Timipre Sylva
12 Mar
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, yesterday, dismissed a fresh motion filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva, seeking the disqualification of members..
5 Mar
Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, yesterday, adjourned hearing in the petition filed by Timipre Sylva and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Governor Duoye Diri.
15 Feb
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, in Abuja, tendered conflicting election results on the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State.
13 Feb
Ahead of his second term inauguration on Wednesday, February 14, the Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has disclosed that some people are making efforts to stop his second term in office at the Bayelsa Election Petitions Tribunal, saying that nobody will stop him from doing a second term.
24 Nov
The off-season gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State in early November has produced another example of that state’s characteristically controversial and much-discussed electoral results.
16 Nov
The governorship election in Bayelsa State was won largely on the character, and to some extent, performances of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Governor Douye Diri and Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
16 Nov
Ex-militant leaders from the Niger Delta region have attributed the defeat of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva to alleged unholy alliance between him and a former militant leader, Government Ekpemukpolo, also known as Tompolo.
11 Nov
Voting in the ongoing governorship election has commenced after about three hours delay in Okpoama Ward, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
8 Nov
The African Civil Society Coalition to Transparency in Extractive Industries (ACT), comprising 24 civil society organizations, has officially endorsed Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the upcoming elections in Bayelsa state, Nigeria's south-south region. During a conference in Accra, Ghana, from November 6th to 7th, the coalition urged attention to transparency in…
7 Nov
With a few days to the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi, it is almost certain that insecurity and near loss of confidence in the electoral process may force about 70 per cent of eligible voters out of the election, especially in Imo state.
1 Nov
The Network of Bayelsa Professionals (NBP), has slammed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11 governorship election in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, for failing to acknowledge the ongoing construction of the Nembe-Brass road by the Senator Douye Diri led administration.
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