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) has released an amended list of candidates for the Bayelsa State governorship election. According to the amended list uploaded on the commission’s website on Monday, the names of Timipre Sylva and his running mate, Joshua Maciver of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made the list. The list was signed by the Secretary to the …

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. …

The Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Campaign Council in Bayelsa State has advised the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 11th November governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva, to honourably step down from the race as the odds were allegedly against him. The Director-General of the campaign council, Mitema Obordor, gave the advice during the party’s Sagbama Local Government …

Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva will be the standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa State governorship election holding on 11th November. Sylva, who recently resigned as Minister to contest for the party ticket, won the governorship primary by polling 52,061 out of the 58, 141 votes from the 105 wards in the …

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva declared on Monday that he would be okay as a private citizen to buy a litre of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, at N300 per litre. made the comment While presenting President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard in the petroleum sector under the media series organised by the Federal Ministry …

Nigeria requires $410 billion to achieve its energy transition plan by 2060 to address challenges and policy flexibility in the sector, the Federal Government has said.  this At the 7th Meeting of the National Council on Hydrocarbons in Minna, Niger State, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva said that Nigeria was committed to achieving carbon neutrality. …