•Timipre Sylvia The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of nine properties linked to former Bayelsa State governor and minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylvia, to the federal government. Justice Obiora Egwuatu made the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s counsel, Oluwal...
•Tinubu and soldiers The federal government is set to try seven of the detained suspects linked to an alleged plot to overthrow the President Bola Tinubu-led administration for concealment of treason, terrorism and money laundering. The suspects are former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timpre Sylva; Major General Mohammed Ibrahim Gana (rtd); a re...
•Former Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva Julius Bokoru, Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has condemned the sealing of his principal’s Maitama home in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bokoru, in a statement titled, “a grave breach of decency: ...
•Timipre Sylva Julius Bokoru, Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to former Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva, has cried out that four arrested aides and domestic workers of his principal are still in detention. Bokoru in a statement yesterday, titled, ‘Detention of Sylva’s Aides: A Call for Reason, HuÂmanity and Due Process’, sa...
•Timipre Sylva Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), requesting that a date be fixed for him to appear before the agency over an alleged $14.8 million fraud. In the letter dated November 24 and acknowledged by the EFCC on November 26, Sylva expressed concern [&helli...
•Timipre Sylva The Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to ex-Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, Julius Bokoru, has dismissed reports linking his principal to an alleged coup plot, describing them as baseless and politically motivated. Bokoru, in a statement issued today, said the rumours circulating in so...

