The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, candidates have been declared winners of 13 local government chairmanship seats so far declared by the Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission. The PDP had also won all the local government chairmanship and councillorship seats in neighbouring Gombe State. The party also won the two parliamentary seats in the rerun election […]
Continue ReadingThe Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated a joint investigative panel on the Dec. 10 legislative re-run elections in Rivers, with one of the tasks being to probe the phone call between Governor Nyesom Wike and some electoral officials. The 15-man panel, headed by DCP Damien Okoro, consists of officers […]
Continue ReadingSenator Magnus Abe of the All Progressives Congress will return to his seat as representative of the South East senatorial district. He was on Sunday night declared winner after Saturday’s rerun by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer Prof. Gideon Onuekwusi, said Abe of the All progressives Congress (APC) polled 125,938. His closest […]
Continue ReadingA senior police officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Alkali Mohammed, of Mobile Police Unit 48, and his orderly have been killed by thugs in Rivers state. DSP Alkali: killed in Rivers They were beheaded on Saturday at Ujju community near Omoku in Ogba/Edema/Ndoni council area, during the rerun elections in the state. The General […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent Electoral Commissioner in charge of South South, Dr Lecky Mustapha has said that the commission is ready to conduct free and fair polls on Saturday. Mustapha said this while supervising electoral materials in Port Harcourt Local Government Area (Phalga) Friday evening. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rerun elections will […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Police Force said it redeployed DSP Promise Nwosu, Chief Security Officer, CSO to Gov. Nyisome Wike of Rivers state as a result of gross professional misconduct. This debunked accusations that the move was politically motivated. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the Force Spokesman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Don […]
Continue ReadingAs the December 10 rerun elections in Rivers State approach, the State Chapter of All Progressives Congress [APC] says it has received credible intelligence that the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] have made several National Youth Service Corp [NYSC] uniforms complete with APC tags which PDP thugs will […]
Continue ReadingA former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has said that the leaderships of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party must accept blame for the killings in Rivers Rerun election. “The scale of violence that accompanied the Rivers Re run elections is condemnable and unacceptable. […]
Continue ReadingDr. Dakuku Peterside, Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA narrowly escaped death this afternoon after his vehicle was attacked by gunmen in two utility vehicles on his way from the Port Harcourt International Airport. Peterside who was in his car with Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, Rivers State All Progressives Congress, APC Chairman and Hon […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of Transportation, former governor of Rivers state, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has described governor Nyesom Wike, as one lacking the political will and capacity to govern Rivers State. The minister made this claim on Sunday at an APC rally in Rumueme, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, ahead of the state and national assembly […]
Continue Reading