Tag Archives: Timipre Sylva
By EMMANUEL UDOM It is clear that Timipre Sylva, the immediate past governor of the oil rich Bayelsa state is passing through tumultuous times in the hands of the Nigerian anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Thursday … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Bayelsa State, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, IndepthAfrica, money laundering, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Sylva, Timipre Sylva
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hese are court-free times; Court freed Elumelu, frees Akingbola! Court freed Ibori, freed Lucky. Court frees all publicly accused big thieves in Nigeria. When they are not freed, they get a slap on the wrist; ala Bode George, Cecilia Ibru, … read more »
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Tagged Abdullahi Adamu, Africa news, African news, Bode George, Cecilia Ibru, Dimeji Bankole, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jolly Nyame, Nigeria, Timipre Sylva
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Former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva has dismissed the report presented by Bayelsa Finance Management and Review Committee, which indicted his administration of allegedly mismanaging over N660 billion that accrued to the state as revenue between 2007 and … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bayelsa State, Democracy, IndepthAfrica, Law, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics, Sylva, Timipre Sylva
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Nigeria’s ruling party candidate has been elected governor of President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state, election officials said on Sunday, ending months of political uncertainty over who is in charge of the oil-producing state. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Henry … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Bayelsa, Bayelsa State, ENI, GoodluckJonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Timipre Sylva
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November 20, 2011 by benim
Security fears kept Nigeria’s president from attending his party’s gubernatorial primary on Saturday in his home state that has been tainted by an escalating row over the incumbent governor’s exclusion from running. Security was unusually tight for a local vote … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Bayelsa State, breaking news, East Africa, Goodluck Jonathan, Independent National Electoral Commission, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Timipre Sylva, West Africa, Yenagoa
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November 17, 2011 by benim
Yenagoa – Troops and police have been deployed in President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state in the oil-rich Niger Delta to boost security amid an escalating row over the incumbent governor’s exclusion from a re-election run. Armed police manned dozens of … read more »
November 14, 2011 by benim
The powerful governor of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state Bayelsa has been disqualified from taking part in a gubernatorial primary, his party said, raising the risk of a dangerous political row in the oil-producing region. Officials from the ruling … read more »
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Tagged Bayelsa, Bayelsa State, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Peoples Democratic Party, Southern Africa, Timipre Sylva, West Africa
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December 9, 2010 by benim
Leaders of federal and state governments yesterday expressed shock at the death of Clara Oshiomhole, the wife of the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole. Mrs. Oshiomhole, nee Akharagbon, passed on at 10:53pm yesterday at the Abuja Clinic, Maitama after a … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Adams Oshiomhole, Bayelsa State, David Mark, Dimeji Bankole, Edo State, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria news, Ogun State, Timipre Sylva
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