The Bayelsa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Monday denied an online media report that its men trailed the Speaker of Bayelsa House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson during elections.
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The Bayelsa chapter of All Progressives Congress has denied allegations linking it to the killing of a Navy personnel during Saturday’s House of Assembly election in the state.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the results of 16 constituencies and declared one inconclusive in the Bayelsa Assembly poll held on Saturday.
The All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State are trading blames over electoral malpractices in Saturday’s State Assembly polls.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, voted at unit 39, Ward 13 at the Otazi Playground, Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The governorship election will not hold in seven states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, the News Agency of Nigeria is reporting.
The predicament that played out on March 1, 2019 in Bayelsa State is indeed a disaster like the others before it in the different parts of the country.
National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency says it has commenced investigations into the explosion at Nembe Creek Oilfields within OML 29 operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has recovered 20 out of the 69 card readers stolen in Bayelsa State during the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Bayelsa State has appealed to those in possession of its 63 missing card readers to return them before Saturday’s elections.
The Commission of Inquiry on election violence set up by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has commenced sitting.
The community leadership in Nembe, Bayelsa State on Sunday urged the oil and gas industry regulators to wield the big stick against Aiteo Exploration Limited over alleged poor handing of an explosion within OML 29.
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation says it has no record of pipeline explosion in Nembe, Bayelsa State as being reported in some quarters.
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested one Israel Goli, the alleged mastermind and ringleader of those who attacked Deputy Commissioner of Police Kola Okunola in Twon, Brass Local Government of Bayelsa.
The Peoples Democratic Party said it has noted the illegal occupation and provocative besiegement of PDP states in the South South, namely Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States by the military ahead of the March 9, governorship and State Assembly elections.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Saturday’s presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has defeated the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, in the result declared on Tuesday night from Bayelsa State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has yet to begin collation of results of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly’s elections from some local government areas in Bayelsa due to the peculiar terrain of the state.
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oweikorogha, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Seidougha Taribi, and a Bayelsa State Government House photographer, Reginald Dei, were on Saturday killed during the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that both Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and ex-Governor Timipre Sylva had earlier accused each other of masterminding violence that trailed the polls in the state.
Smart card reader has rejected the thumb print of Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, amidst reports of delays in arrival of election materials in some parts of the state.