Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva has apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari for the loss of All Progressive Congress, APC in Bayelsa State. He said the apology was necessary because he was aware that the President, his wife, Aisha and top Presidency officials had made preparations to be in Yenagoa on Friday to witness Lyon take his oath ...

A group, Movement for the Advancement of Democracy in Nigeria has disclosed that the Supreme erred by declaring Senator Hope Uzodinma as governor. The group said neither Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nor Senator Uzodinma met the criterion of geo-electoral spread as enshrined in the electoral law. The association said while APC National Chairman Comrade Adam’s Oshiomhole ...

A group, within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, the Sunshine Mandate Group (SMG), led by Nigeria’s Ambassador to Togo, Olusola Iji has reacted to insinuation against the appointment of former APC National Chairman, Chief Adebisi Akande, as the Chairman of the APC National Reconciliation Committee. The group, in a communique by its coordinator, David Oyewole, said it ...

Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri, has solicited for support ofMinister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, Chief David Lyon and other opposition members. Speaking during a thanksgiving service on Sunday, Diri promised to run an all-inclusive government. He insisted that he needed the cooperation and support of all leaders of the state, including former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to ...

The Yoruba Socio-Cultural organisation, Afenifere has called for immediate arrest and prosecution of Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for making inflammatory comment on David Lyon’s sack. Afenifere’s spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin made the call in an exclusive interview with newsmen on Sunday, Daily Post reports. He condemned the inflammatory comment by Oshiomhole over the Supreme Court ...

Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George has vowed that he wound renounce his Nigerian citizenship if Bola Tinubu becomes Nigeria’s President. He made this known during an interview with Punch on Sunday. The PDP top-notch cited the case of bullion van that drove into Tinubu’s house during the 2019 elections, adding that it would be most illogical for ...

The presidency accused some persons of benefitting from the Boko Haram insurgency by inciting Nigerians against the country’s military chiefs. In a statement, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said “a section of the political class” had hired thousands to protest against the head of the service chiefs on Monday. Shehu further accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of orchestrating the protests ...

A former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC), Mr. Timi Alaibe, has turned into a beautiful bride overnight for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State following Friday’s swearing in of Senator Douye Diri as governor. Alaibe is being seriously courted by the party’s hierarchy and the immediate past governor, Seriake Dickson to stop his ongoing ...

Bayelsa State capital was engulfed in violence after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed Senator Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governor-elect of the state. Youths believed to be supporters of the sacked David Lyon stormed the streets protesting Thursday’s annulment of his election by the Supreme Court. Lyon yesterday rejected the court’s decision. The protesters ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is planning to explore every legal channel to reverse the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (lNEC) to issue certificate of return to Bayelsa Governor-elect, Sen. Douye Diri. APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, told newsmen on Friday that the nullification of the election of the party’s governorship candidate, David Lyon, was an ...