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Supreme Court Endorses Diri as Bayelsa governor, Dismisses APC’s application

ON Wednesday, 26 February, the Supreme Court endorsed its decision on Bayelsa election which dismissed the applications for a review David Lyon as Governor-elect...
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Oshiomhole to PDP — Don’t ‘celebrate too early, we are going to court’

ADAMS Oshiomhole, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday has rejected the ruling of the Supreme Court on Bayelsa's election, advising the...
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Bayelsa polls: Voters say election is peaceful, despite episodes of violence, vote-buying, flooding

From: Olugbenga ADANIKIN and Jennifer UGWA, Yenagoa IN SPITE of pockets of violence and vote-buying observed by The ICIR during the Saturday, November 16 election...
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Today is a sad commentary on nation’s democracy- Gov Dickson

SERIAKE Henry Dickson, Bayelsa governor who is a member of the People's Democratic Party, has described the ongoing gubernatorial election in the state a...
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Anxiety brews in Bayelsa   

From: Jennifer UGWA and Olugbenga ADANIKIN (Reporting from Yenagoa) THERE is rising tension in Bayelsa State ahead of Saturday – November 16 Governorship election scheduled...
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APC has no guber candidate in Bayelsa poll, court rules two days to election

LESS than two days to the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, a federal high court has disqualified the All Progressives Congress from participating in...
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Speaker impeached as DSS takes over Bayelsa Assembly

THE SPEAKER  of the Bayelsa House of Assembly, Emmanuel Tonye Isenah has been impeached on Monday morning following series of gunshots in the State...
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Apex Court Affirms Dickson’s Victory

The Supreme Court has upheld Seriake Dickson as the validly elected Governor of Bayelsa State.
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