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…Commends Prosperity Agenda, Endorses Diri For Second Term Renowned Bayelsa blogger and Special Assistant to the Governor on Special Duties, Mr. Robinson Ere Erebi, has endorsed Sen. Douye Diri’s potential re-election as Governor for a second term. According to Mr. Erebi, the talk amongst Bayelsans is centered around Gov. Diri’s commendab le policy of continuity…
A group of aggrieved senators may be planning to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio, sources revealed. Reports had suggested that northern senators were leading the move, however, insiders believe the situation is more complicated. The Senate dismissed the impeachment reports as “imaginative composition,” saying that senators stand united behind their leaders and requesting time to…
There are strong indications that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, may face removal from office as top politicians, including two former North West governors, are planning to oust him from office. This move is reportedly due to Akpabio’s alleged closeness to President Tinubu, which has caused him to prioritize the president’s interests over those of…
As the Bayelsa State governorship election, scheduled for November 11, 2023, gets closer, panic has hit the camp of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, as his support base is being depleted daily with supporters ditching him for the camp of the incumbent, Senator Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic…
Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah’s election victory has been upheld by the Supreme Court. In a unanimous decision by a panel of Justices, the court dismissed an appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Uche Nnaji, challenging the outcome of the gubernatorial contest. The court held that the appellants did not provide…
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…
