Tag: Bayelsa Election
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BREAKING: Gov Duoye Diri of Bayelsa defeats Sylva
… wins in six LGs The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Bayelsa State Governorship Election, Governor Duoye Diri has won his re-election. Diri won his election in Bayelsa State after the results of the last local government, Southern Ijaw was announced Diri won six local government areas to win re-election while his closest…
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Bayelsa guber: Alleged thugs invade polling units in Southern Ijaw, Sagbama, snatch materials
Armed thugs have reportedly stormed polling units in Sagbama local Government area with heavy gun shots and hijack of elections materials. It was gathered that at about 9 am at Agorogbene, unit 6, 7 and 8 in Ward 11 of the Local Government, voters and destroy election materials. According to sources, attempts by the electorate…
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Off-season Guber Polls: Updates from Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo States
*Kogi, INEC staff fight over transport fares *Officials already on ground in the three States *Boat conveying INEC staff and materials capsizes in Bayelsa *INEC official abducted in Bayelsa As INEC continues to distribute electoral materials across the three states conducting offshore guber polls today some of the information filtering into TheNewsGuru.com clearly point to…
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Why Bayelsans will reelect me – Diri declares
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has declared that the Bayelsa people will re-elect him for a second tenure on the basis of his first term performance. Addressing a mammoth crowd at the carnival-like grand finale of his campaign at the Oxbow Lake Pavilion in Yenagoa on Tuesday, Governor Diri said his administration completed…
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Guber: Panic in Bayelsa as Sylva’s men slams Bayelsa Gov over alleged attempt to stop their candidate
The Campaign Council for the Bayelsa All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Timipre Sylva, strongly criticized Governor Douye Diri on Tuesday for his alleged attempts to prevent their candidate from appearing on the ballot. The Council declared that Diri’s efforts to hinder Sylva have been unsuccessful. Furthermore, the campaign team cautioned against the practice of…
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Bayelsa poll: Appeal Court reverses Sylva’s disqualification as APC guber candidate
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed Mr Timipre Sylva as the validly elected candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s in the Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship election.
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Bayelsa Poll: We‘ll overcome disqualification of our guber candidate – APC
The Bayelsa Gubernatorial Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged its supporters not to be deterred by the delisting of its candidate for the Nov. 11 poll, Chief Timipre Sylva.
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Bayelsa guber: Coalition urges INEC to use electronic transmission of results
A Coalition of Pro-democracy Organisations in Nigeria, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be transparent in the electoral process and make the use of electronic transmission of the Bayelsa gubernatorial election results as opposed to the manual transmission planned.
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Bayelsa: APC, PDP spar over Nov. 16 polls
Ahead the Nov. 16 governorship elections in Bayelsa, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) have re-enacted rivalry in ‘war of words’ as they canvass for votes. Sen. Douye Diri, PDP candidate had on Tuesday raised alarm, when he met with United Kingdom and U.S. officials on advocacy for peaceful…