The Government of Bayelsa State has recorded 54 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with was also confirmed in the latest report of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Deputy Chairman of the State COVID -19 Task Force, Dr Nathaniel Apoku, the new cases were…
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Bashir Ahmad, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, has ignited a Twitter storm after he promised a user that he would intervene in changing the conviction of a child trafficker and rapist. Yunusa Dahiru (AKA Yellow) had been sentenced by The Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State to 26 years imprisonment for…
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245 new cases of the novel coronavirus has been recorded in Nigeria, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. This brings the total infections in the country to 7,261 after the health agency confirmed the new figures in a tweet via its verified handle late Friday. According to the NCDC, 131 of the new cases…
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On Tuesday night, April 22, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control recorded 732 cases of COVID-19 in the country making the number of states with confirmed cases increase to twenty-five. The NCDC confirmed 117 new cases in Nigeria in one day. However, there have been 197 recoveries from the deadly virus. From the health agency’s breakdown, we gathered the…
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, apologised for allowing a Peoples Democratic Party ‘mega rally’ in the state amid coronavirus outbreak after Nigerians described the action as ‘irresponsible’, ‘insensitive’ and ‘disappointing’ No fewer than a thousand persons were present at the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) rally, which had other governors of the party in attendance…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ruled out any fresh governorship election in Bayelsa State request from the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to Punch Newspapers, INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi dismissed the APC’s demand for a fresh poll citing that the commission concluded its work on the Bayelsa State governorship…
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Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa, Senator Duoye Diri has been declared the new governor-elect of the state by The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu made this announcement on Friday at the INEC headquarters in Abuja while the winner’s certificate was presented to him later on in the day.…
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom has cautioned British nationals against travelling to 21 states in Nigeria. In a statement on its website “updated June 17, 2019” and “still current at June 18, 2019,” the FCO listed the states as: Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, “riverine areas of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa…
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Ahead of the 2018 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria #MBGN beauty pageant, the event hosts have been unveiled. Media personalities Toke Makinwa and Ik Osakioduwa will both be hosting the event on Friday, 21st of September, in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. For more on Celebrities/ Entertainment News, follow us on Instagram & Twitter @OnoBello & @OBHotFlick | Facebook: OnoBello Magazine. Leave…
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Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, on Thursday, 243rd of August stated that those defecting from one party to the other need “psychiatric evaluation”. He said this while reacting to rumours that he had dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement issued by Julius Bokoru,…
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