Tag: Timipre Sylva
Amaechi, Aregbesola, Akpabio, Keyamo, others named in Buhari’s ministerial list
Former minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and former minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, have been retained in President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees’...
Timipre Sylva mourns literary icon, Gabriel Okara
Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has mourned the
death of literary giant, Gabriel Okara.
Okara’s death was announced on Monday after his passage at...
Supreme Court upholds Dickson’s election as Bayelsa governor
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the election of Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson.
The seven-man panel of the court gave the ruling following an...
Sylva threatens to sue Punch over report on 48 houses
Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has threatened to sue The Punch over a report that the he has retrieved 48 houses allegedly...
Timipre Sylva’s loyalist arrested in Bayelsa
Barrister Jonah Okah, loyalist of former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, was Wednesday arrested by police in the state.
Okah’s arrest, according to Sylva,...
Bayelsa assemblyman cautions Kachikwu on pipeline security
A lawmaker in Bayelsa State, Israel Sunny-Goli, has advised the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to adopt strategies that would...
Seriake Dickson re-elected Bayelsa governor
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Seriake Dickson, has been re-elected for a second term as governor of Bayelsa State.
The results of all...
Sylva dismisses Dickson’s commission of inquiry into Bayelsa election violence
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has described the setting up of a judicial commission of inquiry...
Bayelsa poll: Dickson leads as INEC announces results in five LGAs...
Incumbent Governor Seriake Dickson is leading in the Bayelsa State governorship election according to results announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission...
I am Bayelsa APC governorship candidate, Sylva insists
The Timipre Sylva Campaign for the Bayelsa State 2015 gubernatorial election has described as misleading and completely untrue reports purporting that the All Progressives...