Bayelsa

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Friday called on Federal and State Governments as well as law enforcement and security agencies to take adequate measures to protect journalists and other media workers during this weekend’s off-cycle elections…
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An Appeal Court on Friday cleared former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva to participate in the Saturday governorship election. This comes less than 24 hours to conduct the Governorship election in Bayelsa The Appellate…
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Crisis has hit the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa barely 24 hours to the governorship election in the state. Some of the party leaders are said to have abandoned the LP governorship candidate, Mr Udengs Eradiri, and openly declared…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said it will deploy two National Commissioners and eight Resident Electoral Commissioners to support its office in Bayelsa for Saturday’s governorship election. INEC Chairman, Prof.…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released an amended list of candidates for Bayelsa State governorship election. According to the amended list uploaded on the commission’s website on Monday, the names of Timipre…
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, reserved judgment on the appeal seeking to set aside the lower court judgment disqualifying the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Timiprye Sylva, from the November…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released amended lists of candidates for Bayelsa and Imo governorship elections. According to the amended list uploaded on the commission’s website on Tuesday, the name of Timipre…
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An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Bayelsa, ACP Oluseye Odunmbaku, is dead. It was gathered that ACP Odunmbaku died in his sleep at his apartment in an estate in Yenagoa, the state capital. Police Spokesman in Bayelsa…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, from contesting the November 11 election in Bayelsa State. The ruling was delivered on Monday by…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to transmit the results of the Nov.11 Bayelsa governorship election manually. The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mr Obo Effanga, stated this in Yenagoa…
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