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Bayelsa guber: Diri, Dickson in songs of worship after Supreme Court’s victory
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri and his predecessor, Seriake Dickson and some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were engrossed in singing worship songs to God on Wednesday after the Supreme Court upheld its judgment sacking David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Lyon and the APC lost their bids to overturn the…
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Supreme Court judgement has vindicated me – Dickson
Outgoing Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson has said the Supreme Court judgment which knocked out APC and returned gubernatorial victory to his party, the People’s Democratic Party was a clear evidence of the restoration government finishing well and strong. He made the remark Thursday at a live media chat held in Yenagoa, the…
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Bayelsa: Transition committee presents report on Dickson’s performance
A Performance Analysis Committee (PAC) has presented a report containing the performance of Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, to the state government ahead of the February 14 handover. The committee submitted the report that captured an account of the sectoral performance of the government to the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson. Chairman…
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Dickson replies Wike over alleged plans to dump PDP, other accusations
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson did not contemplate defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has said. He described as false the claims by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike that Dickson wanted to jump ship ahead the last governorship election. Iworiso-Markson insisted that the statement credited to Wike…
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Soku Oil Well: Wike rubbishes PDP’s reconciliation moves, insists Dickson must resign from party
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has waved off the offer of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to intervene in the conflict with outgoing Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson, over the Soku Oil Wells/fields returned to Rivers State by the Federal High Court. Wike insisted that his Bayelsa state counterpart must be forced out from…
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Wike threatens to remove monarch for ‘receiving’ Bayelsa gov without permission
…blasts Dickson for causing ‘division’ among Rivers people Angry Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has attacked the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson for allegedly trying to cause division in Rivers. The governor also called on Kalabari leaders to prevail on the Amanyanabo of Kalabari, King Theophilus J.T. Princewill, not to allow himself to be used…
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Bayelsa: INEC, Police, APC counter Dickson, insist ‘nobody died during guber poll’
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the police, the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other stakeholders have insisted that nobody died during the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State. In separate interviews, they debunked insinuations by the state Governor, Seriake Dickson that 22 people were killed with 10 of them…
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10 beheaded in ‘violent’ Bayelsa poll – Dickson
Twenty two people were killed during the November 16 violent Bayelsa State election, Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson alleged on Monday. Ten of them, according to the governor, were beheaded, their bodies mutilated and thrown into the sea. Dickson, at an interractive session with reporters in Abuja, said: “I just set up a panel of…
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Bayelsa guber: APC planning to kill, alter election results – Dickson
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was preparing to unleash mayhem and manipulate the outcome of the November 16 governorship poll in the state. Speaking in a live media chat in Yenagoa, Dickson claimed the APC lacked the requirements to win any elections under a peaceful and democratic…