Tag: bayelsa
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Gunmen kidnap rescuers of Bayelsa accident victims in Rivers
Gunmen at the weekend abducted four travelers, who rushed to an accident scene in Elele, Rivers State, to rescue the victims. It was learnt that victims of the accident were persons from Bayelsa State, who were returning from a traditional wedding in Mbaise, Imo State. They were reportedly traveling on a Toyota Sienna car when…
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Bayelsa guber: Alaibe approaches court over PDP primary, demands cancellation
A former Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Ndutimi Alaibe, has asked the court to invalidate the primary election that produced Senator Douye Diri as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November governorship election I Bayelsa State. Alaibe, who participated as an aspirant in the primary poll, complained that…
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Bayelsa, Kogi guber candidates face disqualification
Some governorship and deputy-governorship candidates in the November 16 elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States might get disqualified by the Independent and National Electoral Commission (INEC) over their age. It is expected that the personal particulars of candidates nominated by political parties for the elections would be published on Friday (today) September 13, as INEC’s…
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INEC to publish names, particulars of candidates for Bayelsa, Kogi polls Friday
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to publish names of candidates and their particulars for Bayelsa and Kogi governorship polls on Friday 13th September 2019, it was learnt. 52 parties submitted list of nominated candidates for Bayelsa State while 49 parties submitted for Kogi. INEC monitored Sixty-four political party primaries in Bayelsa and 59…
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JUST IN: APC names Appeal Committees for Kogi, Bayelsa gov primaries
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has named three-member Appeal Committees for the recently conducted primaries for the Kogi and Bayelsa Governorship elections. A statement on Thursday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, disclosed the appeal committee for the Kogi indirect primary consists of Senator…
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David Lyon wins Bayelsa APC governorship ticket
…As Lokpobiri rejects results Oil magnate and businessman David Lyon has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in Bayelsa State. The results, announced by Senator Emmanuel Ocheja, the Collation officer, showed that Lyon polled 42,138 votes to defeat five aspirants. Mrs. Desiye Nsirim came second with 1,533 votes, while Ebitimi Amgbare was third…
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Senator Diri emerges PDP governorship candidate in Bayelsa
The Senator representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Douye Diri, has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State. Out of the the 1,244 accredited voters, Diri scored 561 votes to defeat his closest rival and former Managing Director, Niger Delta Development…
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Court sets aside order stopping APC primaries in Bayelsa
The Sagbama High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has set aside an interim order stopping the All Progresives Congress (APC) from conducting its governorship primaries in the state using direct method. The court presided by E.G. Umukoro, said the interim order, which he initially granted could no longer stand following argument against contained in…
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Bayelsa PDP primaries turn violent as thugs detonate explosive, engage police in shootout
Thugs wearing campaign vests of an aspirant have engaged security operatives in a shootout at the accreditation venue of the ongoing governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The miscreants, chanting the name of the aspirant, were said to have attempted in vain to breach the security at Ijaw House They detonated an explosive…
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Bayelsa guber: PDP commences voters accreditation
Delegates have started accreditation as part of preparations to cast their votes at the ongoing governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) in Bayelsa State. The Ijaw House at Sani Abacha expressway, Yenagoa, later adopted as the venue of the primaries, had been cordoned off with security tightened around the building. The delegates were thoroughly…