•Timipre Sylva The Federal High Court in Abuja today adjourned the trial of five men accused of failure to disclose the whereabouts of former Gov. Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa until Oct. 5. The case, which was fixed for commencement of trial before Justice Peter Lifu, could not go on because the court did not sit, […]
•Dickson Senator Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa West) has explained why he cannot be part of a panel investigating Timipre Sylva, former minister of petroleum resources. Sylva was also his predecessor as governor of Bayelsa State. According to Senator Dickson, he recused himself when he found out that the Senate Committee on Local Content had summon...
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission has declared former Governor of Bayelsa State and former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, wanted over an alleged case of conspiracy and dishonest conversion of US$14,859,257. In a public notice today sighted by The Frontier, the commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said the fun...

