Briga News Nigeria The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has re-amended its list of candidates for Bayelsa State governorship election coming up on Saturday. The electoral umpire in the amended list restored the name of Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which was earlier removed following a court order. The development was contained…
By Peter Jonah The apex Supreme Court of Nigeria has declared Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the validly elected Governor of Osun state. This was contained in the judgment of the five-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim, while dismissing the appeal filed by the…
Briga News Nigeria The Rivers State Police Command has become aware of the planned protest by the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), scheduled for June 24, 2024. While the Command recognizes and respects the right to lawful assembly, it has credible intelligence that this protest will be infiltrated and hijacked by hoodlums seeking…
Briga News Nigeria Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, today ended his annual leave and will resume his official duties immediately. A statement by his spokesperson, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, on Monday, informed that the Bayelsa Governor, who went on a three-week leave on November 25, will resume on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Governor Diri…
Briga News Nigeria IYC Expresses Disappointment in Governor Oborevwori’s One Year in Office for None Performance in Ijawland. 1. May 29th 2024 will mark exactly one year that His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori will be ruling over the good people of Delta State for a year as a democratically elected governor of the state….
Briga News Nigeria …Approves Land For FG Project Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said affordable housing for people of the state will be accorded top priority in his second term. Senator Diri disclosed this on Friday when the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Hon. Oyetunde Ojo, and…
Briga News Nigeria By TONY EKE There’s something intrinsic about the M.O.R.E.Agenda of the Oborevwori administration which gives it a greater signification than its generic denotation. Beyond the musicality of the acronym is the worth of the mantra which resonates with a broad spectrum of Deltans that appreciate the enrichment of the State’s socio-economic ambience…
Briga News Nigeria Members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly Committee on Works, yesterday embarked on an inspection tour of ongoing projects across the state for on-the-spot assessment and ensure the projects are executed to specification. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Surv. Moses Teibowei, conducted the lawmakers led by the Committee Chairman, Hon. Bernard…
Briga News Nigeria The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State, Tawfiq Akinwale, on Wednesday stated that the “President-elect” Bola Tinubu asked popular economist, Prof Pat Utomi to step down for Peter Obi in the buildup to the 2023 general elections. Akinwale made this revelation while he appeared as a guest on…
Briga News Nigeria Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has presented start up packs to 311 beneficiaries of the Women Economic Skill Acquisition Programme, WESAP of the state government in his determination to expand the frontiers of entrepreneurial development in the state. The beneficiaries were made up of 220 women trained in fashion and…