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Bayelsa

(bəˈyɛlsə)
n
(Placename) a state of Nigeria, on the Niger river delta on the Gulf of Guinea. Capital: Yenagoa. Pop: 1 703 358 (2006). Area: 10 773 sq km (4159 sq miles)
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Chief David Lyon has emerged the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the November 16 Bayelsa State Governorship election.
Others are Maxwell Okoh from Bayelsa State;, Jones Erue from Delta State; Victor Ekhatar from Edo State; Joy Nunieh from Rivers State; Nwogu Nwogu from Abia State; Theodore Allison from Bayelsa State; Victor Antai from Akwa Ibom State; Maurice Effiwatt from Cross River State; Olugbenga Elema from Ondo State; Uchegbu Kyrian from Imo State; and Aisha Muhammed from Kano State representing North-West area on the board.
He made this comment after the nominee from Bayelsa State, Timipreye Martin Sylva disclosed in his address to the parliament that he was a member of Bayelsa State House of Assembly in 1992.
An oil pipeline belonging to the Italian oil company Agip came under several attacks in Nigeria's oil-rich Bayelsa state. On Friday, the oil militants, the Niger Delta Avengers, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Bayelsa State Governor Henry Seriake Dickson called it an historic visit.
The Executive Governor of NigeriaaACAOs oil-rich Bayelsa State will Monday share his turn-around strategy, that changed the state from a conflict hot-spot to an example of economic growth in a few years, with global business leaders and investors who will gather in EthiopiaaACAOs capital, PANA learnt here Sunday.
Petrobay Energy will rely on the support of the government of the Bayelsa State and the technical portfolio of Heritage.
were preparing for the construction of factories when they were abducted by unidentified gunmen Monday in Bayelsa state.
Nigeria's presidency said in a statement that the governor of the central Nigerian state of Kaduna, Patrick Yakowa, died in the helicopter crash in Bayelsa state in the Niger Delta.
Summary: YENEGOA, Nigeria: Two bombs exploded in a southern Nigerian city during a political rally Wednesday, police said, in the latest in a series of attacks in the country.Beemo Seiff, a candidate running in Bayelsa state governorship elections, was holding a rally in the state capital Yenegoa when the first explosion happened.Baylesa state police commissioner Aliyu Musa
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