Tag: Bayelsa State
Supreme Court Upholds Dickson’s Election
Former governor of Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva on Friday lost his bid to unseat the recently elected Governor Seriake…
Bayelsa arrests treasury officers, as aides sworn in
Governor Seriake Dickson of Nigeria’s Bayelsa state has advised the new commissioners in the state to be transparent and prudent…
MEND Blows Up Agip Flow Station
The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing region claimed in a statement on Friday to have attacked installations belonging to…
Bayelsa Assembly Screens 26 Commissioners-Nominee
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has commenced the screening of 26 names Governor Seriake Dickson forwarded to be appointed…
Jonathan’s Village Thrown Into Darkness
Otuoke,President Goodluck Jonathan’s village in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, southsouth Nigeria, has been thrown into darkness for the…
Koluama Chevron Gas Explosion: Presidency Faults ACN
The Presidency has described as false claims by the National Publicity Secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Alhaji…
Governor Appoints Chief Economic Adviser
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has approved the appointments of Mr. Tammy Alazigha as Chief Economic Adviser and Mr.…
Bayelsa Gov Poll: The Morning After
Although the February 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State has come and gone, the events that led to it cannot…
Diezani Makes Pledges on Tours of Bayelsa Gas Fire
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has pledged the commitment of the Federal Government to provide…
Dickson sworn in as Bayelsa state governor
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Henry Seriake Dickson, elected last week in a poll the opposition has dubbed a charade, has been…
ACN Calls Bayelsa Gov Poll A Charade
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has dismissed last Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa state as a choreographed charade, while…
PDP’s Dickson Wins Bayelsa Governorship Election
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Seriake Dickson has won the Bayelsa State governorship election, scoring a total of…
President Jonathan Lied, says Ex-governor
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chief Timipre Sylva, sacked last week as Governor of Bayelsa State by the Nigerian Supreme Court, has…
Bayelsa Poll: Fresh legal suit complicates the knots
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A fresh suit was on Monday filed at the Abuja Federal High Court against the nomination…
Nigeria: Bridge, Car Bombed In Bayelsa Capital
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt On the eve of the visit of Nigeria’s vice president, Namadi Sambo, to President Goodluck Jonathan’s state,…
Attempt To Burn Down Church Foiled
A middle-aged man whose name was given as Wisdom King is now chatting with the men of the State Security…
Kidnappers Paid N12.5m For Monarch’s Freedom
The State Security Service (SSS) says the family of the kidnapped monarch of Ogbogoro Community in Bayelsa State, Godwin Igbodo,…
Gov Sylva Dares PDP; Opens Campaign Office
Despite the uncertainty of his political future, Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has declared that he will formally open…
Bayelsa Appoints New Commissioner
Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, has nominated Barrister Fitzegerald Biuks Olorogun as replacement for Mr. Etifa Bekeakpo, who ceased…
Gov. Sylva Accuses PDP Of Judicial Fraud
As the battle for the gubernatorial ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Bayelsa State moves to the Court…
PDP Ticket: Set Back For Sylva
Moves by embattled Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, to truncate the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate selection process through the court…
Bayelsa, Institute To Ensure Towns, Cities’ Development
Bayelsa State Government has said that it will continue to partner with the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners Registration Council…
Kidnapped Royal Father Released
The Rivers Police Command has announced that the abducted cousin of Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former governor of Bayelsa State, King…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Gov Sylvia Gives INEC Pass Mark
Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, has described the April 2011 general elections as a watershed in the history…
Sylvia: Jonathan’s Win Is Victory For Justice And National Unity
Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva says President Goodluck Jonathan’s victory in the April 16 presidential election is a “well deserved…
Ebebi Is Yet To Resume Duty 24 Hours After Judgement
It’s been a waiting game in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, today to see if Mr Premebowei Ebebi would resume as Deputy…
Registration Tragedy: 15 Die As Boat Capsizes
At least 15 persons are feared dead as their boat capsized at the Nembe creek in the deep coastal area…
Sylva Congratulates Jonathan
Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has sent hearty congratulations to President Goodluck Jonathan on his victory at the presidential…
Political Analyst Rues State Of The Nation
A political analyst, Chief Livinus Okwara has said that the current spate of violence in the country may lead another…
Wrestler Dies After Fight In Lagos
By Wale Joseph Less than two weeks after Emmanuel Ogoli, a footballer with Ocean Boys Football Club of Brass, Bayelsa…