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Bayelsa Gov Orders Autopsy to Unravel Deputy’s Sudden Death

Boluwatife Ajayi — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 12:36:45 +0000

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has directed that an autopsy be carried out on his late deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, to medically determine the cause of his death. Diri gave the directive during a condolence visit by former President, Goodluck Jonathan, to him and the Ewhrudjakpo family on Saturday at the Government House, Yenagoa, […]

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Bayelsa deputy gov collapses, rushed to hospital

Boluwatife Ajayi — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:21:28 +0000

The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has been rushed to the hospital after collapsing at the Government House in Yenagoa, the state capital. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday afternoon. Although the cause of the collapse is yet to be ascertained, sources described the situation as serious. […]

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Bayelsa Deputy Gov Sues State Assembly, IGP, Others Over Alleged Impeachment Plot

Afinju FM — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:27:05 +0000

Ewhrudjakpo alleged, among others, that members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly were being pressured to impeach him for failing to resign, like the governor, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on whose platform they had been appointed. In the suit filed on his behalf at the Federal High Court, Abuja, by his lawyer, […]

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Bayelsa Gov Douye Diri Dumps PDP

Afinju FM — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:02:26 +0000

Alabrah announced that the governor resigned from the PDP with the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abraham Ingobere, along with all the PDP members in the state legislature. Diri’s resignation from the PDP brings to an end months of speculation over his alleged move to the All Progressives Congress, but Alabrah […]

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Supreme Court Holds Final Hearing On Kogi, Bayelsa Governorship Elections

Afinju FM — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:27:26 +0000

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has commenced hearing on electoraldisputes that arose in the conduct of the governorship elections inBayelsa and Kogi States in 2023. At the centre of the disputes are Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa Stateand Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State who were declared winnersof the poll by the Independent National Electoral […]

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Troops destroy illegal oil refining sites in Rivers, Bayelsa

Afinju FM — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:10:41 +0000

It said the destruction was done during an operation by troops of the Land Component, Joint Task Force, South-South, Operation Delta Safe. The Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division Army Public Relations, . Jonah Danjuma, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt and sent to newsmen. Danjuma said the feat is the outcome […]

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