President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the electorate in Bayelsa and Kogi states, where elections hold on Saturday to be peaceful and orderly as they exercise their franchise. A statement by the President’s Spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said that on Saturday,…
INEC to disqualify Bayelsa, Kogi candidates over age limit (Punch)
The Independent National Electoral Commission will disqualify some of the governorship and deputy-governorship candidates in the November 16 elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States. Consequently, the commission has promised that it will soon notify the concerned parties and subsequently consider…
PDP wins all eight seats in Bayelsa LGAs elections (Nation)
The Peoples Democratic Party has won all the eight Local Government Areas of Bayelsa in the just concluded election organised by the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bayelsa has eight LGAs,…
Ekeremor in Bayelsa agog over first motorable road (Guardian)
The Bayelsa State governor, Seraike Dickson, scored a first when he led his entire executive council for the first motor ride to Ekeremor, headquarters of Ekeremor local government area of the state, the first in the history of the community.…
Dickson presents N275.8 bn budget for 2019 (Guardian)
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Wednesday presented a budget of N275.8 billion for 2019 to the state House of Assembly for consideration. Dickson said at the resention that the budget that would help in the completion of all ongoing…
Two nabbed for killing student over iPhone in Bayelsa (Punch)
The Bayelsa State Government has confirmed the arrest of two suspected cult members who were said to have killed Miss Seiyefa Fred during a robbery incident in Yenagoa on November 8, 2018. The Special Adviser to the Governor of Bayelsa…
Flood: NEMA declares national disaster in five more states (ThisDay)
With ongoing efforts to tackle and assist flood victims, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has further declared national disaster in five states of Adamawa, Taraba, Rivers, Kebbi and Bayelsa, following devastating flood that ravaged the states. This, according to…
Strike’ll affect payment of salaries, FG warns (Vanguard)
Commercial activities in some states of the federation were grounded, yesterday, following the strike declared by organised labour to press home demand for a new minimum wage. This came as the Federal Government, yesterday, warned that the strike will affect…
GEJ rates Kabiru Tanimu Turaki high
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed utmost confidence in the ability of a frontline PDP presidential aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, to perform creditably if given the chance by Providence to be the country’s president in 2019. This was…
Bayelsa gov Dickson loses 72-year-old mother to cancer
Seriake Dickson, the governor of Bayelsa State has confirmed the death of his mother, GoldCoast Dickson. The governor in a statement Thursday by Francis Ottah-Agbo, his chief press secretary, the late GoldCoast died of cancer at the University of Texas…
