Tag: bayelsa
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Bayelsa Guber Poll: REC says satisfied with PVC collection rate
The Bayelsa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Monday Tom, says INEC is satisfied with the percentage rate of Permanent Voter Card (PVC) collection, promising that the body is adequately prepared to conduct the Nov. 16 governorship election in the state. Tom made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…
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Drumbeat of violence ahead Bayelsa, Kogi poll, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Barely one month to the November 16, 2019, off-season governorship election in Bayelsa and Kogi, political actors are living up to the billing of the states as “politically volatile.” Reports of violence or potential assaults are on the rise, with the two major rival parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All…
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INEC deploys 26,000 ad hoc staff for Kogi, Bayelsa poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ) says it has deployed 26,000 ad hoc staff for the Nov. 16, Kogi and Bayelsa governorship poll. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said this during a visit to the commission’s office at Koton-Karfe in Kogi on Thursday. “I want to tell you that for the Kogi and Bayelsa…
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INEC to publish Bayelsa, Kogi voters’ registers on Monday
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Monday, November 14, officially publish the voters’ registers in Bayelsa and Kogi states. This was contained in a statement by the Commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye. According to the statement, the registers would also be presented to all the…
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JUST IN: Gunmen kidnap 84-year-old monarch in Bayelsa
Unidentified gunmen Thursday abducted the 84-year-old Traditional Ruler of Tarakiri Clan in Southern Ijaw, Bayelsa State, His Royal Majesty, King Agbabou Week. The monarch, who is the father of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Doodei Week, was whisked away from his country home at Ayama-Ijaw in the council. The Ebenanaowei of Tarakiri Clan…
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JUST IN: [Bayelsa guber] Court orders substituted service on Lyon, running mate
A frontline aspirant in the concluded governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayelsa State, Preye Aganaba, has moved a suit he filed against the party and its candidate, Chief David Lyon, from the state to the Federal High Court, Abuja. A copy of the court proceeding showed that the case came up on…
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I remain speaker of Bayelsa Assemby – Isenah
Assemblyman Tonye Isenah, Speaker of Bayelsa House of Assembly has dismissed the report of his impeachment. He insisted that he remained the speaker of the assembly on Monday in Yenagoa. The plenay on Monday witnessed gunshots at the Bayelsa House of Assembly by some youths that stormed the assembly complex in Yenagoa. Isenah, however, adjourned…
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Tension in Bayelsa as new Speaker emerges
The embattled Speaker of the Bayelsa Assembly, Emmanuel Isenah, has been controversially impeached and replaced with a lawmaker representing Southern Ijaw Constituency 2, Monday Obolo. But a media Aide to Isenah, Ranami Afagha, said the impeachment of his boss would not stand as it was done against the standing rules of the House. Afagha said…
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INEC confirms delivering all non-sensitive materials for Bayelsa, Kogi polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has delivered all non-sensitive materials for the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. The Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the disclosure on Thursday in Lagos during the Anniversary Colloquium marking the Press Week of the Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists…
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Defection: Bayelsa PDP disowns Sen. Amange
The Bayelsa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disowned the former senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Sen. Nimi Amange, following his recent defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Amange was a PDP senator from 2007 to 2011 and represented former President Goodluck Jonathan’s constituency. But reacting to Amange’s defection in a…