The former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Bala Mohammed, has denied speculations that he decamped from People’s Democratic Party (PDP) after losing national chairmanship position. Read More…
Rivers Deputy Governor Ipalibo Banigo has commended the peaceful conduct of the legislative rerun election in Obuama, Degema Local Government Area. Read More…
Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), said insecurity had remained a major challenge to free and fair elections in Rivers. Read More…
There is a heavy shooting in Gokana Local Government Area RAC centre in Rivers State. Some unknown gunmen invaded the centre and started shooting sporadically. Read More…
NEC has suspended the legislative elections in six local government areas of Rivers State. Read More…
The Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Mr. Kenneth Kobani has been arrested by men of the Nigerian Army for alleged stalling the distribution of electoral materials. Read More…
An agent of the Peoples Democratic Party, one Mr Tambari Ntoti, has been reportedly shot dead in the course of the ongoing rerun election in rivers state. Read More…
Sitting on the ground and leaning on a stationary bus is Mr.Cyril Wite, S.A to Governor Nyesom Wike on Special Projects caught with army uniforms and arms . Read More…
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has released a list of numbers citizens can call to report electoral malpractices and other emergencies. Read More…
Few hours to the commencement of the Rivers rerun elections, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Elyon Ntiro Elijah and the Rivers State Commissioner for Water Resources, Chief Ibibia Walter have been reportedly kidnapped by some unknown gunmen in Rivers State. Read More…
As voters in Rivers State file out this morning in a re-run election to fill national and state assembly seats amidst violence, high tension and very tight security, the outcome is expected to have far-reaching political implications in Rivers State in particular and Nigeria in general. Read More…
Condemnation has trailed the decision of Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt to restrain the Chief of Defence Staff, the Brigade Commander of Amphibious Brigade and the Chief of Army Staff, from deploying military operatives for the re-run elections. Read More…
Three persons reportedly lost their lives, Friday, during a fierce gun battle between Joint security forces and hoodlums in Obagi axis of Egi community, Read More…
The two leading political Parties in Rivers State have continued to accuse each other of distributing fake military uniforms to different parts of the State, in order to rig the rerun elections on Saturday. Read More…
As the electoral materials for the National and State Assembly rerun elections in Rivers State begin to move to their different Local Government Areas, Read More…
MINISTER of Transportation and former governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, has rescinded an earlier decision to visit Governor Nyesom Wike’s ward during tomorrow’s rerun election into national and state assemblies. Read More…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Thursday restrained the Chief of Defence Staff, the Brigade Commander of Amphibious Brigade and the Chief of Army Staff from deploying military operatives for the re-run elections. Read More…
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday vowed to resist all attempts it has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is making to subvert democracy in Rivers State, Southern Nigeria. Read More…
Former Rivers State Governor and Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi on Thursday assured the people of Rivers State of adequate security while urging them to come out en-mass and exercise their civic right Read More…
The Rivers State Government led by Governor Nyesom Wike has called on security operatives to adhere strictly to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directives without bias, urging them to arrest the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Read More…
2015 Governorship candidate of the APC in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has expressed confidence in his party winning this weekend’s legislative elections upon what he claimed was the neutral role of the security and electoral agencies. Read More…
Mr Anieidi Ikoiwak, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Rivers, said on Wednesday that the Commission was yet to distribute sensitive materials for the March 19 re-run elections in the state. Read More…
Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan and his son, Chief Nyesom Wike the imposed Governor of Rivers State through their party, Read More…
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared Thursday and Friday as work free days in the state for the smooth conduct of the rerun legislative elections on Saturday, March 19, 2016. Read More…