The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday upheld the election of Senator Duoye Diri as the governor of Bayelsa state. The five-man panel of justices of the appellate court, in its judgment in the appeal filed by Diri and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), set aside the August 17, 2020 judgment
Read moreA five-man panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, reversed the nullification of the November 16 governorship election that produced Senator Douye Diri as governor of Bayelsa State. The five man panel in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Obande Ogbunya, held that the majority judgment of the Bayelsa
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja will on Friday deliver its judgments on the separate appeals challenging the August 17 , 2020 verdict of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which sacked Governor Duoye Diri from office and ordered fresh poll to be conducted within 90 days . Diri , his party , the
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Rivers State Governor , Nyesom Wike, has advocated a new revenue sharing formula that will make the state get more money for development. This is as the governor described as “unfortunate ”, comments by his Bayelsa State counterpart , Douye Diri , on the ownership of the Soku oil well, located in the state ,
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Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, yesterday, flayed the deduction of the state’s revenue by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, in favour of Rivers State following a high court ruling. The governor expressed his dissatisfaction with the development when RMAFC Federal Commissioners representing the South South region paid him a courtesy visit
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The Bayelsa State governor, Duoye Diri has filed an appeal against the Tribunal judgment which on Monday nullified the election that brought him to power. The governor, through his chief press secretary, Daniel Alabrah in a swift reaction to the Tribunal ruling, said in a statement that he had instructed his lawyers to appeal the
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