Tag: Seriake Dickson

Sources say he is being investigated for "abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds during his eight-year rule.''

The Senate had set a conference committee to meet counterparts at the House of Representatives to harmonise conflicting sections of ...

The court vacated an order which had granted power to the police to detain Governor Douye Diri’s critic for 30 ...

Mr Dickson urges the governor to take steps to unify and create an atmosphere of inclusiveness and togetherness.

A former governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, says an attack on Governor Douye Diri is an attack on the ...

The victory by Mr Dickson means the APC had 100 per cent failure in the two Bayelsa Senate seats bye-elections.

Mr Dickson is not known to have a cordial relationship with the former president.

The new police commissioner in Bayelsa is Michael Okoli.

The new governor who was sworn in on Friday said he would present the budget to the Bayelsa State Assembly ...

Mr Diri, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, became governor after the Supreme Court Thursday sacked the man who ...

The inauguration ceremony should have commenced at 10 a.m. under normal circumstances.

The former aides accuse Mr Dickson of refusing to pay their salaries and allowances.

Governor Seriake Dickson's tenure elapses in February.

“Dickson colluded with these people (in APC), so that EFCC will not arrest him when he leaves government."

"We don’t need Governor Wike’s permission to visit our traditional rulers and elders in Port Harcourt or any part of ...

The party says it has decided to challenge the outcome of the election.

Mr Dickson’s second term ends in February next year.

Mr Dickson stated this on Tuesday while addressing a post-election press conference in Yenagoa.

David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the November 16 governorship election.

Mr Sylva attributes the electoral victory of the APC candidate to “poor performance by the Bayelsa State government”.

This was contained in the results announced at the State Collation Centre in Yenagoa, the state capital, Sunday afternoon.

The state collation centre in Yenagoa is already filed with party agents, security officials, journalists, and election observers.

The governor alleges organised electoral brigandage.

"As we are speaking, in this day and age, gun-wielding militiamen, with the aid of security forces, have overrun hapless ...

Witnesses said scores of people, mostly supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, were injured in the attack.