Nine pastors have been arrested in Bayelsa state by the task force on COVID-19 for violating the state’s lockdown order. The pastors were arrested for flaunting the lockdown order in the state by holding Sunday worship activities. Those arrested where Pastors P. B. Barima; Timi Aaron; Adaba Glory; and Chris Ezene. Others are Plus B. James; Prophet Alfred Munemune; Daniel …

Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri made an unscheduled visit Friday to the state’s border points with Delta and Rivers States in demonstration of his seriousness to enforce the two-week interstate lockdown agreed by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Governor Diri, who first visited Adagbabiri, the boundary community with Patani in Delta State, virtually took the security personnel at the entry point …

Lawyers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have stormed the Supreme Court with an application urging the court to reverse its decision disqualifying its candidate in the last governorship election in Bayelsa State, Lyon David Pereworimin. The APC, in an application filed on Thursday by its team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), with Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding for a fresh governorship election in Bayelsa. Mr Yekini Nabena, the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, said this at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Supreme Court had on Thursday nullified the election …

South-South zonal Youth Leader at the 2018 National Convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Donald Igudia, yesterday called on the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to resign over what he termed “as the mismanagement of party fortunes”. Reacting to the Supreme Court judgment, which sacked the Bayelsa Governor-elect of the APC, Mr David Lyon and …

Bayelsa State APC supporters storm PDP’s Bayelsa state governor elect’s home, following the sack of the All Progressive Congress, APC, candidate, David Lyon, and the declaration of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Douye Diri, as the new Bayelsa governor-elect, protesters, Friday stormed Diri’s house and vandalized his properties. Vehicles at Diri’s home at Imgbi Road, Amarata, Yenagoa, …

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission Mahmood Yakubu made the declaration at the INEC headquarters in Abuja on Friday, February 14. That the PDP’s candidate Doure Diri is the new governor of Bayelsa state. The Supreme Court had sacked David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was declared winner of the November 16, 2019 governorship election …

Vehicular movement on either side of the road had been grounded while a long stretch of traffic gridlock had emerged on both sides of the East-West road. As Hundreds of travellers including police and military personnel are currently stranded at the Kiama Bridge end of the East-West Road. The protesters with the flag of the All Progressives Congress, APC numbering …

Davido has reacted hilariously to the Supreme Court judgment which nullified the election of David Lyon, thereby announcing Diri Douye as the Gover-elect of Bayelsa state. A five man panel of the apex court presided by Justice Mary Peter-Odili nullified the election of Lyon on the grounds that his deputy, Senator biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo presented false information to INEC in aid …

The Supreme Court has declared that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Bayelsa governorship election, Diri Duoye, would become the next Governor of Bayelsa State. The Supreme Court has nullified the election victory of Bayelsa Governor-elect, David Lyon, and that of his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo. Lyon was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in …