News as it breaks
Senator Friday Benson Konbowei, representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). His defection was formally announced on Thursday at the Senate chamber, where Senate President Godswill Akpabio read Konbowei’s letter before the close of plenary. Konbowei, a…
Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested an 80-year-old man for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl at Otuokpoti community in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. Gender advocacy groups including Dise Ogbise Foundation, Reigneth Foundation, Starrz Safety Initiative and Collins Cocodia Foundation said the suspect had been…
Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri, and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrujakpo, are expected to open their defence next week before the state governorship tribunal sitting in Abuja. The All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the governorship election, Timipre Sylva, are challenging the re-election of the governor and his deputy. The…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project said it has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission over its failure to arrest and prosecute suspected electoral offenders during the governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states.” This was contained in a press release made available on Sunday. The suit,…
According to a statement signed by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye, all 18 political parties nominated candidates in Kogi, 17 in Bayelsa, and 16 in Imo states.
