CellHub, an election observation team has identified some security flash points in Bayelsa ahead of Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election holding in the state. It listed the flashpoints to include Brass, Nembe, Ogbia, Southern Ijaw, and Yenagoa. “As part of our collaboration to enhance the electoral process, we urge...
Bayelsa state governorship election
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 Governorship election in Bayelsa The Appellate Court on dismissed the last of the chains of suits seeking exclusion of the...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday distributed sensitive election materials to all the eight local government areas in Bayelsa ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Head of Voter Education and Publicity at INEC’s State Headquarters, Mr Wilfred Ifogah, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa. He...
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has assured residents and electorate in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi of their safety and protection during Saturday’s off-season elections. Matawalle gave the assurance on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Abuja. “Adequate arrangements have...
The Defence Headquarters has warned troublemakers to “stay away from the.Nov. 11 governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa or face injurious consequences from the military.” The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, gave the warning while briefing newsmen on the operations of the armed forces on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed confidence of winning the Saturday’s Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship election. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, said this at news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that apart from being PDP strongholds, the party’s governorship candidates in...
By BARBARA KALU, Yenagoa – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has hailed the judgment of the Court of Appeal setting aside the disqualification Chief Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate of the party from the Nov 11 poll. Bayelsa State APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Doifie...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Nov. 11, Bayelsa governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva, says his disqualification by an Abuja High Court, won’t affect his chances of winning the election. Sylva spoke for the first time after the court ruling at a political rally in Agoro...
Another hurdle for Bayelsa state Governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva as Federal High Court set to hear Suit for the disqualification of his deputy governorship candidate for violation of the 1999 Constitution. The suit filed by THE INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF TRUSTFIELD EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE is seeking the interpretation of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it plans to go ahead with the Oct. 14 campaign launch for the Nov.11 Bayelsa governorship election, in spite of the disqualification of its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka,...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will appeal the Court judgment against its Bayelsa Governorship candidate, Mr Timipreye Sylva. APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents on Tuesday in Abuja. He described the judgment as unfortunate, noting however that it...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State says it will appeal the Federal High Court judgment disqualifying Timipre Sylva, its candidate in the forthcoming governorship election. Justice Donatus Okorowo on Monday ruled that Sylva, having been sworn in twice and served five years as governor of the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, from contesting the Nov. 11 election in Bayelsa. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment delivered Monday night, held that Sylva, having been sworn in twice and ruled for five...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no plans to extend the Oct. 10 deadline for political parties to upload the list of their agents for polling units and collation centres for the Nov.11 Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo governorship election. Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner...
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said the party has all it takes to win the Nov.11 Bayelsa governorship election. Ganduje stated in Yenagoa on Friday when he inaugurated the National APC Campaign Council for the Nov. 11 governorship election, headed...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has told Governor 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. The party in a...
Ahead of the Bayelsa State governorship election slated for November 11, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, strong indications have emerged that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Timpre Sylva and his running-mate, Joshua Maciver, risk disqualification. This was disclosed on the...
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa, retired Commodore Benjamin Nathus, has assured the people of the state that the party will end their years of suffering caused by bad leadership. Nathus spoke shortly after the governorship candidate, Mr Udengs Eradiri, officially presented him...