Senator Magnus Abe, the Senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District, has condemned the hurried passage of the Rivers’ 2017 budget. He described the budget presented by Gov. Nyesom Wike and passed by the state legislature “as too hasty.” Senator Abe was speaking at a reception organized in his honour by the people of Kono […]
The Rivers State Government says it has earmarked several developmental projects for the people of Bonny Kingdom in the 2017 budget. The state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, said this during the 20th coronation anniversary of the Natural Ruler and Amanyanabo of Grand Bonny Kingdom, King Edward Asimini William Dappa Pepple the Third, Perekule the […]
…demands immediate transfer of Steven Hasso and Akin Fakorede Apparently dissatisfied with the performance of security operatives in the Saturday December 10 rerun election in Rivers state, Governor Nyesom Wike, Thursday, took to the streets of Port Harcourt, leading thousands of Rivers people on a protest march against the alleged mass killings and brutality by […]
– Says Election Was Between Army, Police, INEC, APC Armed Thugs and PDP The People’s Democratic Party,PDP, in Rivers State has called for the arrest and prosecution of the Commander of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Rivers State, Mr Chidi Wihioka and the Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta […]
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has said that the video tape showing the Officer in charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Mr Akin Fakorede, in a scuffle with polling agents and which has gone viral, has vindicated his earlier statements that the credibility of the December 10 legislative election in the state […]
…describes mega campaign rally as charade The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s Re-Run Election for Rivers South East Senatorial District, Senator Olaka Nwogu, who is to slug it out at the poll with Senator Magnus Abe, has described the campaign rally by the All Progressives Congress (APC) which held at the […]
Ahead of Saturday’s Rivers state rerun elections, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) and the state police command have jointly warned that both agencies would not spare electoral offenders. The two bodies rose from some stockholders meeting in Port Harcourt, Wednesday, with a vow to prosecute those who would deliberately flout the electoral laws during the December […]
The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the Amnesty Programme of the Rivers state government as a sham meant to hoodwink Nigerians. The party stated in a statement released on Sunday by the state chairman, Chief Davies Ikanya, that the whole process was stage-managed as the arms being returned under […]
Rivers state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has repeated his warning that the state will resist any attempt to rig the re-run elections slated for December 10, 2016. He said that Rivers was too big for anybody to impose representatives on the people, stressing that the people must be allowed to elect their representatives. Speaking during a […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said it has destroyed another set of illegal oil barges in River state.Two of the latest barges filled with stolen oil were set ablaze by NAF helicopters on armed patrol around Okoromabie and South East of Port Harcourt refinery. The third barge, surrounded by canoes carrying drums, was […]
That the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) both engaged in electoral malpractice during the last general election is an obvious fact. What is irritating is the fixation of the APC on the outcome of the poll in one out of the 36 states of the federation. That state is Rivers. […]
The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Wednesday, heard at its inaugural sitting in Abuja that the state governor-elect, NyesomWike, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been evading service of court processes of a petition challenging his election. One of the petitioners, DakukuPeterside of the All Progressives Congress(APC),who made the complaint through his […]
In a bid to take the Nigeria Labour Congress [NLC] Rivers State Council to the next level,the newly elected factional leader, Comrade Prince Adda Williams has promised to overhaul the union in the state. During an exclusive interview with the Daily Times in Port Harcourt, Comrade Williams said his administration will put anti-union activities to […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has stated that it is heading to the Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal to reverse the victory of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in the April 11 governorship elections, Mr. Nyesom Wike, which it alleged stole the victory in connivance with the Independent […]
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers on Wednesday called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to emulate President Goodluck Jonathan’s spirit of sportsmanship by congratulating the governor-elect of the state, Mr. Nyesom Wike, on his victory in the just concluded gubernatorial election. Speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt, the Chairman, […]
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the Governorship and House of Assembly elections conducted on Saturday in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states stating that the elections in those states were not conducted in accordance in accordance with INEC guidelines. Speaking to […]
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has described Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state as a sham saying the elections witnessed thuggery and ballot box snatching in most parts of the state coupled with violence. “I think it is a sham. You noticed what happened in Omagwa, what happened was that […]
The Rivers State Governor and Director-General of Buhari Campaign Organisation, Rotimi Amaechi, has described Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state as a sham. Amaechi said this while fielding questions from journalists after casting his vote at Ward 8, Unit 14, Ubima in Ikwerre Local Government Area. He said the elections witnessed […]