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Aug

10

2026

Gov. Otti, Wife Chair Bayelsa Governor’s Daughter’s Wedding In Yenagoa

Current Events, Lifestyle, Metro, News, Social IssuesAbia State, Alex Otti, Bayelsa, Entertainment

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, and his wife, Mrs. Priscilla Chidimma Otti, on Sunday joined dignitaries from across Nigeria at the wedding of Dr. Stephanie Ebidenere Diri, daughter of Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, in Yenagoa. The Governor chaired the wedding reception following the church service at the Royal House of Grace International Church, Greenland Paris, Yenagoa, where Stephanie was joined in holy matrimony with Mr. Ballad Tamaradoubra. Governor Otti, who congratulated the newlyweds, urged them to build their marriage on mutual understanding, commitment and the ability to resolve disagreements privately. Drawing from the biblical injunction that…

Nov

12

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Bayelsa Guber: INEC reports its personnel are being held captive in Brass LG

News2023, All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa, INEC, Politics

In response to reports that its officials are being held captive in Brass Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, stated on Sunday that it is actively monitoring the situation. The Commission released a statement on Sunday via a post on its social media platform, X. INEC This occurred after the state's gubernatorial election was conducted. INEC called on the security authorities to expeditiously assist their release, cautioning that the development is damaging to legitimate elections. "The Unfolding Situation in Brass Local Government Area" the statement reads "The Commission is keeping a careful eye…

Nov

09

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa Off Season Elections, Why Expect Fairness, Peace, When ‘Snatch It And Run With It’ Is In The Saddle?

Column, Opinion, Politics2023, Bayelsa, Chris Nwaokobia, Imo State, Kogi State, Next Level, Nigeria, Nwaokobia Jnr, Opinion, Politics, Security

I'm beginning to believe that we suffer from gross selective amnesia as a nation. I have read befuddling wistfulness manifest in many commentaries about possible free, fair, and credible polls in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo. And I wonder who did it. Are you not aware that the morning tells largely what the day will be like? With the electoral larceny of February and March 2023 and the attendant judicial summersaults, tell me who believes in the sanctity and sanity of the electoral process anymore? Who will wait for a sullied, stained, tainted, and corrupt umpire—in this case, Mahmood Yakubu's INEC—to…

Oct

10

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Court fires Timipre Sylva, an APC candidate for governorship of Bayelsa

Metro, News, Politics2023, Bayelsa, Court, Politics

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, has been disqualified from running in the Bayelsa State election on November 11 by the Federal High Court in Abuja. Monday saw the announcement of the judgment by Justice Donatus Okorowo. Okorowo decided that Sylva would violate the 1999 constitution as modified if he were to run for office again after serving as the state's governor for five years and being sworn in twice. The judge ruled that Sylva was ineligible to participate in the upcoming November election because, should he prevail and be sworn in, he would have…