Tag: bayelsa
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Nothing must happen to my husband, Wife of detained Bayelsa guber candidate tells IG
Ebikaboere, the wife of detained Bayelsa State Governorship Candidate of the Liberation Movement (LM) in the last election, Vijah Opuama, has expressed concerns over the safety of her husband. Opuama was arrested on 15th August 2020 at the premises of the Bayelsa State Governorship Tribunal sitting in Abuja during the judgment on the case he…
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Police shuns court order, fails to produce detained Bayelsa gov candidate
The Nigerian Police, on Wednesday, failed to honour the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, directing it to produce the Bayelsa governorship candidate, Vijah Opuama, who had been in police detention since Aug. 15. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Taiwo Taiwo had, on Monday, ordered the police to produce Opuama…
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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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I’ve instructed my lawyers to appeal tribunal ruling – Bayelsa Gov
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said he will appeal Monday’s ruling of the state election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja and has consequently instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers. In a press release by his acting chief press secretary, Daniel Alabrah, the governor who spoke shortly after the tribunal ruled that…
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INEC fixes date for Lagos, Imo, Bayelsa Senatorial bye-elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated the Bayelsa Central and West Senatorial Districts and Imo North Senatorial District bye-elections for 31 October. Other bye-elections scheduled to hold in the same date include Nganzai State Constituency Borno; Bayo State Constituency Borno; Cross River North Senatorial District; Obudu State Constituency; Cross River State and Lagos…
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Bayelsa PDP vacates building, refuses to pay landlord N105m rent
The owner of a building that housed the secretariat of the PDP in Bayelsa, Chubby Ben Walson, is demanding the party to settle six years of rent debt amounting to N105 million before the party vacates his property. Walton rented the six-winged storey building to the party since 2008. He said the party instead of…
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BREAKING: Supreme Court dismisses Alaibe’s suit against Bayelsa gov, Diri
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Timi Alaibe, challenging the emergence of Governor Duoye Diri as the party’s candidate in the last year’s election. A five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour dismissed…
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Suspected robbers kill bank customer, cart away cash in Bayelsa
Suspected armed robbers on Friday attacked a new generation bank in Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital, killing a customer, Mr Emmanuel Omomo, and taking away cash he withdrew from the bank. Police spokesman in Bayelsa, SP Asinim Butswat who confirmed the killing, said the incident occurred at about 10 a.m. inside the premises of the new generation…
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Court orders reinstatement of demoted lecturers in Bayelsa varsity, awards N20m compensation
The Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, has ordered the reinstatement of four lecturers demoted by the Federal University of Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area. The four lectures include Professor Steve Nwabuzor, Dr. Feline Nwadike an associate professor, Dr. Sepribo Lawson -Jack an Associate Professor, Dr. Evans Eze also an Associate…