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Bayelsa Guber: We are working together for Sylva’s landslide victory – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa has told Gov. Douye Diri to prepare his handover note. The APC said the party was working together to ensure a landslide victory of its governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva on Nov. 11.
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Bayelsa poll: Court dismisses APC aspirant’s suit seeking Sylva’s disqualification
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking disqualification of Mr Timipre Sylva from contesting Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship poll. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the plaintiff, Mrs Ogbomade Johnson, failed to prove the case
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Bayelsa: Aggrieved APC aspirant prays court to stop Sylva’s governorship bid
Mrs Ogbomade Johnson, an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship election, has challenged the emergence of Mr Timipre Sylva as candidate of the party for the poll. Johnson made the prayer in a fresh suit filed by her team
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I’ll respond to suit challenging my emergence as APC candidate, Sylva tells court
Mr. Timipre Sylva, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, on Monday, said he will respond to a suit seeking his disqualification at the appropriate time. Sylva, the immediate-past Minister of State for Petroleum, told Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court, Abuja through his lawyer,…
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Bayelsa: Heavy ‘wahala’ for Sylva as Court grants application in process to halt his guber ambition
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the application for substitute service by Chief Demesuoyefa Kolomo, a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC on his motion to order the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delete the name of Timipre Sylva, former Minister of State for Petroleum, from list of candidates contesting the…
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FG is determined to end crude oil theft – Sylva
The Federal Government says it is determined to stop the economic devastation occasioned by the activities of illegal refiners, pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft in the country. The Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said this on Wednesday at Bonny Island, Rivers, while addressing officers of the 146 Battalion and other security…
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FG can’t regulate rising cooking gas price- Sylva
The Federal Government has said it has no direct control over the rising prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, commonly called cooking gas, and cannot regulate it at will. It, however, said that it was making efforts to reduce the cost of the commodity and make it reasonably priced for Nigerians ahead of the Yuletide. The…
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Buhari’s ministers; Sylva, Akpabio, speak on alleged rift over NDDC Board
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has denied claims by traditional rulers of Bayelsa West Senatorial District that he was at war with the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over the latter’s nominee for a substantive Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Seven traditional rulers had in…
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National Assembly to pass PIB April, says petroleum minister
The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), currently before the National Assembly , will be passed in April, the Minister of State of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said. This is coming few weeks after TheNewsGuru (TNG) organised a one-day colloquium as an intervention to aid understanding of the issues involved and to fast-track the passage of…
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PIB will guarantee robust upstream fiscal framework — Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) currently before the National Assembly will guarantee a robust petroleum upstream framework for development. Sylva made this known at the 2021 Society of Petroleum Engineers Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum (SPEOLEF) in Abuja, on Thursday. The theme of…