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Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
…MEND Claims Responsibility For Thursday’s Killings THe Joint Military Task Force (JTF), code named Operation Pulo Shield, has declared missing the Commander of the Brass Unit of its command and three others shot by suspected oil bunkers along the Brass-Ogbia waterways of Bayelsa State. JTF Media Coordinator, Lt. Col. Timothy Anthinga, confirmed to The Guardian […]
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Bayelsa, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa – Four policemen and three military personnel among them a Lieutenant Colonel were yesterday, killed by unidentified gunmen along the waterways of Nembe and Brass local government council areas of Bayelsa State. While four policemen were reportedly killed at the Marine Police Checkpoint in the Nembe Creek at about 7am, the […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Ndiameeh Babrik, State News
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
THE seeming prevalent peace and security in Bayelsa State, were on Thursday around 10.00 a.m, shattered as unidentified gunmen unleashed attack on security operatives at different locations, on the waterways, killing four soldiers, including a lieutenant-colonel and four policemen. Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that the suspected gunmen, who operated in three speedboats, swiftly […]
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Bayelsa, Breaking News, EFCC Politics, State News
Friday, February 24th, 2012
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday filed a six-count charge of corruption against former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The commission accused Sylva of conspiring with others at large to fraudulently convert the property and financial resources of the state to personal use. No date has been […]
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Bayelsa, Governors, State News
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, Wednesday sacked the state’s executive council and the board of all government owned parastatals while also freezing the government accounts. All political office holders appointed by both former Governor Timipre Sylva and former acting governor, Chief Nestor Binabo, were asked to go with […]
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All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), Bayelsa, Headlines, INEC Politics, Party Politics, State News
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
NBA cautions against violence, sends 573 monitors THE expectations and the stakes are high over tomorrow’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. Last minutes activities leading to the polls by both the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the participating political parties and other stakeholders have reached a peak. The only unexpected action came from […]
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Bayelsa, INEC Politics, State News
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
By Samuel Oyadongha, Vanguard Yenagoa—Police authorities have deployed 10,000 personnel for tomorrow’s governorship electios in Bayelsa State, while other security agencies are to provide additional 5,000 men, bringing the total to 15,000. Aside the 15,000 security personnel deployed for the exercise, anti- bomb squads drawn from neighbouring Edo, Delta and Rivers States, are expected to […]
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Adamawa, Bayelsa, Breaking News, Cross River, Governors, Judiciary, Kogi, National Politics, Sokoto, State News, Top Stories
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Justices of the Supreme Court in Nigera today ruled that five state governors have no legal mandate to remain in office beyond May 2011. A panel of the Nigerian apex court today ruled that the tenures of Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa, Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto, Ibrahim Idris of Kogi and […]
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Bayelsa, INEC Politics, State News
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
The Independent National Electoral Commission has included the name of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on its list of candidates for the February 11 governorship election in the state. Dickson’s name was omitted from the list of 36 candidates for the election published by INEC on January 11. This followed a legal […]
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Bayelsa, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
A wave of panic swept across Bayelsa State on Saturday after two explosives were detonated by unknown persons at strategic places in the capital city of Yenagoa. The explosives went off about 11pm, Friday, shortly after coordinated multiple bomb blasts rocked the ancient city of Kano in the northern part of the country. While many […]
