The 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 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had always been ready to conclude the suspended re-run parliamentary elections in Rivers, but subject to conducive environment for the exercise. Mr Nick Dazang, Deputy Director of Voter Education and Publicity in the commission, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (buja. Dazang […]
Continue ReadingThe governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 elections in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside says bad governance by the Governor Nyesom Wike-led administration was retarding the progress of the state. Dr Dakuku who stated this during the formal reception and public declaration of former Executive Director (Finance and Administration) of […]
Continue ReadingThe Trans Niger Pipeline in Gio, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers state has been shut by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria Limited. In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Mr Joe Obari, SPDC spokesman, said a fire was observed on the right of way of the pipeline (TNP) at in Ogoni […]
Continue ReadingDr Dakuku Peterside, DG of NIMASA and APC Governorship Candidate in the 2015 elections during a rally in Etche LGA asked Governor Wike 10 important questions as follows:1. Which Govt has officially promoted & supported kidnapping and under its watch 1200 persons have been kidnapped in one year? 2. Which government has superintended over the […]
Continue ReadingDr. Dakuku Peterside has described as “barbaric and gruesome” the assassination of Barrister Ken Atsuwete in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) who was reacting to the sad incidence noted that the killing of the prominent Activist, Political Commentator and Lawyer is perhaps […]
Continue ReadingMrs Amina Zakari, INEC National Commissioner in charge of election operations, has assured of the commission’s readiness to conclude suspended elections in Rivers in October.Zakari gave the assurance on Thursday in Port Harcourt at a stakeholders meeting with political parties, candidates and security agencies. She said that the commission convened the meeting to resolve factors […]
Continue ReadingHeavy security presence at the Sharks Stadium, venue of the proposed PDP convention in Rivers State, leading to speculations that the heavily armed policemen were deployed to seal the venue. However, the state Police Commissioner, Mr Francis Odesanya, explained the action, telling newsmen that he merely complied with a court order to provide security around […]
Continue ReadingRotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, speaking at a meeting on corruption organised by the ministry of justice, the former speaker and governor of Rivers state lamented the “deliberate attempt” to link public office holders to corruption.He denied the allegation of Nyesom Wike, his successor, that he received over N3.1 trillion during his tenure as governor of […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs Augusta Ogakwu, said the National and State Assembly rerun elections earlier scheduled for July 30, has been postponed due to incidence of violence in a number of local government areas and the atmosphere of […]
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