Tag: Bayelsa Governor
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Osun 2022: PDP appoints Wike, Diri as campaign council members
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has been listed among 128 -member campaign council by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) for the forthcoming Osun State Governorship Election. The National Working Committee, (NWC) of the party on Monday, announced that the the Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri, has been approved to be the Chairman of the…
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’Resign or be sacked’, Bayelsa Gov warns appointees involved in 2023 politicking
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has cautioned his appointees against early politicking ahead of the 2023 elections, saying he would not hesitate to sack any of them found wanting. Speaking before the commencement of the weekly State Executive Council meeting in Government House on Wednesday, Governor Diri frowned on the activities of some of…
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EFCC arraigns ex-Bayelsa gov’s aide, two others, for alleged N864m fraud
Embelekpo Apere, a former Senior Special Assistant on Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to the immediate past Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson, has been arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Apere was arraigned alongside Rollins Amacree, Clever Loveday and a company, Oriazy Global Link Limited before Justice Jane…
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Supreme Court upholds Diri’s election as Bayelsa Governor
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed six appeals filed against the election of Douye Diri of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) as Governor of Bayelsa State. A seven man panel of the court led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, in its first decision, dismissed the appeal by the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) following its withdrawal…
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Bayelsa Governor’s One Leg, By Azu Ishiekwene
By Azu Ishiekwene Nine months after the curtains were drawn on the Bayelsa governorship polls, the electorate still can’t be too sure who they voted for or who will be governor. Lawyers have become the new voters and courts the new electoral umpires; yet neither the lawyers nor the courts can say exactly where all…
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JUST IN: Tribunal dismisses petitions against Bayelsa Gov, Deputy
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed two petitions challenging the victory of Governor Duoye Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, in the last election in the state. The petition were filed by the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and the United Peoples Congress (UPC). The tribunal’s three-man panel held that the petitioners’ failed…
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Appeal Court affirms Diri as Bayelsa governor, dismisses Alaibe’s suit
The court of appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo state on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by Ndutimi Alaibe which challenged the emergence of Douye Diri as the winner of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) primary election in Bayelsa. Alaibe, who was also a governorship aspirant of the PDP for the 2019 election, had instituted a…