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    Politics PHOTOS: Bayelsa: APC’s David Lyon rehearsing swearing-in ceremony before Supreme Court’s nullification of his election -Daily Trust

    The Supreme Court has sacked the governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo. A five-member panel of justices of the apex court led by Justice Mary Odili, in a unanimous judgement on Thursday, held that Degi-Eremieoyo presented a forged certificate to...
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    Politics BREAKING: Supreme Court Sacks Bayelsa Governor-Elect, Lyon -Channels TV

    The Supreme Court has sacked the governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon, and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Ejembi Ekwo, the court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued...
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    Metro Man vomits stray bullet lodged in his skull for months in #BayelsaState. [Swipe] – Instablog9ja

    The post Man vomits stray bullet lodged in his skull for months in #BayelsaState. [Swipe] appeared first on..... Read more via Instablog9ja – https://ift.tt/39fMT5P Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro Millions Lost In Bayelsa As Fire Razes 300 Shops Popular Swali Market – The Trent

    Fire has razed a section of the Swali Market, a major market situated in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State. Investigations revealed that the inferno, which broke out in the early hours of Friday, January 24, 2020, completely burnt shops where gas cookers, cloths and other wares, were …...
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    Metro EXTRA: I’ve been awarded ‘best governor’ even before taking oath of office, says David Lyon - The Cable

    David Lyon, governor-elect of Bayelsa state, says he was awarded Nigeria’s best governor in 2019 without taking oath of office. Lyon won the governorship election in Bayelsa in November, 2019 and he is yet to assume office. The governor-elect said this in an undated video shared by a parody...
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    Metro Dickson’s reaction to attack on Jonathan’s home sparks fresh controversy in Bayelsa – Legit.ng

    Governor Dickson's reaction to the attack of ex-President Jonathan's house has reportedly sparked up a fresh controversy. The governor conspicuously refused to mention Jonathan's name in a delayed condolence statement released by his aide... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/37xX2d7...
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    Metro Photos of GEJ and Patience as they visit wounded officer during attack on their home in Otuoke – Legit.ng

    Former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Saturday evening, December 28, visited Lance Corporal Umar Umar Muttaka, at the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa. The corporal was receiving treatments from injuries sustained during a gun duel with unknown...
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    Metro Gay marriage: ‘Imagine Obaseki weds Oshiomhole’ (reactions) – P.M. News

    ”It’s almost 2020 and same-sex marriage is still illegal in Nigeria, like two people of the same sex can love themselves and want to build a family for themselves just like you and I but can’t because it is illegal for … Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2SzT1kc Get More Nigeria...
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    Politics My attackers must be arrested and prosecuted â Goodluck Jonathan – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan has called for the arrest and prosecution of gunmen who attacked his home in Otuoke, Bayelsa, South South Nigeria. He also thanked Nigerians for the continuing show of solidarity and sympathy following the Christmas eve attack by unknown gunmen...
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    Metro Army repels attack near Jonathan’s Otueke residence, loses 1 soldier – Pulse Nigeria

    The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) deployed to the Niger Delta on Tuesday repelled an attack at a gunboat stationed behind former President Goodluck Jonathan’s residence in Otueke but lost a soldier while another was injured. On Tuesday, December 24, 2019, the military said its gunboat, …...
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    Politics Ex-President Jonathan Reacts To Gunmen Attack His Home In Bayelsa – Information Nigeria

    Former President Goodluck Jonathan Former Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has condemned the attack on his Otueke, Bayelsa country home by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday. The former president was said not to be at the Bayelsa home when the gunmen struck. ... Read...
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    Politics Gunmen attack: President Buhari phones Goodluck Jonathan – P.M. News

    President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday put a call to former President Goodluck Jonathan to sympathize with him following an attack by gunmen on his Otuoke, Bayelsa State country residence. In the telephone conversation, President Buhari … Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/35RMcOY Get...
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    Metro Breaking: Gunmen escape with 2 bodies, kill 2 soldiers attached to Jonathan - Vanguard newspaper

    …Jonathan left Otueke for Yenagoa home just before invasion …Gunmen believed former president slept at home having been there 3 times on Monday More details of the lethal attack on the country home of former President Goodluck Jonathan by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday have...
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    Politics Dickson had plans of joining APC but he was blocked by Sylva – Wike – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    Governor Nyesom Wike who has been enmeshed in a heated exchange with Governor Seriake Dickson, has accused the outgoing Bayelsa State Governor of concluding plans of joining the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at a press conference in Port Harcourt on Monday December 23, Wike alleged...
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    Metro BREAKING: Gunmen abduct Bayelsa commissioner’s six-year-old son - Punch Newspaper

    Four gunmen have abducted the son of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr. Nengi Talbot. It was gathered that the bandits stormed the commissioner’s residence at the Commissioners’ Quarters in Yenagoa on Sunday and took away his six-year-old son, Antonio Talbot. read more
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    Metro Policemen Detained As N40m Gets Stolen In Bayelsa Govt House – Naijaloaded

    According to The Nation, about N40million has been stolen from the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Bayelsa State Government House, Yenagoa, Mrs. Ebizi Ndiomu-Brown. It was gathered that about seven policemen and operatives of the Nigeria Security … Read more via Naijaloaded –...
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    Politics PDP condemns Jonathan’s role in Bayelsa Election – Olisa.tv

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Elders Forum has denounced the alleged role of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the November 16, 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. In a statement in Yenagoa, the state capital, the forum’s Chairman Chief Benson Odoko said the action of the...
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    Metro Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson Inaugurates 41-Member Transition Committee – Nairaland

    Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Tuesday inaugurated a 41-member Transition Committee in readiness for the inauguration of the incoming administration in the state..... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2KC9ekg Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Politics Jonathan Will Be Punished For Working Against PDP In Bayelsa State – PDP Threatens – Naijaloaded

    After the All Progressives Congress (APC) ended the 20-year reign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa, a founding member of the PDP, Aminu Yakudima, has called on the party’s leadership to sanction those who worked against its interests..... Read more via Naijaloaded –...
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    Politics APC, Oshiomhole commend Jonathan over Bayelsa Polls – Ladun Liadi’s Blog

    The All Progressives Congress, APC, Monday commended former President Goodluck Jonathan for his disposition on the outcome of the November 16 governorship elections in Bayelsa State, saying that the former President was delighted with it. The APC Governorship candidate in the election, David...
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