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14 Nov
Like the proverbial rain that wets one side of a tree and leaves the other dry, not everyone has been smiling following Saturday’s off-cycle elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo states.
12 Nov
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday called on security agencies to immediately facilitate the release of its officials held hostage in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The commission described the development as detrimental to credible elections. The All Progressives Congress, APC, had earlier kicked against what it described as an attempt to…
25 Aug 2023
Ahead the November 11 governorship election in the state, the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council, yesterday, raised the alarm over plots by some elements to stoke violence that could disrupt peace, law, and order in Brass, Ekeremor and Southern Ijaw councils. This was contained in a statement by the Chairman of the Traditional Rulers Council…
12 Aug 2023
The Presidential Support Committee (PSC) has described the emergence of former Kano State Governor, Abdulahi Ganduje, as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a good omen that would lead the party to victory in the forthcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. In a statement, yesterday, jointly by its…
25 Jul 2023
There is growing tension and uncertainty in the camp of the former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, as preparation for the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa State gathers momentum.
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