Tag: Bayelsa State
#BayelsaDecides: PDP supporters protest in Yenagoa
Despite police ban on processions and demonstrations in Bayelsa state, hundreds of PDP supporters , men, women and youths, took…
Ben Bruce labels #BayelsaDecides an ‘execution’
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District has described the ongoing governorship election as an ‘execution’. Murray-Bruce who was…
#BayelsaDecides: APC berates PDP for calling for postponement of rescheduled election
Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The Sylva Campaign Organisation has described the reasons given by the acting Chairman of the Peoples…
#BayelsaDecides: Announcement of polls results about to commence
Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The much anticipated announcement of the results of the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state is about…
#BayelsaDecides: PDP expresses concern over rescheduled poll
Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bayelsa state, has expressed concern over the rescheduled election in the…
PSC okays conduct of policemen in Bayelsa election
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of Policemen during the December 5 Bayelsa governorship election.…
#BayelsaDecides: 10 suspects in police net, 6 guns recovered
Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa Police authorities in Bayelsa state have confirmed the arrest of 10 suspects for various offenses in…
#BayelsaDecides: INEC reschedules polls in Southern Ijaw
Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has rescheduled elections in the entire Southerner Ijaw local government area and…
Bayelsa Poll: Police arrest suspects during clash
The Bayelsa Police Command said on Saturday that normalcy had been restored in Oporoma, headquarters of Southern Ijaw Local Government…
#BayelsaDecides: It is a great day for us – Jonathan
…sues for peace Jethro Ibileke/Otuoke Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described the conduct of the Bayelsa state governorship election as…
#BayelsaDecides: Accreditation in progress in Ogbia LGA
Jethro Ibileke/Elebele The people of Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State trooped out in their numbers this morning to…
Four confirmed dead in Southern Ijaw #BayelsaDecides
Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The alleged exchange of fire between opposing political thugs in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State…
Dickson gets accredited, slams APC, security operatives
Idowu Ogunleye/Bayelsa Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has slammed the main opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and security operatives…
Bayelsa Election: Card Reader denies Jonathan again
Just like it happened during the March 28 presidential poll, the Card Reader failed to recognize the fingerprint of former…
Heavy shooting in Nembe, Brass as #BayelsaDecides
Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The much awaited governorship election in Bayelsa State took off this morning under much apprehension and anxiety as…
Bayelsa Polls: Police restrict movement, bar security aides on election day
…orders intra-city restriction of movement in Kogi state …bars security aides from accompanying principals on election day In furtherance of…
Bayelsa to decide amidst water-tight security
Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa As the countdown for Bayelsa governorship election wind down people of the state are getting geared up for…
Bayelsa Polls: PDP urges members to be fearless
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday in Abuja called on its members in Bayelsa to remain vigilant, focused and…
Buhari urges people of Bayelsa to vote APC in Dec.5 poll
President Mohammed Buhari has urged the people of Bayelsa to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Dec.…
Bayelsa Polls: Immigration warns foreigners to keep-off
The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has warned foreigners resident in the state to stay away…
Police in Bayelsa strengthen security ahead governorship election
The Police in Bayelsa said on Sunday they had strengthened security in the state towards ensuring a hitch-free Dec. 5…
Bayelsans cannot afford to vote for bondage, says Jonathan
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former President Goodluck Jonathan has cautioned Bayelsans not to throw away their votes to candidates of the…
Kidnappers free Samson Siasia’s mother
The police in Bayelsa have confirmed that abductors have freed the mother of Nigeria’s Under-23 National Team Coach Samson Siasia,…
INEC to deploy 8, 000 ad hoc staff for Bayelsa governorship polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa has said that more than 8, 000 ad hoc staff would be…
Navy hands over woman rescued from kidnappers to Police in Bayelsa
Commodore Yakubu Wanbai, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Naval Base, Yenagoa, on Friday handed over a woman rescued from kidnappers on…
I don’t have money, Siasia tells Mum’s kidnappers
Flying Eagles coach Samson Siasia has told kidnappers of his mother in Bayelsa state that they chose a wrong target…
Be independent, PDP tells INEC ahead of Kogi, Bayelsa polls
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has charged the new leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to assert its…
Reps want Agip Oil to contain spill in Bayelsa
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, urged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company to clean up recent multiple oil spills to…