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Bayelsa, Governors, Headlines, State News
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
Monday, December 05, 2011 • Sylva Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Governor Timipre Sylva has disclosed that he would open his campaign office on Wednesday December 7 to kick-start his campaign for a second term in office. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which disqualified Sylva from the governorship primaries, had produced […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Rate this item 1 2 3 4 5 (0 votes) Governor Timipre Sylva File The camp of Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State suffered a setback on Monday following the resignation of three members of his cabinet. The Commissioner for Youths, Conflict Resolution and Employment Generation, Mr. Etifa Bekeakpo; the Senior Special […]
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Bayelsa, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
There are indications of moves by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to suspend the embattled Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State, over anti-party activities. A source at the Wadata Plaza, national secretariat, in Abuja, told Saturday Tribune that the party was “already initiating moves to invoke some sections of the PDP constitution, which stipulate punishments or […]
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Bayelsa, Governors, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Sylva File The dust raised by the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State on Saturday has not settled. MIKE ODIEGWUin this report asks whether indeed there was a contest. AN entertainment mogul and entrepreneur, Ben Bruce, may have been tricked into joining the race for the governorship ticket […]
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Bayelsa, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, November 21st, 2011
Vice President of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Senator Joseph Waku, has alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan is persecuting the Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, because the latter did not support Jonathan’s presidential ambition. Waku, a former Senator, who represented Benue North/West Senatorial District from 1999 to 2003 in the Senate, said the situation playing out […]
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Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Delta, Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers
Monday, November 21st, 2011
THERE was security alert in the Niger Delta, on Monday, following a threat by a group of ex-militants to bomb oil facilities in the region in response to the Federal Government’s alleged failure to address some issues that border on their welfare. Heavily armed security agents posted to oil facilities were positioned to ward off […]
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Bayelsa, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Monday, November 21st, 2011
THE Presidency, on Monday, advanced reasons why President Goodluck Jonathan stayed away from the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his home state of Bayelsa, at the weekend, where Honourable Seriake Dickson emerged as the standard-bearer of the party. Jonathan, together with members of the National Assembly from the state, except Honourable Dickson, was […]
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Bayelsa, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Monday, November 21st, 2011
Embattled Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva has challenged the national leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, [PDP] to disclose the sins he committed which informed his exclusion from the governorship primary conducted by the party at the weekend. Addressing journalists in Lagos at the weekend, acting national chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje […]
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Bayelsa, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Presidency, Shehu Aliyu Shagari (1979-83), State News, Yakubu Gowon (1966-75)
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Former President Shehu Shagari and former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, have reportedly advised President Goodluck Jonathan to be cautious over his role in the internal politics of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his home state, Bayelsa. According to a source close to Shagari, the two national leaders in separate telephone calls advised […]
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Bayelsa, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, yesterday, explained why the party disqualified Governor Timipre Sylva from the governorship primary, saying it was due to his untoward behaviour towards the party. Baraje, who spoke to journalists after a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the inner chamber […]
