The Bayelsa State Government through its Ministry of Health has cautioned residents against eating a dead whale found on the shores of coastal Okpoama community in Brass Local Government Area of the state. The government said consuming the dead whale could lead to “mercury poisoning, botulism and bacteria infections that might prove dangerous to the…
The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has arrested a middle aged man for allegedly beheading his girlfriend. The incident took place in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Saturday. The man, identified as Tony, reportedly beheaded Ebibraaladei Maxwell, his girlfriend. The spokesman for the Command, Musa Mohammed, said…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has adjourned the collation of results in the Bayelsa State Governorship Election till Monday noon. So far results from six of the eight local government areas in the state namely Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Yenegoa, Sagbama, Nembe and Ekeremor have been collated. The remaining local government areas are Brass and Southern…
Votes are about now being sorted out following the conclusion of Voting in all the polling units in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states where governorship elections took place Saturday Voting was expected to end by 2pm but extended beyond that time because of late arrival of INEC officials. According a journalist who monitored the exercise,…
Voting in the ongoing governorship election has commenced after about three hours delay in Okpoama Ward, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Okpoama Ward Polling Unit-4 has 17 polling centres and is the electoral ward of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva. Accreditation and voting across the ward commenced at…
It’s D- day today Saturday November 11, as a little over five million voters in the three states of Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi will file out to vote in the off-cycle governorship election in the states. In the three states, the Independent National Electoral Commission said 5,169,692 voters collected their permanent voter cards out of…
Hundreds of protesting women on Thursday stormed Bayelsa state police command in Yenagoa demanding the resignation of the state Commissioner of Police Tolani Alausa. The protesting women carrying placard with different inscriptions says the removal of the police commissioner will ensure the neutrality of the police during this weekend’s governorship election in the state The…
All is now set for this weekend’s off cycle election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. Electoral umpire INEC has since begun the distribution of sensitive and non-sensitive materials for the exercise. The electoral body also distributed life jackets across the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State where the governorship election will be held….
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that over one hundred and thirty seven thousand polling agents have been registered for the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. In a list of polling and collation agents released on Tuesday, INEC said at the close of the deadline for uploading…
With just five days to go before the November 11, 2023 election and in compliance with an Appeal Court judgment, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has added the name of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, to the final list of candidates for the poll in Bayelsa state INEC, in…
