Navy destroys illegal oil refining sites in Rivers, Bayelsa, Ondo

Navy destroys illegal oil refining sites in Rivers, Bayelsa, Ondo

The Nigerian Navy has set ablaze four illegal oil refining sites in Rivers, Bayelsa and Ondo States between Saturday and Sunday, PUNCH reports. The Nigerian Navy, in a series of posts on its social media handles Monday said the clampdown on oil thieves in the Niger Delta was part of the Operation Delta Sanity. The … Read more

IPOB Cautions DSS on Treatment of Leader Nnamdi Kanu

IPOB Cautions DSS on Treatment of Leader Nnamdi Kanu

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has issued a warning to the Department of State Services (DSS) regarding the treatment of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB expressed concerns over the DSS’s decision to restrict Kanu’s access to visitors, which they find suspicious and unjustifiable.InformationGuideNigeria IPOB particularly pointed out the DSS’s rationale for this restriction, citing … Read more

Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi polls: APC, PDP, LP, SDP Test Might

Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi polls: APC, PDP, LP, SDP Test Might

In today’s key political development, residents of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States in Nigeria are heading to the polls to elect their governors. The elections are especially significant in Bayelsa State, where 16 candidates are vying for the governorship seat. Incumbent Governor Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking re-election, faces stiff competition … Read more

Nov 11 election: Orderlies, guards escorting principals to polling unit will be arrested – Police

As Bayelsa State gears up for its gubernatorial elections, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has issued a stern warning against election violence and has committed to arresting and prosecuting those who perpetrate or instigate such acts.JAMB Portal The Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police overseeing the elections in Bayelsa, Daniel Sokari-Pedro, made the force’s stance clear … Read more

President Bola Tinubu Hands APC Flag to Gubernatorial Candidates for Upcoming Off-Season Elections

President Bola Tinubu, in a symbolic gesture, presented the All Progressive Congress (APC) flag to gubernatorial candidates from Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states ahead of the off-season elections scheduled for November 11, 2023.InformationGuideNigeria The flag handover ceremony took place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, with the President personally handing over the flags to Hope … Read more

Bayelsa: INEC removes APC Timipre Sylva’s name from amended guber candidates’ list

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released amended lists of candidates for Bayelsa and Imo governorship elections. PEOPLES GAZETTE reports that the column for the names of the APC candidate and his runing mate was left blank with “court order” remarks. INEC included the names of Uchechukwu Ishiodu as the governorship candidate and Ahumbe … Read more

Bayelsa Poll: CAN Supports Gov Diri

Bayelsa Poll: CAN Supports Gov Diri

Bayelsa State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has endorsed the second term bid of Governor Douye Diri in the November 11 governorship election in the state. INDEPENDENT reports.informationguidenigeria CAN stated this at an interactive session with the governor at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Swali, Yenagoa. The state CAN chairman, Very Rev. … Read more

Sylva qualified to contest Bayelsa governorship election – Court

Sylva qualified to contest Bayelsa governorship election – Court

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, from contesting the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State. THE PUNCH reports.JAMB Portal Sylva is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State. The suit seeking to disqualify him … Read more

Sultan inaugurates 10.2km dual carriageway in Bayelsa

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Thursday, inaugurated phase two of the newly-completed Glory Drive dual carriageway, a 10.2-kilometer road project constructed by the Governor Douye Diri administration. VANGUARD reports.JAMB Result The road, which stretches from Igbogene through several communities and eventually terminates at Onopa in the Yenagoa city centre, was conceptualsed by … Read more

Peter Obi commissions Bayelsa Labour Party governorship campaign

Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 Presidential Election, has launched the party’s campaign for the November 11, governorship poll in Bayelsa. THE GUARDIAN reports. Obi, who spoke alongside the National Chairman of LP, Mr Julius Abure, assured the people that the party’s Governorship Candidate, Mr Udengs Eradiri, … Read more