bayelsa Should Accept Election Results – Buhari
Ahead of the gubernatorial election in Kogi and Bayelsa State on Saturday, November 16, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned governorship candidates in the 2 states to accept the result of the...
View ArticleINEC Must Be Fair And Neutral During Bayelsa And Kogi Elections – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked for exemplary conduct of non-partisanship on the part of election and law enforcement officials in Saturday’s governorship polls in Bayelsa and Kogi. Buhari, in a...
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