Tag: Bayelsa election
Annulled Bayelsa election: INEC says ANDP submitted invalid nomination
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made a stunning revelation about the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) which made…
Buhari media group lauds annulment of Bayelsa election
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has lauded the ruling of Bayelsa Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, which nullified…
Breaking: Tribunal nullifies Diri’s election as Bayelsa governor
The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal on Monday nullified the last governorship election in Bayelsa State.
Supreme Court stand on Bayelsa dangerous, can trigger suicide: Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva said the Supreme Court has set a dangerous precedent on the…
Bayelsa fallout: Justice Augie scolds Babalola, Olanipekun, like schoolboys
Senior lawyers Chiefs Afe Babalola and Wole Olanipekun got more than they bargained for Wednesday when they sought a review…
Oshiomhole makes case for fresh poll in Bayelsa in letter to INEC
Adams Oshiomhole, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has written the Independent National Electoral Commission to demand for…
INEC declares Diri winner of Bayelsa election
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Douye Diri, the winner of…
For The Records: Supreme Court Order on Bayelsa election
Here is the full order of the Supreme Court issued on Thursday 13 February nullifying the election of David Lyon…
Appeal court annuls disqualification of Bayelsa deputy-governor elect
An Appeal Court in Abuja has annulled the judgment of a Federal Hight Court disqualifying the Deputy-Governorship elect of the…
EU reacts to violence, intimidation in Kogi, Bayelsa elections
The reports of widespread incidents of violence and voter intimidation in Bayelsa and Kogi states have been strongly condemned by…
Security agencies abort PDP plans for mayhem in Bayelsa, Kogi
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has revealed an aborted plan by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to unleash massive violence…
APC sends important message to members in Kogi, Bayelsa
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told members in Bayelsa and Kogi states to remain calm and peaceful as it…
Kogi, Bayelsa elections: ICC urged to probe PDP, APC leaders
A Nigerian rights group has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate whether the violence that characterised the Bayelsa…
APC claims victory in Bayelsa
Ahead of the official declaration of the results of the governorship election in Bayelsa state the All Progressives Congress has…
APC set to upset PDP in Bayelsa
Unofficial results filtering out of Bayelsa State are indicative of a major political upset in the state as opposition All…
Bayelsa election: Boat carrying journalists capsizes
A boat conveying journalists across flooded parts of Sampou community on Nun River in Kolokuma Opokuma Local Government Area of…
Bayelsa PDP accused of hijacking Sagbama electoral materials
A former Acting Governor of Bayelsa state, Chief Nestor Binabo, said the electoral materials for his Agoro Ward 11, Sagbama…
Bayelsa decides: Jonathan dissappointed, blasts INEC
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, on Saturday voted at unit 39, Ward 13 at the Otazi Playground,…
Voting begins in Bayelsa
Polling units across Yenagoa opened early Saturday for the conduct of the Bayelsa governorship election amidst tight security.
PDP candidate Diri waits for INEC in Bayelsa
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Douye Diri, was still waiting for the officials of the Independent National…
PDP bused thugs to Bayelsa: Lyon APC candidate
There is a massive movement of thugs and arms in Bayelsa State, ahead of Saturday's election, candidate of the All…
Bayelsa election: Another appeal court clears the road for Lyon
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been ordered by the appeal court in Port Harcourt to recognise Chief David…
APC’s Lyon running in Bayelsa: Appeal court grants stay of execution
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has granted the All Progressives Congress (APC) a stay of execution on the judgment…
Just IN: Buhari calls for fairness in Bayelsa, Kogi polls
President Muhammadu Buhari has made a strong demand for exemplary conduct of non-partisanship on the part of election and law…
APC denies working in cahoots with INEC in Bayelsa
All Progressives Congress (APC) said that it has not influenced the list of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) by the Independent…
APC member, PDP in cahoots to stop APC candidate in Bayelsa
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Peter Ozobo is working in cahoots with the Peoples Democratic Party…
Bayelsa Poll: 6 women, 46 other candidates get INEC’s nod
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said 52 political parties and their candidates are ready to participate in the Bayelsa…
Bayelsa election: Dickson clinches Southern Ijaw, second term
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has clinched a second term in office, winning the rescheduled election in Southern Ijaw Local…
Jonathan Home to Vote In Crucial Poll
Okafor Ofiebor/Yenagoa President Goodluck Jonathan arrived Yenagoa, capital of his home state of Bayelsa at about 3.30pm today to vote…