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B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G-N-E-W-S! STOLEN INC BALLOT BOXES DISCOVERED IN PATANI By Patrick Walson Words reaching us is that the missing ballot boxes and electoral materials that were snatched last night by hoodlums, have been discovered.  The materials were found by locals last night close to the residence of one of the candidates in Patani in Delta State, hometown of one of the aspirants.  The discovered materials which they initially suspected to be explosives, said it was later confirmed by security agents in Patani to be INC electoral materials.  In a similar development, more electoral materials have also been discovered by the Bayelsa state security agents in the estate opposite the venue of the election in Yenagoa.  Security reports also reveal that as a result of this convention, the state has witnessed an unprecedented influx of youths from other states, who are suspected to have participated in the disruption of the elections.

BAYELSA GOVT CONDEMNS DISRUPTION OF INC ELECTION BY HOODLUMS IN YENAGOA  By Patrick Walson Daniel Iworiso-Markson The Bayelsa State Government has condemned in strong terms the disruption of the National Convention of the Ijaw National Congress by hoodlums in Yenagoa on Saturday night while counting of votes was going on. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement on Sunday that the hoodlums struck with the devilish intent to frustrate the inevitable victory of the candidates who were in clear lead during the election. He described as unfortunate the brazen acts of the hoodlums who stormed the Izon House Venue òf the election to disrupt the process. The hoodlums had attacked the generator house, cut power supply to the venue before going for the electoral materials to disrupt the process when the votes were being counted on after the election.  The Government’s Spokesman called on the police authorit

HOODLUMS DISRUPT INC ELECTION By Patrick Walson The National Convention of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), scheduled for today Saturday, June 29, 2019 in Yenagoa was disrupted by hoodlums.  Although the convention was slated for the early hours of Saturday, the hoodlums who claimed they were excluded from the process of the convention stormed the venue to disrupt the process. The over 1000 youth who stormed the venue of the convention insisted that the list of delegates for the contained under aged delegates. With the rowdy situation at the election ground, security personnel on deployment to the Ijaw House venue of the election suggested that the election be shifted to the following day to avoid the elections extending to the night as it was already getting late.  However, the officials of the Electoral Committee òf the INC insisted on conducting the elections promising to conclude on time.  Unfortunately, fears of the security agents were concern

GOVERNOR DICKSON PLEDGES TO SUSTAIN FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT AFTER TENURE By Patrick Walson Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson (with the trophy), his deputy, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah Retd. (L), Speaker, Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Tonye Isenah (3rd R), and the State Commissioner for Sports Development, Mr. Perekiye Buruboyefe (2ndR), pose for a group photograph with members of the bronze winning Bayelsa Starlets, during the 2019 Restoration Cup Draws, at the Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha Memorial Banquet hall, Government House, Yenagoa. Photo by Michael Owi. Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has assured that the Restoration Cup football tournament would be sustained beyond his tenure. He made the pledge on Thursday in Yenagoa during the formal draws ceremony of the Third Governor Henry Seriake Dickson Football Tournament and presentation of kits to representatives of the 160 participating teams. The Tourn

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! The draws and the presentation of sports kits for the 3rd edition of the Governor Seriake Dickson Football Tournament, the Restoration Cup 2019, is scheduled as follows: Date: Thursday, 27th June 2019 Time 8am prompt Venue: Late DSP Alamieyeiseigha Memorial Banquet Hall, Yenagoa. Special Guest of Honour: His Excellency, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson.  Members of the state executive council,  all LGA chairmen, top government functionaries, , political appointees, football and sports stakeholders , the media as well as a representative of 160 teams taking part in the competition, are  expected to attend. Signed  Mr Ono Akpe,  Director General, Restoration Cup.

RESTORATION CUP DRAWS HOLD JUNE 27 The official draws ceremony for the third edition of the Governor Seriake Dickson Football Tournament, otherwise known as the Restoration Cup, will hold Thursday, June 27, 2019. The venue is the DSP Alamieyeseigha Memorial Banquet Hall in Yenagoa and the ceremony would commence from 8am. The Tournament Director, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, who disclosed this in a statement, said the Special Guest of Honour, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, would personally grace the event. Other top government functionaries, political appointees, all local government chairmen, football and sports stakeholders in the state as well as one representative of the teams participating in the competition are expected at the ceremony. Highpoint of the event would be unveiling of the tournament trophies,  presentation of kits to the participating teams as well as the Restoration Starlets that emerged third at the Africa Youth Cup in Cape Verde. Alabrah said

NASS LEADERSHIP ELECTION: SITUATION GETS MESSIER AS PDP LEGISLATORS COMPLAIN OF NOT BEEN CARRIED ALONG By Patrick Walson Hours after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) set up a fact-finding committee on the role played by some of its members at the election of the presiding officers of the National Assembly two weeks back, the bubble seems to have finally burst as the names of certain hitherto political heavyweights in the party have been dropped as having been part and parcel of the grand betrayal. The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed that Sen. Adolphus Wabara, and Prof. Wale Oladipo, would serve as the Committee’s Chairman and Secretary respectively; with Sen. Ibrahim Mantu, Sen. Stella Omu, Mr Austin Opara, Sen. Abdul Ningi, and Mrs Margaret Icheen as members based on the terms of reference of finding out why some of the PDP lawmakers failed to abide by th

STAY AWAY FROM BAUCHI POLITICS – GROUP WARNS OSHIOMHOLE .......Says you are APC national chairman not national chairman of Nigeria By Patrick Walson Bala Mohammed Adams Oshiomole Universal Democracy Monitors, a front line  political pressure group affiliated to the youths wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, to stop interfering in the affairs of the State Houses of Assembly across the country. In a press statement issued in Abuja on Monday and signed by Messers Richard Ogolo and Timi Oraka, the group’s National Chairman and Secretary-General respectively, the Port Harcourt-based group urged Oshiomhole to steer clear of the political happenings in Bauchi; and focus more on resolving the domestic political crisis in his home state of Edo, rather than interfering not only in the Speakership tussle of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, but the affairs of Bauchi State in

GOVERNOR DICKSON BLASTS OFFICE SEEKING, INCONSISTENT POLITICIANS... as literary icon laid to rest...State Government donates N25M to Okara Foundation  By Patrick Walson Gov. Seriake Dickson Bayelsa State Governor the Honourable Seriake Dickson over the weekend flayed the political class for their  inability to identify with the people they seek to govern in times of need. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media on Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei quoted the   Governor as having made the remark at the commendation service and burial of literary icon and international Poet, Dr. Gabriel Imomotimi Okara in Yenagoa on Friday. The Governor expressed displeasure that such group of Bayelsans are only interested in imposing themselves on the people rather than identify with them particularly the passage of such a great literary icon who God used to bless the Ijaw nation.  Governor Dickson noted that honouring both the living and the dead has been an essential c

PDP GOVS CONDEMN POLICE RAID ON TARABA GOV’S RESIDENCE By Donald Sylva Gov. Darius Ishaku The Governor of Bayelsa State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governor’s Forum, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson has condemned the Police raid on the residence of the Governor of Taraba State, Arh. Darius Dickson Ishaku on June 11, 2019 Police operatives led by a Deputy Superintendent of Police who claimed to have been deployed with a warrant from the Presidency’s Special Investigation Panel had broken into the Governor’s Abuja residence to conduct a search on it. The Governor of Bayelsa State condemned the Police action in a statement by his Adviser, Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei on Thursday. Governor Dickson called on the Inspector General of Police and other relevant bodies to investigate the illegal invasion of the governor’s residence with a view to identifying the culprits for necessary action. The Governor also urged the National securit

GOV. DICKSON TOPS LIST OF EMINENT MEMBERS OF DR. GABRIEL OKARA FOUNDATION ...Eulogises literary icon, describes Him as best gift to Nigeria By Patrick Walson Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah Retd (M), assisted by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Kemela Okara (L), Dr. Ebi Daniel Okara (first son of late Gabriel Okara)(2 nd  L), Ijaw literary icon, Prof. John Pepper Clark (3 rd  L), and the State Chief Historian and Archivist, Dr. Stephen Temegha Olali (R), declares open a photo exhibition of the Life & Works of the late Dr. Gabriel Imomotimi Gbaingbain Okara, as part of activities to mark the state burial ceremony of the late Ijaw sage, at the Dr. Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa. Photo by Michael Owi. Governor of Bayelsa state, Honourable Seriake Dickson and other eminent Nigerians were on Thursday named as members of the Dr. Gabriel Okara Foundation. Some members of the Foundation include, Prof. John