A former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Anthony George-Ikoli on Friday said he would not quit the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). ”I have been in PDP since 1999 and this is the second time I am contesting elections under our party’s flag. If I didn’t leave the party then, I don’t […]
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Suspected gunmen have kidnapped , Chief George Week’s, father of Bayelsa State Commissioner of Agriculture, Mr Doodei Week’s. He was kidnapped in his home, which is located in Ayama-Ijaw, in Southern Ijaw, Bayelsa State. The Nation have reported that he was kidnapped at the early hours of Thursday.
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A governorship aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Anthony George-Ikoli has unveiled his road map ahead of the November 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. George-Ikoli said Monday in a meeting with party faithful, community leaders and youths in Yenagoa that the road map was aimed at changing the erstwhile […]
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Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Barrister Anthony George-Ikoli on Saturday declared before a crowd of supporters in Bayelsa East Senatorial District that he is the party’s best candidate for the November governorship election. “Zoning is not the official policy of either the party or Bayelsans as at now. Factually, all zones […]
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The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the kidnap of Beauty Siasia, the mother of former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia. In a statement on Monday, spokesman for Command, Asinim Butswat, said the octogenarian was abducted by gunmen at a village in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. “On 15 […]
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Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray Bruce has announced that he will not be seeking re-election into the upper chamber of the National Assembly. He announced his withdrawal from the senatorial race in a letter to PDP stakeholders which he also published on his Facebook page. The Senator said he is withdrawing from the race […]
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Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for immortalizing the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola with the highest award of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, GCFR. The Governor reasoned that, though, the award was belated, but added that, the gesture […]
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Gunmen have shot dead Mr Ebikimi Okoringa, a newly appointed Special Adviser to Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa. A community leader, who preferred anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Yanagoa that Okoringa was shot on Monday by some assailants who laid ambush near his house in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area […]
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Suspected Sea Pirates have killed two persons and injured three others in Ayama community, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The pirates, according to a witness, invaded the community on Monday at about 9 p.m. and shot sporadically into the crowd of indigenes. Confirming the development, the Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, […]
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The Bayelsa State Government said on Monday that it had secured no fewer than 100 patrol vehicles and 16 gunboats from 2012 to date to ensure maximum security in the state. Boma Sparo-Jack, Special Adviser to Governor Seriake Dickson on Security Matter, said this at the ongoing Inter-Ministerial and Agencies’ briefing in Yenagoa, the state […]
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