Bayelsa state

18 days to Bayelsa guber poll: INEC removes APC candidate, Sylva’s name from contestants’ list

Following court’s judgment, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the names of Timipre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver, of...

IPAC to INEC Chair: Use Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa polls to restore electorate’s confidence

The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to use the forthcoming off-season...

I’ll not succumb to intimidation, blackmail or buckle down –Sylva, Bayelsa APC guber candidate

Chief Timipre Sylva, the Bayelsa APC Governorship Candidate for the November poll, says he will not succumb to intimidation or blackmail in the...

Buhari’s ex-Minister, Sylva, picks APC’s ticket for Bayelsa guber poll in November

The immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has won the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary...

Pres. Buhari felicitates Sylva at 58

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday congratulatedthe Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva on his 58th birthday,. In a birthday message,...

20 days after, oil spill ravaging Opu Nembe in Bayelsa uncurtailed

  More than 20 days after an oil spill which resulted in inferno broke out in Opu Nembe Community at the Southern field...

We are now second-class citizens in our own country, laments Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark

  “What type of country to do we belong to? We produce all the resources in this country and for me to benefit...

Just in: Supreme Court upholds Bayelsa Gov. Diri’s 2019 election

  Several months after, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Governor Duoye Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, held on November 16,...

Breaking: Bayelsa Governor Diri sacked

    The Bayelsa State Elections  Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday nullified the election of Governor Duoye Diri of the Peoples...

Bayelsa Nov. 16 gov. poll: APC candidate, Lyon, disqualified

Three days to the Nov. 16 Bayelsa governorship elections, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), David Lyon, has been disqualified by...

Dickson- backed Douye Diri wins PDP’s nomination for governor in Bayelsa state

The Senator representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial district, Douye Diri, aligned with Governor Seriake Dickson, pulled off a stunning win in Bayelsa state’s Peoples...