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The Supreme Court judgment on Bayelsa State election has created mixed feelings in the state ahead of today’s expiration of the incumbent Governor Seriake Dickson’s administration. The judgment, which hit the state like a thunderbolt, sent the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into wild jubilation. It, however, caused confusion and despair in the All Progressives Congress (APC), which …

Governor Douye Diri and his deputy just got their Certificates of Return from from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC National Commissioner Legal Matters, Dr Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu did the presentations, according to Vanguard.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Douye Diri, Bayelsa Governor-elect, the Nation reports. Earlier to today, Douye Diri, who was returned as governor by the judgment of the Supreme Court which disqualified the governor-elect, David Lyon was allegedly denied access into INEC Headquarters where he came to collect his Certificate of Return. Diri who arrived INEC office …

…I’m yet to see the Bill — FPRO; what the Fireams Act says …Ondo, Ogun, Ekiti, Oyo excos approve bill; Lagos, Osun keep mum …Bill ‘ll get accelerated hearing — Ondo, Oyo speakers …Amotekun beginning of restructuring—Victor Attah The Attorneys General of the six South West States have agreed that the operatives of the Security Network Agency codenamed Operation  Amotekun,  …

The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has sent President Muhammadu Buhari a warning, telling him never to return to Borno. In a video obtained by TheCable, the leader of the sect conspicuously told Buhari that his members are fully on ground in the North-East. He said they will attack Buhari if he visits Borno again. “Buhari came to Maiduguri …

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, sacked the governor-elect of Bayelsa State, David Lyon and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel of Justices led by Justice Mary Odili, held that Degi-Eremieoyo presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. It held that the Form CF 001 Degi-Eremieoyo submitted to …

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Douye Diri cannot be sworn in on Friday as Bayelsa Governor because he did not meet the requirements of the Supreme Court. At an ongoing press conference, Oshiomhole declared that “Nobody will be sworn in on Friday as …

The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, has said the community policing arrangement of the Federal Government would be integrated into the Southwest Regional Security Operation code-named Operation Amotekun. The IG disclosed this at a security meeting on community policing with the Southwest Governors’ Forum in Lagos on Thursday. Adamu said, “This is the second meeting we have held with the …

“There is no where you will not find Boko Haram, even in Lagos here, there are Boko Haram. In Kaduna, there are Boko Haram. There are more across the North-east. Many have been arrested here in Lagos. We have been tracking them. We arrest them and take them into custody” The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, …

The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former Super Eagles’ defender and captain Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the team. He replaces Imama Amapakabo in three-time African champions’ technical crew. This was contained in a press statement by the spokesperson for the NFF, Ademola Olajire, on Wednesday. Yobo, who played for the Nigeria U20 – Flying Eagles – during the …