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Bayelsa Guber Poll: APC Recruiting Bandits To Rig Election

Bayelsa Guber Poll: APC Recruiting Bandits To Rig Election

November 4, 2019 3:43 am

Ahead of Bayelsa State governorship election scheduled for November 16, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths have alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was recruiting herdsmen to cause mayhem and rig the election in its favour.

Expressing concern over this development, the PDP youths under the aegis of PDP South-south Youth Vanguard accused APC of not supporting the Ijaw struggle, but advised the party to desist from any form of violence during the election.

The youths, in a statement by their National Chairman, James Efe Akpofure, alleged that the only interest of APC was the oil in Bayelsa State, …

Dickson Predicts Peaceful Bayelsa Polls

Dickson Predicts Peaceful Bayelsa Polls

November 3, 2019 4:18 am
The Bayelsa state Governor, Seriake Dickson, has expressed optimism that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate, Senator Douye Diri, would emerge victorious in the November 16 governorship election through a free, fair, peaceful and credible process.
The governor said this at the weekend during his valedictory State annual Thanksgiving Service.Dickson expressed gratitude to God for finding him worthy to be used as an instrument to engender peace, stability and appreciable development in the state.He said that God would not allow those who do not mean well for the state to assume the reins of governance.

The governor, who emphasised 

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Kogi, Bayelsa: Airforce To Provide Cover For INEC Staff

Kogi, Bayelsa: Airforce To Provide Cover For INEC Staff

October 31, 2019 8:50 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said that the Nigeria Navy and the Nigeria Air Force are to give cover for their staff in the November 16 gubernatorial elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states.

According to INEC, given the history of election violence in the two states, they have requested for the services of the Navy and the Airforce to provide security cover for it’s personnel on duty.

The Commission has also announced that it has banned some ad-hoc staff who abused the trust reposed on them during the 2019 general elections.

Speaking at a dialogue session with …

Kogi, Bayelsa Polls: INEC Will Transmit Results Manually

Kogi, Bayelsa Polls: INEC Will Transmit Results Manually

October 31, 2019 5:51 pm

INEC chairman,Yakubu says it will transmit all results manually during the Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections on Nov.16.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it will transmit all results manually during the Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections on Nov.16.INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said this on Thursday at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Dialogue Session with Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) of Kogi and Bayelsa states in Abuja.

Yakubu, who was represented by Mr Festus Okoye, a national commissioner of INEC, said that the commission would adhere to the rules and regulations of the 2010 electoral act as

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Bayelsa Guber: Town Rulers, Jonathan’s Kinsmen Endorse Diri

Bayelsa Guber: Town Rulers, Jonathan’s Kinsmen Endorse Diri

October 24, 2019 3:09 pm

The kingsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan led by the traditional rulers from Ogbia local government area of the state have endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Senator Douye Diri.

A statement by the Director of Media and Publicity of the Senator Douye Diri Campaign Organisation, Hon. Jonathan Obuebite, said the endorsement had laid to rest the claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it had 100 percent support of Ogbia indigenes.

“The people of Ogbia local government area including indigenes reposed confidence in the capability of the joint ticket of Senators Douye Diri and Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo to …

DSS Places Bayelsa Youth Leader, Others, Under Surveillance

DSS Places Bayelsa Youth Leader, Others, Under Surveillance

October 24, 2019 12:40 pm

The Department of State Security (DSS) has disclosed that some category of political and youth leaders likely to instigate violence and stockpile arms have been placed under surveillance ahead of the November 16 governorship election.

The State Director of the DSS, Ishaku Yusuf made this known on Wednesday in response to an appeal by the King of Ekpetiama Kingdom, HRM Bubaraye Dakolo Agada IV, who called for early arrest of mischief-makers during the election seminar organized by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 5, Dibal P. Yakadi for political party chairmen and other stakeholders in the state.

Yusuf however …

Stop Instigating Violence, Bayelsa PDP Warns Oshiomole

Stop Instigating Violence, Bayelsa PDP Warns Oshiomole

October 24, 2019 2:29 am

The Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hit out at the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomole for allegedly accusing the party of plotting to rig the forthcoming governorship election.

The state chairman of the PDP, Moses Cleopas, said in a statement that the comment reportedly credited to the APC chairman has the capacity to truncate the peace of the state if it is not ‘nipped in the bud.’

He accused Oshiomole of ‘condescending to the point of encouraging violent activities before and during the elections in the state because of his …

INEC To Correct General Election Error With Bayelsa, Kogi

INEC To Correct General Election Error With Bayelsa, Kogi

October 23, 2019 3:59 am

At the end of a two-day seminar on the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the November 16 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States, the commission said the two elections would correct the mistakes in the 2019 general election and set a new standard for future elections.

This is coming as stakeholders from Kogi and Bayelsa States have listed violence, vote-buying and manipulation of youths as some of the issues that would determine the outcome of the polls in the two states.

Speaking yesterday, the Chairman of the Board of INEC’s Electoral Institute, who is also …

Plot By Thugs To Wear Army And Police Uniform In Bayelsa

Plot By Thugs To Wear Army And Police Uniform In Bayelsa

October 21, 2019 3:35 am

The Nigerian Police has uncovered plots by suspected thugs of political parties in Bayelsa State to wear Army and Police uniform to cause crisis during the November 16 governorship election.

The Deputy Inspector- General of Police, Operations, Mr Abdulmajeed Ali who stated this during a stakeholders meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, disclosed that leaders of political parties in the state have been placed under surveillance.

He said the Police would not tolerate attack on staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and ad-hoc electoral officials warning that the Police would ensure those hell-bent on fomenting trouble would not …

Panel By Saraki Gains Big In Bayelsa, Kogi Peace Efforts

Panel By Saraki Gains Big In Bayelsa, Kogi Peace Efforts

October 20, 2019 7:39 am
  • Bayelsa almost done as Dickson makes huge concessions
  • All agree to work together in Kogi, all eyes on ex-governor Idris

The political experience and influence of former Senate President Bukola Saraki might have come through for him as his reconciliatory panel, constituted recently by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the crises in Bayelsa and Kogi States had begun to yield results ahead of the November 16 governorship election in both states.

Newsmen gathered at the weekend that the former Kwara State governor had already met all the gladiators in the two states at different times and …

Bayelsa: Party Members Disrupt INEC Stakeholders Meeting

Bayelsa: Party Members Disrupt INEC Stakeholders Meeting

October 17, 2019 2:43 am

Two elders loyal to the two contending political parties in the November 16, 2019 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa, almost engaged each other in a fisticuff at a stakeholders meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yenagoa.

Consequently, the meeting ended abruptly as Chairman of the Bayelsa Elders Forum (BEF), Francis Doukpolagha, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyalist and representative of All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman at the event, Dennis Otitio, engaged each other in a war of words that almost led to a fight.

This was due to disagreement over the issue of the people allegedly …

Bayelsa Poll: Don’t Shortchange Adhoc Staff - INEC

Bayelsa Poll: Don’t Shortchange Adhoc Staff – INEC

October 16, 2019 10:12 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised its Electoral Officers in Bayelsa to be transparent in the payment of entitlements to ad hoc staff to be used for the Nov. 16 governorship election.

INEC National Commissioner, Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu, gave the advice during an interactive session between members of staff, INEC Bayelsa and the commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in Yenegoa.

He said that the commission had put in place modality to prevent situations where engaged ad hoc staff would complain or protest about payment for their services after elections.

“We have received several complaints, not necessarily Bayelsa but …

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