Tag: bayelsa
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Bayelsa guber poll will be free, fair – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared its readiness to conduct credible, free and fair governorship election in Bayelsa State on November 16. Speaking in Yenagoa during a meeting with Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) to adopt alternative dispute resolutions on electoral matters, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Monday Udoh, called on all stakeholders to…
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INEC to commence deployment of materials for Bayelsa, Kogi polls tomorrow
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said non-sensitive materials for the November 16 governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States will be identified and deployed tomorrow to the states. The commission added that sensitive materials, ballot papers and results sheet will be delivered to the Central Bank a month before the election. The National…
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UPDATED: Ijaw youths shut down 10 telecom masts in Bayelsa
A Task Force of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Central Zone, on Monday raided and shut down facilities belonging to telecommunication companies in Bayelsa State following unresolved disputes on awards of quick-win contracts. The task force, which was set up by the IYC zonal Chairman, Kennedy Olorogun, picketed facilities belonging to MTN, GLO, Airtel, 9th…
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BREAKING: Ijaw youths begin shutting down of MTN, Glo, Airtel masts in Bayelsa
Ijaw youths have made good their threat to shut down masts belonging to MTN, Glo, Airtel and other telecommunication companies in Bayelsa State. The picketing was following issues bordering on complaints by the youths that the companies excluded indigenes from quick-win contracts especially the supply of diesel to their facilities. Details shortly…
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Bayelsa guber: I have no preferred candidate – Dickson
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has insisted that he had no preferred candidate for the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state. Dickson in a statement by the Special Adviser, Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, called on Bayelsans to discountenance aspirants claiming to have his…
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Police nab suspected killer of two NYSC members in Bayelsa
The Police Command in Bayelsa on Thursday, said it had apprehended the suspected killer of two national Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in the state in March, 2019. The command said that the suspect and 28 others were nabbed across the state for various offences, including kidnapping, armed robbery and cultism. The Commissioner of Police…
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Bayelsa guber: APC’s meeting on mode of primaries ends in deadlock
A stakeholders’ meeting convened on Tuesday by the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to decide on the mode of the party’s primary election for the November 16 governorship election in the state ended in deadlock. It was gathered that the APC state secretariat in Yenagoa, the venue of the meeting, became…
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Bayelsa guber: Deputy gov., SSG, chief of staff join race
Bayelsa Deputy Governor, John Jonah, the Secretary to the State Government, Kemela Okara, and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Talford Ongolo, have joined the race for the state governorship election. The three cabinet members of the incumbent administration of Gov. Seriake Dickson on Thursday obtained their expression of interest and nomination forms at the…
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Drama as Bayelsa Dep Gov, SSG, Chief of Staff pick PDP guber nomination forms
It was all drama at the Abuja secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday, as the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, John Jonah; Secretary to the State Government, Kemela Okara; and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Talford Ongolo collected nomination forms for the governorship election. First to obtain his nomination documents was Ongolo,…
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APC releases timetable for Kogi, Bayelsa governorship polls
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the timetable and schedule of activities for the conduct of the 2019 governorship primaries to select its flag bearers for Nov.16 Kogi and Bayelsa governorship poll. The ruling party said this in a statement signed by its National Organising Secretary, Mr Emma Ibediro in Abuja on Tuesday. Ibediro…