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All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Bayelsa State Chapter, has elected a new state executive council to lead the party for four year, saying the new executive is capable of winning the November 11, governorship election.

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Ekiotene, who was the immediate past Commissioner for Transport before she resigned to contest the State Assembly Primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and lost, was accused of allegedly undermining the power of the legislature on several occasions.

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According to data obtained from the website of the Debt Management Office, Bayelsa’s debt profile as of June 2021 stood at over N150.60 billion, up from the N123 billion the current administration inherited on assumption of office in February 2020.

N3bn loan diversion allegations: I will not succumb to blackmail — Diri On Kindly Share This Story: Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Tuesday described the claim that the N3 billion Agricultural loan obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was diverted as false and cheap blackmail. Diri, who reacted to the allegations on Tuesday noted that the smear campaign was aimed at arm twisting his administration to get appointments into his administration. Dr John Idumange, a former General Manage...

Bayelsa Assembly passes VAPP bill, recommends life imprisonment for rapists Bayelsa Assembly passes VAPP bill, recommends life imprisonment for rapists Share The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to prohibit all forms of violence against persons and provide maximum protection and effective remedies for victims. The bill stipulates that perpetrators of rape who are above 14 years old are to get life imprisonment to serve as a deterrent to others and for peace to reign ...

By Shedrack Frank and Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, Jan. 19, 2020  The Bayelsa House of Assembly said in Yenagoa on Tuesday that there were no plans to impeach Gov. Douye Diri. “The 6th Assembly has no reason to impeach the governor; we have never contemplated that before,’’ the House Committee Chairman on Information, Hon Tari Porri (PDP-Ekeremor Constituency 1), told a news conference. He described the claim as a rumour and a distraction. Naija247news reports that Porri was reacting to repo...

Bayelsa Assembly denies impeachment plot against Gov Diri Bayelsa Assembly denies impeachment plot against Gov Diri Share The Bayelsa State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, denied rumours that it has concluded plans to impeach Governor Douye Diri over alleged sharing of N38 billion the state government recently received for executing some Federal projects. The State Assembly also warned mischief-makers to desist from spreading the said rumour, saying that the assembly would not contemplate an im...

17-year-old girl remanded for setting boyfriend ablaze John Charles, Makurdi Police in Benue State on Tuesday arraigned the 17-year-old-girl, Esther Alex, who set her boyfriend ablaze in Court. At the mention of the case at Magistrate Court 8 located at North Bank, Makurdi, the first information report was read to the girl. The FIR titled, ‘Mischief by Fire and Culpable Homicide’, read that “one Esther Alex ‘F’ of No. 1, Zaki Biam street, Wadata Makurdi went to the house of Mr Chidimm...