Tag: bayelsa
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Bayelsa: APC Deputy Governorship candidate opens on Supreme Court Judgement, alleged certificate forgery, others
All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship election in Bayelsa State, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo has debunked the premise which the Supreme Court based its stunning verdict of 13 February, nullifying his election, along with the governorship candidate, David Lyon. The Supreme Court held that Degi-Eremienyo presented forged certificates to the…
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Bayelsa Governor Diri makes first appointments
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Thursday, approved the appointment of four principal officers for his administration. His Acting Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, who disclosed this in a press statement, said the new appointees include: a former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Konbowei Benson, who will serve as…
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APC returns to Supreme Court, seeks reversal of judgment on Bayelsa
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has returned to the Supreme Court asking the court to reverse its judgment disqualifying David Lyon, its candidate in the 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The party’s application was filed on Thursday by its team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN. The APC also wants the Supreme…
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What has the Supreme Court done? – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene Not a few politicians are beginning to have second thoughts about what may be the sure path to electoral success in future. The traditional model, which was godfather plus moneybags, and then crisscrossing the country squawking like fowls with broken beaks, appears to be old school and in rapid decline. After Hope Uzodinma’s…
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Bayelsa: You’ll be held responsible if anything happens to Odili, Wike warns Oshiomhole, Sylva
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has warned that the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole and former Governor of Bayelsa State and Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva will be held responsible if anything should happen to former Rivers Governor, Dr. Peter Odili and his family. Mary Odili, wife of Peter…
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Gunmen kill four soldiers, two civilians in Bayelsa
Gunmen suspected to be pirates have attacked an oil barge along the waterways of Lutegbene, Ekeremor Local Government Area in Bayelsa State It was gathered that they killed four soldiers escorting the barge and two civilians. Others in the vessel were said to have escaped with gunshot wounds by diving into the water and swimming…
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I didn’t prophesy on Bayelsa gov – Fr. Mbaka
The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, on Monday, denied giving a prophecy on the newly sworn-in Governor of Bayelsa State, Diri Douye. Mbaka, who spoke through his media aide, Ike Maximus Ugwuoke, said this in a statement in Enugu, on Monday. The statement read in part, “Our attention has…
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CJN Tanko Muhammad heads seven-man panel of justices to review Bayelsa, Imo verdicts today
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad will chair the seven-member panel of justices to review Bayelsa and Imo governorship election verdicts, that have triggered huge controversies and misgivings about the inconsistency of the apex court. The panel will sit on Tuesday. Other members of the panel are Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta , Justice…
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Sylva apologises to Buhari over Bayelsa loss
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva has apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari for “disruption to his busy schedule” by the Thursday Supreme Court judgment that truncated the inauguration of David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Bayelsa State governor. He said the apology was necessary because he was aware that the…
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New twist in Bayelsa as Oshiomhole, APC demand fresh poll
Adams Oshiomhole, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has written the Independent National Electoral Commission to demand for the conduct of a new governorship election in Bayelsa State. The letter followed the nullification of the election of the APC governor-elect, Lyon David and the declaration of Douye Diri, the candidate of the Peoples…