Trending News: DAILIES TOP STORIES: Interpol joins EFCC in N1.3tn CBEX probeNAFDAC raises alarm over circulation of counterfeit Aflotin drugsBusinessman sentenced to four years in prison for refusing to accept Naira as legal tenderAlleged Defamation: Court Strikes Out Falana’s Suit Against VDMRivers threatens legal action, vows to recover N300m from NBAFAAC shares N1.578tr March revenue to FG, States, LGAsHerdsmen Kill Many Benue Community Fresh AttackFG declares Friday, Monday public holidays for Easter celebrationNigeria’s inflation rate soars to 24.2%‘You were sacked over misconduct’, Rivers judiciary fires back at ex-Chief MagistrateBoat mishap claims several lives in NigerFLASHBACK: Suspended NOT Expelled! 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Trending News: DAILIES TOP STORIES: Interpol joins EFCC in N1.3tn CBEX probeNAFDAC raises alarm over circulation of counterfeit Aflotin drugsBusinessman sentenced to four years in prison for refusing to accept Naira as legal tenderAlleged Defamation: Court Strikes Out Falana’s Suit Against VDMRivers threatens legal action, vows to recover N300m from NBAFAAC shares N1.578tr March revenue to FG, States, LGAsHerdsmen Kill Many Benue Community Fresh AttackFG declares Friday, Monday public holidays for Easter celebrationNigeria’s inflation rate soars to 24.2%‘You were sacked over misconduct’, Rivers judiciary fires back at ex-Chief MagistrateBoat mishap claims several lives in NigerFLASHBACK: Suspended NOT Expelled! 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Current Imo Assembly Speaker Didn’t Commission Betting ShopUS embassy announces new visa interview requirements for NigeriansBandit Kingpin Gwaska, Over 100 Others Killed In KatsinaDAILIES TOP STORIES: Resurgent terror attacks unsettle Nigeria’s Northern regionECOWAS court faults Kano’s blasphemy laws, asks Nigeria to amend statutesProtest: Rivers CP removes DPO over’ assault on journalistsCourt orders DCP Abba Kyari to enter defence in ‘drug trafficking’ trialSiemens CEO, family die in New York helicopter crashFG imposes 10-year entry bans for visa overstays, $15 daily fine from August 1REVEALED: Parody X account impersonating Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan spottedRivers Women Stage ‘Bring Back Our Fubara’ Protest In Port HarcourtBandits Release Abducted Pastor In Kaduna, Detain Ransom CarrierKogi central constituents sue Akpabio, senate over Natasha Akpoti’s suspensionChina hits US with 125% retaliatory tariffs as trade war escalatesSERAP gives FG, NBC 48-hour to reverse Eedris Abdulkareem’s song banEx-Kwara governor Ahmed didn’t repay N1bn SUBEB loan, EFCC witness tells courtEFCC plays video evidence in ex-minister Saleh Mamman’s ‘N33bn fraud’ trialPolice Rescue Abducted Ebonyi Govt Official, Arrest One SuspectOtti urges Igbo youths to join ArmyFire razes shops in OyoPolice arrest man for impregnating 17-year-old daughter in BauchiNBA relocates annual conference from Rivers over emergency rule DAILIES TOP STORIES: Marketers predict cheaper petrol nationwide as Dangote begins naira saleCourt frees 12 IPOB members after four years in prisonTrump tariff hike brings added China rate for many goods to 145%Court Strikes Out Nnamdi Kanu’s Fundamental Rights Suit Against FGNERC fines eight Discos N628m over estimated billingLabour shuts down Steel Ministry Over Workers’ WelfareSoludo: 23 Anambra indigenes on death row in Indonesia for drug offencesDangote Refinery Slashes Ex-Depot Petrol PriceLagos, Rivers, 28 others to experience heavy flooding – FGAkpabio petitions IG, demands Natasha’s prosecution over alleged assassination plot:
Wed. Apr 16th, 2025 8:42:09 AM

Sylva Wins Bayelsa APC Guber Ticket

 

The immediate-past Minister of Sate for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Bayelsa State.

According to the result declared by Major Gen. AD Jubrin, Sylva, a former governor of the state, scored 52,061 votes to beat other contenders.

David Lyon, the governor-elect in 2019, came third.

Lyon polled 1,582 votes behind Great Joshua MacIver, who garnered 2,078 votes.

Professor Ongoebi Etebu had 1277 votes, Mrs Ikisima Ogbomade 584 and Festus Daumiebi 557.

More details later…

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