The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipreye Sylva has `thanked’ Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State for making it much easier for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, David Lyon, to win the November 16 election. He disclosed this after presenting the Bayelsa governor-elect, David Lyon, to President Muhammadu Buhari at […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday urged persons dissatisfied with the outcome of the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states to seek redress in court. Governor Yahaya Bello who sought re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won in Kogi State while David Lyon, also of the APC, triumphed in Bayelsa. Musa Wada, […]

The Senate has begun a fresh electoral reform which has mandated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt the much-awaited electronic voting method for future polls. The lawmakers also compelled INEC to operate an electronic database into which all results in an election should be transmitted. A bill to amend the Electoral Act 2010 […]