With Barely two weeks to the May 29 hand over date, anxiety is mounting in Rivers State over the refusal of outgoing Governor, RotimiAmaechi to constitute a transition committee that will liase with new incoming government for a smooth transition. While Amaechi has announced that he will handover, the incoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Government […]
Signs of a frosty relationship between the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and the House of Assembly emerged on Monday. The legislators suspended three Local Government Care-taker Committee chairmen over insecurity and alleged financial recklessness. They also summoned nine commissioners of the Governor over the state’s troubled finances. The suspended chairmen are Cassidy Ikegbidi (Ahoada […]
Ripples over N600 million bribe allegation against Rivers REC The N600 million bribe allegations against the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Rivers State, Mrs. Gesila Khan is now causing ripples in the states with the All Progressives Congress (APC) which made the allegations wondering why no action is being taken on the allegation. In the […]
The Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI), a campaign platform for the governor-elect in Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has threatened to go to court over the May 23, 2015 date for the local government election in the state. The State Independent Electoral Commission, had on Tuesday, announced that it would conduct local government elections on May […]
Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum, Rt. Hon. ChibuikeRotimiAmaechi, has inaugurated a 9-man commission of inquiry to commence investigations into the politically-motivated killings in Rivers State. Members of the commission include Professor Chidi Odin-Kalu as chairman, Sir Samuel Egbe, secretary and Professor NlerumOkogbule. Others are Professor Owunari A. Georgewill, Dr. Richard […]
Rivers State Governor Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has accused First Lady, Patience Jonathan of fuelling crisis in the state ahead of tomorrow’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The governor alleged that the renewed upsurge in militancy in parts of the state was as a result of the quest of Mrs. Jonathan’s […]
Right from the word go, even well before the election period, Rivers State has stood up, along few other states as red light zones in the ongoing 2015 polls. It was then no big deal when the D-day came and things were not different from the projections. Immediately words filtered out that the State […]
The relationship between the Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, and the Nigeria Police Force further nosedived last week, making many to wonder if things will ever be normal again between both parties. Amaechi had, in response to the withdrawal of police security to politicians last week, alleged that the action was to facilitate the assassination […]
Following the wave of politically-motivated violence in Rivers State, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of violating the peace accord, facilitated by the Nigeria Police Force, ahead of the 2015 general election. Amaechi, who was reacting on Saturday, to the attack on an APC ward-to-ward rally in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, […]
“Ever since, as the true nature and motives of APC are unveiled, I have continued to twist and turn in extreme mental and emotional agony. The more I struggle to belong, the more the Rivers man in me rejects the APC.” With those words, the Rivers State Deputy Governor, Engineer Tele Ikuru, at the weekend […]
The Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Tele Ikuru, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday, six days to the general elections. He has been Governor Chibuike Amechi’s deputy since 2007 and has been campaigning for the APC along with Amaechi until he declared his defection.