Tag: Timipre Sylva

The candidate claimed she saw voters selling their votes for N70,000.

The Peoples Democratic Party's victory in the 11 November governorship poll extends the party’s rule of Bayelsa State since 1999.

Douye Diri won in six of the eight local government areas of the state, scoring a total of 175,196 votes ...

All three states saw low voter turnout - indicating that many Nigerians have little interest or confidence in the system ...

APC has rejected the result from the local government area, saying that it won in the area.

INEC Saturday postponed the collation and announcement of the final results of the Bayelsa State governorship election from across the ...

Governor Diri is still leading in the poll.

INEC announced the postponement of the final collation of the results of the Bayelsa State governorship election from the two ...

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has taken an early lead in the results of Saturday's governorship election from three ...

Governor Diri is leading the APC candidate in three out of eight LGA areas so far declared by INEC - ...

At Polling Unit 6, Ward 4, Ofoni 2, in Sagbama local government of the state, a party agent was seen ...

Governor Diri's polling unit in Bayelsa State has a total of 750 registered voters, out of whom only 219 turned ...

The compound is gated and voters have to knock on the gate and wait for security to open the gate ...

About 1 million voters who collected their PVCs are eligible to vote in the 2, 242 polling units spread across ...

Mr Achonu said residents were feeling threatened by the unusual security movement and the presence of armoured personnel carriers across ...

Mr Diri said the PDP members and agents were chased out of Nembe Basambiri, a concern he said his party ...

INEC officials said they are waiting for the arrival of the security agencies before commencing the process.

There are 16 candidates in Saturday’s election, however, the race is a two-horse race between Messrs Diri and Sylva.

Governor Duoye Diri is seeking a second term under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while Timipre Sylva wants to get ...

With the second amendment list restoring the name of Timipre Sylva on the list, the number of candidates for the ...

“All I am pleading for is for a free and fair election. I believe we will do well,” Mr Tinubu ...

Mr Sylva is seen as a major threat to the political ambition of the incumbent governor.

The Court of Appeal reserved judgement on the appeals challenging Timipre Sylva's disqualification as APC governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, ...