Do not treat prophecies with contempt… — I Thessalonians 5:20 You must be craze for head (a la Nigeria), if you glibly assert tongue-in-cheek that our prophecies here in this column are mere political analyses. You must be the Hornswoggle of your family and your company if you jape that our political prophecies here in this column are mere guesses. …

The Bayelsa State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who is also the incumbent governor, Senator Douye Diri, has won Saturday’s election, pulling 175,196 votes. He defeated his main rival, former Governor Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 110,108 votes. Diri won in six of eight Local Government Areas (LGAs). These are: Kolokuma/ Opokuma …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would continue the collation of governorship election results from the local government areas in Bayelsa State from Noon on Monday. The Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity INEC office, Yenagoa, the state capital, Mr. Wilfred Ifogah announced this to party agents, election observers and journalists at the state’s collation centre on …

Barely four days to Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, a Non-Governmental Grassroots Movement for the re-election of Diri/Law has embarked on a massive door-to-door grassroots campaign across the creeks of the state for the emergence of the incumbent Governor, Senator Douye Diri, at the polls. The group, led by the Coordinator of Bayelsa Central, Abel Ebifemowei; and Coordinator Bayelsa …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, restored Chief Timipre Sylva as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 11th November Bayelsa State governorship election. In a unanimous decision, the three-member panel of Justices vacated the judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which disqualified Sylva from participating in the poll. It held that …

With the Bayelsa State governorship election two weeks away, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, reserved judgement on the appeal seeking to set aside the lower court ruling disqualifying the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timiprye Sylva, from the poll. A member of the APC in the state, Demesuoyefa Kolomo had asked the court …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as premature the delisting of its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a candidate in the 11th November governorship election in Bayelsa State. In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Felix Morka said: “The attention of the APC has been drawn …

Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, who was disqualified by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on 10th October as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 11th November Bayelsa State election, is not on the amended list of governorship candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday. …