Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said that the major challenge of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state ahead of the November 11 governorship election is that it picked an unsellable candidate that has been rejected by his party members and the people. Governor Diri made the statement during a meeting with…
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC ) in the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, appears to be playing the ostrich in the Opu-Nembe (Bassambiri) community crisis. Governor Douye Diri’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, while reacting to a statement credited to the former Bayelsa governor, in which he…
Former legislators in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly have endorsed Governor Douye Diri’s bid for a second term in office. According to a press statement released by Daniel Alabrah, Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa State Governor, the ex-lawmakers under the aegis of the Bayelsa Former Legislators Forum passed a vote of confidence in…
The Hon. Member Representatives Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Engr. Rodney Ebikebina Ambaiowei has congratulated the member representing Southern Ijaw Constituency 1 at the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Felix Bonny Ayah and shared joyful moments on the occasion of Ayah’s birthday. In his message of felicitation, Hon. Ambaiowei described Hon….
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja, has responded to the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court, stating that election petitions cannot be won through social media propaganda. During an interview on the “Politics Today” program on Channels Television, Wike emphasized that election petitions are a distinct case and not…
Former Nigerian Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has expressed concern over the delay in receiving a copy of the judgment delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on 25 September 2019 – three days after the ruling. Atiku, who is waiting to receive certified copies of…
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, have announced their intention to take their case to the Supreme Court after their petitions against President Bola Tinubu’s election were dismissed by the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC. Atiku stated that he would…
By Marie Ebikake The stream of spurious, face-saving lies, adduced by the police authorities, for the, widely condemned, August 12th, 2023 Gestapo-style armed invasion of Opu Nembe, is fallacious and clever by half. It seeks tointroduce the element of pipeline vandalism, a perennial problem, deep-rooted in politics. These violent armed attacks carried out by known…
The Hon. Member Representatives representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency Engr. Rodney Ebikebina Ambaiowei has said that there is no other party apart from PDP in Bayelsa State. Hon. Rodney Ambaiowei stated this during a strategic meeting with critical stakeholders of Southern Ijaw Constituency 1 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), comprising Amatolo, Amassoma and Otuan,…
On Wednesday, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja will be delivering a verdict on the petitions filed by Obi and Atiku seeking to challenge the outcome of the presidential election that resulted in Bola Tinubu’s victory. The decision of the tribunal will determine the future of Nigerian politics and it is a highly…
