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                                                                  Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday, constituted a six-member Judicial Commission of Inquiry to identify perpetrators and sponsors of the violence that rocked the Presidential and National Assembly election in some parts of the state. While swearing in the members in Government House, Yenagoa, Governor Dickson said the commission was set up in line with provisions of section 2 (1) of the Commission of Inquiry Laws of Bayelsa State. He described the crisis that marred the election as unfortunate even as he expressed his determination to bring the perpetrators to book. The panel, which is headed by Justice Ineikade Eradiri, is also to determine the number and identity of persons that were injured or killed during the ...

Members of various non-governmental organisations and civil society groups in Bayelsa State, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in some parts of the state. Comrade Toitoi Newton of the Grassroots For Development, who led the protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Yenagoa, told journalists that the CSOs demand a cancellation of the purported results from Constituency 4 in Southern Ijaw council and Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe council where election materials were carted away. According to Comrade Newton, elections did not hold in the seven wards of Nembe-Bassambiri due to the violence orchestrated by political thugs aided by security personnel deployed in the community. He said the people were disenfranchisised as they were chased away from their communities on the day of the election. Comrade Stephen Seleke of the Advocacy for Peace also said anything contrary to the guidel...

INEC ACCREDITED ORGANIZATIONS AND A COALITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN NIGERIA  REJECT THE JUST CONCLUDED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS IN NIGERIA. The Independent National Electoral  Commission (INEC), as an electoral body saddled with the constitutional responsibility of conducting elections across Nigeria, after a thorough scrutiny accredited reputable  Civil Society/Non Governmental Organizations to serve as both domestic and foreign  election observers for the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria. Our coalition has noted with dismay the unprecedented affront in the falsification of the just concluded Presidential election results in Nigeria due to massive falsification of figures during collation, abduction, intimidation and harassment of INEC staff and electorates and wide spread violence across the country. We have evidences of varying degrees that results from different states of the Federation has been mutilated, falsified and changed to sooth th...

...ARMY OFFICERS  COMPELLED COLLATION OFFICERS AT GUNPOINT TO ALLOCATE FIGURES TO APC, The Bayelsa State Government has rejected votes allotted to the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, President Muhammadu Buhari, and other candidates of the party in Nembe- Bassambiri and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas òf the state. The State Governor, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, said elections did not take place in Nembe Bassambiri and Constituency 4 of Southern Ijaw. The Governor said that what happened in Nembe and Southern Ijaw was a blatant violation of the rights of the people to elect their leaders and representatives. Governor Dickson stated further that a former Governor òf the State, Chief Timipre Sylva, an oil surveillance Contractor, David Lion, and Officers and men of the Nigerian Army commandeered materials to non designated locations and held electoral officers hostage to allocate fake figures at gunpoint. He said that it was the heig...

·                 Orders immediate arrest of perpetrators ·                 Warns that under his watch such impunity will not be condoned   The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu has decried the attack on a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Brass, Bayelsa State, yesterday, Sunday, 24 th  February, 2019 and has ordered for the immediate arrest, comprehensive investigation and diligent prosecution of persons involved, no matter their positions in society.   The IGP, who described the incident as unwarranted and unprovoked, warns that under his watch, such brazen acts of impunity will not be condoned. In a related incident, Five (5) male suspects have been arrested in Umuahia, Abia State over an attack on a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) who was patriotically defend...

Govt House Photographer, Reginald Dei, who was shot along side the Ward Chairman of the PDP at Oweikorogha, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Saturday.

...AS POLICE, SOLDIERS CLASH OVER FAKE RESULTS IN BRASS Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Federal SARS, Kola Okunola, has been taken hostage by thugs loyal to Chief Timipre Sylva and the member representing Brass Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House òf Assembly, Israel Sunny-Goli. The Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Kemela Okara, said that the thugs led by Sunny Goli and backed by the military are mounting pressure on the Deputy Commissioner òf Police to accept fake results from Brass. He added that the Deputy Commissioner of police refusal to sign the fake result caused a disagreement between the police officer and a Major of the Nigerian Army and his men. According to him, the  DCP who insisted on submitting the right results to INEC was token hostage in the waters and stripped naked by the thugs. The situation has caused serious tension in Brass. He lamented that the Nigerian Army seemed to have  taken charge of collation òf the ...

BREAKING....              The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa, Mr Moses Cleopas has raised the alarm that APC Leaders in the State in conjunction with the Military, have used JTF Gunboats to mount a blockade and seized already completed electoral materials from Wards 4, 14, 15, 16 of Southern Ijaw LGA and diverted them to Ogboinbiri also in Southern Ijaw LGA to alter the results in favour of the APC.                     The PDP Chairman is therefore calling on the Local Collation Officers for SILGA and the Police to ensure the altered  result is not accepted.          Pls let National know about this as our votes are about to be thrown away!!!

...TO PETITION MILITARY AUTHORITIES, SET UP PANEL ON KILLINGS, VIOLENCE Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Seriake Dickson has accused the military authorities particularly the General Officer Commanding, 6th Division of the Nigerian Army of subverting the will of the people in the electoral process in the state. Governor Dickson who made the accusation during a Media chat in Yenagoa, decried unlawful orders issued by the GOC to officers and men who provided cover for APC leaders and thugs to carry out electoral fraud in some parts of the state.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FCT(ABUJA) AND SOME FCT AREA COUNCIL RESULTS ABOUT TO BE DECLARED INCONCLUSIVE AND CANCELLED UNDER FLIMSY EXCUSE BY INEC  OVER BUHARI INABILITY TO SECURE 25 PERCENT ..INEC FCT REC AND SECURITY AGENCIES CONSIPRING TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ANY MOMENT FROM NOW ..ATIKU WON FCT WITH OVER 75 PERCENT MARGIN ..BWARI, ABAJI , KUJE AMONGS AREAS THEY WANT RE RUN ..NIGERIANS SHOULD BESIEGE FCT INEC OFFICE NOW ...COMPROMISED SENIOR INEC OFFICIALS PART OF THE PLOT TO CANCEL FCT RESULTS. We have obtained credible intelligence from insiders that the FCT INEC Staff and the REC have caved in to Pressure from Security agencies and APC chieftains working on the instructions of President Buhari to cancel some Area Council Presidential election results that was won overwhelmingly by the Opposition Candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and declare the FCT Election inconclusive to enable the President and the APC to fully prepare with security agencies to write results i...

Four candidates of various political parties for the House òf Representatives have stepped down and declared support for the Candidates òf the People’s Democratic Party for Ogbia Hon Fred Obua. The Candidates, George Sinclair òf the Accord Party, Richard Ogole, Mega Party òf Nigeria, Victor Samuel, National Rescue Movement and Oribo Einstein of the Social Democratic Party, also resolved to work for the victory of the PDP Senatorial Candidate for Bayelsa East, Chief Izagara. One of the candidates, Einstein, who spoke shortly after being received by the State Chairman of the People’s Democratic, Chief Moses Cleopas, said that while he still retained the membership of his party, the SDP, he took a decision to withdraw from the contest to support the PDP Candidates. The State Chairman òf the PDP, Chief Moses Cleopas, received the Candidates in the presence of the PDP Candidate for the Ogbia Federal Constituency,Chief Fred Obua, and the party’s Senatorial Candidate for Bayelsa Eas...

Stakeholders and leaders of Ogbia have endorsed the Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the forthcoming general elections to reciprocate the magnanimity òf the PDP and the country to the area. The forum of Ogbia political leaders from Constituency 1, Jonathan’s constituency also resolved to endorse the Senatorial Candidate òf the PDP, Chief Blessing Izagara, His House òf Reps Counterpart, Mr. Fred Obua, and the House òf Assembly Candidate for the area. The Commissioner for Information, Hon. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, quoted the stakeholders to have made the endorsement during the meeting presided over by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson at the Bayelsa Government House on Wednesday. Iworiso-Markson who is a political leader from the area, said that the Ogbia people perceived the election as the right opportunity to show gratitude to the People’s Democratic Party and even the Nigerian Federation. He stressed that the People’s Democratic Party demo...

AN INTERESTING COURT JUDGEMENT AS REPORTED IN PREMIUM TIMES, MARCH 23. 2015. PLS READ March 23, 2015  By Ben Ezeamalu President Goodluck Jonathan lacks the power to deploy soldiers for the conduct of election without the approval of the National Assembly, a federal court ruled Monday. Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Lagos held that the practice of deploying troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces in the conduct of elections when there is no uprising is “anti-democratic” and not in tandem with civil rule and constitutional democracy. “The armed forces have no role in elections,” the judge said. “The time has come for us to establish the culture of democratic rule in the country and to start to do the right thing particularly when it has to do with dealing with the electoral process which is one of the pillars of democracy. “In spite of the behaviour of the political class, we should by all means try to keep armed personnel and military from being a part...

The Niger Delta Defenders Forum (NDDF) has sent a strong warning to the Nigerian Army over its recent provocative statement that political thugs should steer clear of Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Delta States in the forthcoming general elections in the country. The Nigerian Army's statement warning political thugs in Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Delta States came on the heels of a directive  from President Muhammadu Buhari that anyone who snatched ballot boxes on election day would do so at the risk of being killed by the army. In a press statement made available to journalists  in Yenagoa on Tuesday, the Coordinator of the NDDF, Comrade Kokobaiye Abeki, said however, that the Nigerian Army should not in any guise use the election to kill youths of the Niger Delta region. "Let me use this opportunity to warn the Nigerian Army against using the rescheduled elections to main and kill our Niger Delta youths. The constitutional responsibility of the Nigerian Army is t...

PRESS RELEASE ON THE VANDALIZATION AND MASSIVE LOOTING OF PROPERTY AT THE PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY PROGRAM TRAINING CENTER IN KAIAMA. 20th February, 2019 The attention of the Ijaw Elders Forum (IEF), Lagos has been drawn to a reported incidence of vandalization of the Presidential Amnesty Program Training Center in Kaiama, Bayelsa State. Though subject to further confirmation, we the Ijaw Elders Forum, Lagos by this press statement presents our reaction. Firstly, we find it regrettable and unfortunate that such an incident occurred in a community within Ijaw Land.  Hence; 1.  We unequivocally condemn the reported incident 2.  IEF requests an immediate and thorough investigation of the incident by the state and federal authorities 3.  The investigation should be done free of prejudices, fear or favor to identify the sponsors or perpetrators of this unfortunate incident. 4. That once this investigative process is quickly, yet carefully concluded, the su...

Address by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus on the occasion of the 84th National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting of the Party at PDP National Headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, 19, February, 2019 Protocols, Preamble, It is with mixed feelings that I welcome you to the 84th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of our great party – the People Democratic Party (PDP). My hope was that our next NEC meeting, this one in particular, was going to be an electoral victory celebration; but it hasn’t yet turned out the way we anticipate it to. Nevertheless, our victory is delayed, it cannot be denied. In reality some anti-democratic forces cropped up to delay our victory dance but surely it would come because Nigerians have resolved and are determined to throw away the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. So instead of victory celebrations, everyone will be briefed on recent developments in our polity, especially on the issues used a...

Nigeria’s Former President and Chairman of The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF), Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated  Governor Henry Seriake Dickson and the people of Bayelsa State over the completion of the Bayelsa International Airport and the event of the maiden flight to the airport.  In a congratulatory letter to the Governor, Dr. Jonathan stated that the it was a thing of joy that the project which was conceived by late Diepreye  Almesesigha’s administration came to fruition under Mr. Dickson’s tenure. He noted that the project signified the fulfillment of  the  collective dream of the People of Bayelsa State in this regard,  adding that it would enhance the socio-economic prospects of the State and the Niger Delta. The former President said: "Your commitment towards transforming our State through key infrastructural development, such as this, is commendable."  He further commended Governor Dickson on the landmark project and p...

·          U​rges Citizens to be Law Abiding, to go out and Exercise their Franchise  As part of efforts in furtherance of the overall interest of public order, public wellbeing and safety and national security as it relates to the general elections billed to take place on Saturday, February 16th, 2019, the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement from 6am – 6pm on Saturday, 16th February, 2019. The IGP notes that the restriction will assist the security agencies in effectively policing the electoral process, thereby preventing hoodlums and criminally-minded elements from hijacking and disrupting the electoral process. He urges the citizens to troupe out en-masse on the day of the election to exercise their franchise without any fear or apprehension as the Police and other security agencies have already put in place adequate security measures to ensure a safe, secure and conducive e...

...SAYS RULING PARTY SHOWING INSENSITIVITY AND DISREGARDS FOR THE FEELINGS OF NIGER DELTA.                             IJAW NATIONAL LEADER, CHIEF E.K CLARK

                                                      'I will not play politics with the Security, law and order, with development of our people and with the unity and dignity of the Ijaw people'. These were the words of The Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, Governor of Bayelsa State at his inauguration ceremony in 2012. Having invested massively in security, education, healthcare, infrastructure, human capital development, to mention but a few, Governor Dickson has once again made history today as the first plane ever, an Air Peace 50 passenger Embraer jet, landed at the Bayelsa State Airport, built from scratch by the Dickson led Restoration Government.                                               In the governor's wo...

·         Condoles victims’ family and friends  ·         Assures that justice must prevail  The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu,  NPM, mni  has expressed deep concerns over increasing acts of impunity and jungle justice and all manner of dehumanising treatment meted out to Nigerians by unscrupulous persons. The IGP who is appalled with the recently publicized incident in the social media portraying the unsavoury debasement and incalculable assault on one Odugu Blessing Dada ‘f’, 45yrs, of No.  77 Morka Street, Boji-boji Owa  in Ika North East LGA of Delta State, notes that this incident, like other similar incidence before it, in Edo, Lagos, Abuja and Ebonyi amongst others, has become worrisome. The IGP therefore warns that his regime which has zero tolerance for human rights abuse especially gender based violence, will do everything humanly possible an...

The Governor òf Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson has raised the alarm that leaders of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Timipre Sylva and Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri are trying to use the proposed visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Bayelsa to foment crisis. The Governor said in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information & Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, that the APC chieftains had demonstrated an unimaginable level of pettiness and childishness by scuttling the standard governmental procedure for receiving a visiting President to a state of the Federation irrespective of party affiliation. He condemned the decision of the Bayelsa APC leaders to prevent the President from landing at the Helipad within the Government House, Yenagoa, which he described as the most protected and safest location in Bayelsa. The Governor also stressed that the Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers should play the trad...

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NUC RECOGNIZES BAYELSA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, YENAGOA ......Information transmitted to JAMB and NYSC....NUC Executive Secretary......Presents Certificate to Gov. Seriake Dickson January 31, 2019 Gov. Dickson receiving the Certificate of Recognition from Prof. Rasheed, E S of the NUC NUC RECOGNIZES BAYELSA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, YENAGOA  . .....Information transmitted to JAMB and NYSC....NUC Executive Secretary  ......Presents Certificate to Gov. Seriake Dickson By Cyril Onoka  The Bayelsa State University, Yenagoa has been recognized by the National Universities Commission (NUC) as the 170 th  University in Nigeria, the 48 th  State Government owned University, Second State owned Medical University and Fourth Medical University in Nigeria. This recognition took place with immediate effect on Thursday, 31 st  of January, 2019 and the certificate presented at the NUC Headquarters in Abuja by the Executive Secretary of the Commiss...