By Amos Odeh LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Government House, Chapel, King of Glory, was agog as songs of praise to God rent the air over the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the case filed by Chief Timi Alaibe challenging the candidacy of Governor Douye Diri in the November, 2019 Bayelsa Governorship election. Governor Douye Diri…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has asked the state taskforce on COVID-19 to unseal worship centres that run foul of measures imposed by the state government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the state. He, however, urged the violators to retrace their steps as his administration…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa state governor , Senator Douye Diri has suspended a Board chairman Hon Adolphus Ofongo whose statutory tenure would end in 2021 indefinitely. According to an impeccable source, the Board chairman though a People Democratic Party chieftain , but was allegedly involved in anti – party politics and clandestinely worked for…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The drama in Bayelsa State is not yet over. Barely few hours after he emerged as the new governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri faces another battle, which may threaten his mandate. He has a new date with his arch-rival, Timi Alaibe, who has asked a Federal High Court to declare…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Electoral Commission on Friday declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Douye Diri, as the winner of the November 16 governorship election held in Bayelsa State. The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission would give him the Certificate of Return in compliance with the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan may be suspended from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over his alleged romance with the All Progressives Congress (APC) which contributed to the defeat of his party in last Saturday’s governorship election in his home state, Bayelsa. Daily Trust recalled that there were celebrations from Goodluck Jonathan…