The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the 23 newly-elected House of Assembly members in the just concluded State Assembly elections in Bayelsa State. The certificates were presented by the state Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Mr Monday Udoh, in Yenagoa, the state capital on Wednesday. Udoh presented 19 certificates to […]
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YPP calls for cancellation of NASS elections in Bayelsa
YPP calls for cancellation of NASS elections in Bayelsa The Young Progressives Party, YPP has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to cancel the National Assembly elections held in Yenagoa/Polokuma Opokuma and Ekeremor/Sagbama Federal Constituencies of Bayelsa State. The Part made the call in a statement issued by its National
INEC declares Brass constituency 1 election inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared elections in Brass Constituency One in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State inconclusive over issues of electoral violence and card reader machine failure. This was announced by the Constituency Returning Officer, Dr. Akachi Odenene, an associate professor, at the Brass Collation Center in Twon Brass Island. […]
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INEC still in search of 63 card readers in Bayelsa
Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it is in search of about 63 card readers machines used during the presidential and National Assembly elections in Bayelsa State. INEC’s head of voters education and publicity department, Wilfred Ifogah, made the disclosure in an interview with journalists in Yenogoa. “We have lost about […]
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Fear of violence grips states over guber, assembly polls
How deputy commissioner of police escaped beheading by mob in Bayelsa
The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) in Bayelsa State, Kolawole Okunola, who was abducted…
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Buhari wins 2 LGAs in Bayelsa, Atiku leads with 7
I-G orders probe into attack of Deputy Commissioner of Police
The Bayelsa Police Command on Monday confirmed reports that a Deputy Commissioner of Police deployed for election duties in Brass area of the state was manhandled by thugs.
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Nigeria Army arrests 15 political thugs, recovers ammunitions
Nigeria Army said it has arrested about 15 armed men suspected to be political thugs in Ikebiri 1 in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The army said the thugs had planned to disrupt the presidential and national assembly elections in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in the state. A spokesman to […]
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Election postponement: One week not enough for INEC to resolve challenges, says Dickson
Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, has cast doubts over the ability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resolve issues that led to the postponement of 2019 general election ahead of the rescheduled polls. While speaking at the Government House in Yenagoa yesterday, Dickson said the manner the commission unilaterally announced the postponement of […]
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