Cryptically crafted, Gabriel Okara’s The Call of the River Nun, written in 1953, transcended beyond an ode to the river that passes through his native home in the Niger Delta.
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Gabriel Okara, Nigeria’s foremost poet, dies at 97
PDP wins state assembly supplementary elections in Bayelsa
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Munalayefa Gibson of Ogbia Constituency 2 and Mr Igbadiwe MacDonald of Southern Ijaw Constituency 4, both of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winners of the supplementary election in Bayelsa State. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Pastor Udoh Tom in a statement said INEC conducted the supplementary […]
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Rerun election: INEC puts supplementary election in Bayelsa on hold, gives reasons
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has put on hold, the supplementary elections in Brass Constituency 1 of Bayelsa State following a court order to include omitted units in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal High Court in Yenagoa had on Friday, ordered the Electoral Commission to include omitted […]
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Delta, Bayelsa communities land dispute resolved
DELTA State High Court sitting in Bomadi has resolved the land dispute between the state and Bayelsa State, granting statutory right of occupancy of the disputed piece of land to Okia community in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State.
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JUST IN: Two corps members shot dead in Bayelsa
Bayelsa supports army’s role in elections
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai By Johnson Eyiangho/Frank ShedrackBayelsa Deputy Governor John Jonah has defended the military’s role in providing security and called on Nigerians not to blame the army for its involvement in the 2019 general elections. Jonah said on Saturday at Elebele in Yenogoa at the inauguration of
Three Keke NAPEP riders nabbed for alleged gang rape of minor
Operatives of the Bayelsa State police command have arrested three commercial tricycle riders popularly known as Keke NAPEP over the alleged gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in Yenagoa. The minor was reportedly gang-raped by the men in an uncompleted building along Azikoro village road. The incident, which was carried out a fortnight ago, was […]
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INEC fixes March 23 for Bayelsa Assembly supplementary election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it would hold House of Assembly supplementary election on March 23 in Bayelsa, in areas where the election was declared inconclusive on Feb 23, poll. Mr Wilfred Ifogah, Head of INEC Voter Education and Publicity in the state, disclosed this in a statement issued on behalf of the […]
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Probe military role in Bayelsa electoral violence, PDP tells Buratai
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, has appealed to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to investigate the alleged role of the military in the violence that occurred in the state during the last general elections.
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