Tag: Timipre Sylva
Inside Sylva’s letter to EFCC: What forced him to break his silence
He said he was shocked when the EFCC publicly declared him a wanted person on 10 November, noting that he…
Sylva, APC lose bid to stop Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal
The respondents also held that APC and Sylva were part of the pre-hearing session and both agreed to the schedule…
Breaking: INEC declares Diri winner of Bayelsa Governorship election
Diri polled 175,196 votes to defeat Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored with 110,108 votes to…
Bayelsa election: Rowdy session at collation centre as Sylva wins Brass LG
The confusion was set off after the agent of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP complained that he was not aware…
Diri coasting home to victory, leads Sylva with 64,402 votes with 2 LGs left
The governor polled 35,501 votes from Samgbama LG to win the council. Sylva scored 6,608 votes to come second while…
Breaking: Diri takes massive lead over Sylva in three LGs
However, in the three local governments, the governor has so far scored 74,677 votes, while Sylva got 36,202 votes. Eradiri…
Sylva votes, alleges ‘security operatives playing on side of PDP’
Sylva alleges that the Army is “playing on the side of the PDP” noting that a member of APC was…
Bayelsa governorship: Appeal Court dismisses suit seeking to kick out Sylva
The Court agreed with MrJames Ogwu Onoja, SAN, that the allegations of taking of oath of governorship office twice being…
Bayelsa poll: INEC restores Timipre Sylva’s name on candidates’ list
A Federal High Court had on Oct. 9 disqualified Sylva from the contest following a suit by a member of…
Appeal Court restores Sylva, APC to Bayelsa gov. election ballot
Justice Okorowo had disqualified Sylva as candidate in the Nov. 11 election while delivering judgment in a suit filed by…
APC reacts to exclusion of Slyva from list of Bayelsa governorship candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday published the list of candidates for the election without the name of…
Slyva out as INEC releases final list of candidates for Nov. governorship elections
The name of Timipre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were conspicuously missing…
Bayelsa election: APC kicks as Court disqualifies Timipre Sylva
“The party has briefed its lawyers to appeal the judgement and it is confident that the Court of Appeal will…
Court dismisses APC aspirant’s suit seeking Sylva’s disqualification
"This is the order of this court,” Justice Ekwo declared.
Court to deliver judgment in suit seeking Sylva’s disqualification Sept 28
Kolomo, a member of the APC, is praying the court to order INEC to delete Sylva’s name from list of…
I was only elected once as Bayelsa governor, Sylva tells court
The former minister had, in 2006, joined the PDP governorship primaries challenging ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, who at that time, was…
Sylva floors David Lyon, others to clinch APC’s gov. ticket in Bayelsa
Chief David Lyon, the governor-elect in 2019, came third.
Buhari didn’t approve any fuel price increase – FG
Sylva said there was no reason for the president to renege on his earlier promise not to approve any increase…
Nigeria loses 700,000 barrels of crude oil to thieves daily – Minister
The minister who was represented by Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources said crude oil theft had…
Breaking: Sylva withdraws presidential bid
Sylva was said to have withdrawn from the race having considered the enormous work at hand at the ministry.
Your days are numbered, FG warns oil thieves, pipeline vandals
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva said this on Wednesday during an on-the-spot assessment of some pipelines negatively…
Buhari not in support of removal of fuel subsidy – Minister
“I will tell you categorically that at this moment, the complete removal of subsidy is not on our plate at…
Oil will still be in high demand till 2045: Sylva
Sylva said this at a one-day Seplat Energy Summit in Abuja, with the theme: “Global Trends in Energy Transition –…
FUTA, Ministry of Petroleum Resources Begin Collaboration
The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources has given firm assurance of support to the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA…
PIB: FG’ll engage Niger Delta communities on 3% share – Sylva
Minister of Petroleum, Timipre Sylva has said that the Federal Government will engage oil-producing Niger-Delta communities as stated in PIB.
ICYMI: NNPC buys $2.76B stake in Dangote Refinery
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja Wednesday approved the acquisition at a cost of $2.75 billion.
Sylva debunks rift with Akpabio
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said there is no rift between him and Minister of…
JUST IN: No plan to increase fuel price in June – FG
The Federal Government on Friday said there is no plan to increase the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in…
Why Buhari loves Ijaw people – Sylva
Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, said President Muhammadu Buhari loves Ijaw people because former President Goodluck Jonathan,…
Buhari, Sylva queried on N116m spent on letterheads, biros by Petroleum Ministry
President Muhammadu Buhari and Mr Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources asked to probe how N116 million was…