Ahead of the 2027 general elections, leaders and stakeholders of Ward 9, Ogbia Constituency 3, Bayelsa State, have unanimously endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term. The endorsement was made during a grassroots engagement in Kolo community, where the ward also adopted all APC candidates for the district. The candidates endorsed are Hon….
The South-South Coordinator of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, Pastor Reuben Wilson, and the lawmaker representing Burutu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Julius Ghabojor Pondi, have thrown their weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second term bid. The duo made their position known in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, during the South-South flag-off of the…
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has called on politicians to eschew politics of bitterness and make the campaigns for the 2027 general elections issue-based and respectful. Diri spoke on Wednesday at the 195th meeting of the State Executive Council in Government House, Yenagoa, and at the Oxbow Lake Pavilion where a political support group,…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, has said the party hoped for a different outcome in the poll. Oyebamiji stated this in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday in Osogbo, the state capital. He, however, said the party respects the decision of…
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke on his re-election in the Osun State governorship election, describing it as a significant democratic achievement. Obi, in a statement titled “Osun: When The People Stand, Democracy Wins” and signed by his spokesperson, Idris…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Great Joshua MacIver, has declared his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Bayelsa State. MacIver declared his ambition in a letter addressed to the state chairman and the State Working Committee, SWC, of the party in Yenagoa. He said competence, experience, commitment, transparency and welfare…
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Basin Development Authority, Prince Ebitimi Amgbare, has dismissed allegations that the Federal Government is using state institutions to intimidate opposition parties ahead of the Osun State governorship election. Amgbare said this while fielding questions from newsmen in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. He said President Bola Tinubu’s directive…
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri says Nigeria must embrace true fiscal federalism and the rule of law for its democracy to thrive. Diri, who identified justice, equity and fairness as the pillars of democracy, said the absence of the three has made the country’s democracy to falter. The governor spoke yesterday at the 2026 Goodluck…
by Tari Amgbare Youths of Agorogbene community in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State have pledged support for the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate for Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Prince Kelvin Amgbare. The youths made the pledge when they paid a courtesy visit to Amgbare at his residence in Ogobiri Town. The visit,…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has set up a seven-member National Reconciliation Committee to engage aspirants and resolve grievances arising from its recent primary elections. The decision was contained in a statement jointly signed by the National Chairman, Senator Cleopas Moses, and the National Secretary, Ikenna Morgan Enekweizu, and released by the National Publicity Secretary, Osa…
