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Delegates Election: Bayelsa Commissioner Escapes Mob Attack

There was a mild drama at the precinct of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bayelsa State secretariat as the state commissioner for Education, Robinson Obuebite, narrowly escaped mob action by the supporters of a yet-to-be ascertained aspirant for the November 16 governorship election. Our correspondent reports that a mammoth crowd gathered …

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PDP Urges Aspirants to Focus on Guber Campaigns

…Warns against Attacks on Dickson By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again called on the 21 aspirants in the party to devote their energy and attention to their electoral campaigns rather than indulging in acts inimical to the unity of the …

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Bayelsa Women Celebrate Timipre Sylva

A wind of celebration blew in Bayelsa State Thursday as President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Chief Timipre Sylva as the minister of state for petroleum. Mrs Cynthia Princewill, who is the state women leader of the All Progress Congress (APC) in the state, described the appointment as a plus to every Bayelsan. The women …

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Group visits, Congratulates Marlon over Success at Polls

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology Port Harcourt (RSCOHSTECH) Alumni, Bayelsa State Chapter, has paid a courtesy visit to the member Representing SILGA Constituency 111 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Deacon Marlon Moses (aka Our Moses). Chairman of the group, …

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HYPREP, CSOs Disagree over Level of Work on Ogoni Cleanup

By Joel Anekwe The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) and some civil society organizations (CSOs) in Rivers State have disagreed sharply on the level of work done so far on the clean-up of oil polluted sites in Ogoniland. While HYPREP says that the clean-up has fully commenced, civil society organizations …

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