After 40 days, Bayelsa Speaker heeds Appeal Court ruling

Kombowei Benson, Speaker of the Bayelsa state House of Assembly has finally stepped down from his position. The April 2015 election of the Speaker was on December 9, nullified by the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. After failing to heed the court’s ruling for 40 days, Benson on Tuesday, vacated his seat... Read More

Bayelsa, Kombowei Benson, step down

August 4, 2014

Another month, another kidnap in Bayelsa [DETAILS]

by Mayowa Aboah Unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Monday kidnapped Iniokpoemi Benson, a younger brother to the Speaker of the Bayelsa House of Assembly, Mr. Kombowei Benson. Mr. Hilary Okpara, Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa, who announced this said the incident happened about 3 a.m. at his residence in Korokorosei village in Southern... Read More

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January 14, 2013

Just In: Bayelsa speaker’s mum abducted

by Tari Tamuno The mother of Kombowei Benson, Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, was abducted by gunmen in the early hours of Monday. The woman was reportedly kidnapped from her home town, Korokorosei, in the Southern Ijaw council area of the state was raided by the armed men. More to follow…

Bayelsa, Kombowei Benson, speaker

August 6, 2012

Bayelsa Assembly accused of fleecing the state of N78m

by Isi Esene A civil society group, Transparency and Good Governance Coalition, has accused the speaker, Mr. Kombowei Benson, and twenty-three other members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly of collecting money from the state government under false pretences. The House members are said to have received N78m from the state government presumably to attend... Read More

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June 18, 2012

Top 5 Sound bites from last week (feat. Kola Boof, Peter Obi, PDP & more)

by Stanley Azuakola “Our hospitals and clinics are dirty and smelling. This is not healthy for the lives of our people.” Recently reinstated speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson, who presided over the screening of commissioner nominees, said the above during the screening of Dr. Michael Awoli. Interestingly, when members... Read More

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After 40 days, Bayelsa Speaker heeds Appeal Court ruling

Another month, another kidnap in Bayelsa [DETAILS]

Just In: Bayelsa speaker’s mum abducted

Bayelsa Assembly accused of fleecing the state of N78m

Top 5 Sound bites from last week (feat. Kola Boof, Peter Obi, PDP & more)

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