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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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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Buhari vows to probe $16 billion power sector expenditure
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday vowed to probe the $16 billion invested in the power sector by his predecessor in office, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. He pledged that every kobo would be recovered and anyone found wanting exposed. Speaking during an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the president stated that he was unrelenting […]
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Jonathan: Political office shouldn’t be used as instrument of punishment
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says political office should not be used as an instrument of punishment. Jonathan said this on Tuesday at the presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party
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Nigerian youths unite against thuggery, political violence
Barely one month to the commencement of this year’s general elections, a cross section of Nigerian youths from different parts of the country have vowed to resist any attempt to use them as thugs or engage in political violence. The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), in a bid to stem the tide this election season, […]
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Dickson warns politicians against manipulating security agencies
Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, has again warned political actors, who do not have the capacity to win elections, to desist from manipulating the security agencies.
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