From Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, had confirmed the killing of a former Chairman of Andoni Local Government of Rivers State during the election in Ogu.Omoni, who said the story had been confirmed to him by the Police DPO in Ogu, added that the former Chairman whose name he…
Situation Report From Rivers State
From P/HarcourtThe turnout of voters in most parts of Rivers State is generally high. But there were delays in the take-off of voting exercise. In Khana Local Government Area, some polling units have not received materials as at 9.15am. Markets are open while filling stations are attending to customers Bori. But there was a scuffle…
Rivers PDP Alleges Plot by APC to Disrupt Elections
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is working with the army and the police to disrupt and rig the general elections scheduled for Saturday, February 23 and March 9. Addressing a press conference in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council alleged…
Mixed Reactions Trail Election Postponement in Rivers
Some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State have applauded the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections by INEC. Festus Chindo, one of the supporters in Port Harcourt said it was their hope that the postponement will give ample time to INEC to put the party on the ballot for…
Rivers APC Protest Exclusion, Insist on Participation in Saturday Elections
BSome members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State on Thursday, marched to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Port Harcourt, demanding that their candidates be relisted on the ballot papers. They caused a holdup along the arterial Aba Road where INEC office is located and demanded that INEC…
Harvest of Deaths as Buhari Rounds off Campaign in Port Harcourt
More than 20 people, mostly women, were crushed to death on Tuesday at the pedestrian gate of Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt as thousands of party supporters struggled to leave the stadium when the presidential campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC was drawn to a close. Hundreds of others sustained serious degrees of…
2019: Appeal Court Grants Rivers APC Relief
Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, burst into the streets of Port Harcourt on Monday to celebrate an order by the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court, which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to remove the party from the ballot for this…
Wike, Lulu-Briggs Shun BBC Rivers Election Debate
Governorship election in Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Dumo Lulu-Briggs of Accord Party, AP, were absent at Thursday’s debate organised for governorship candidates by the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, in Port Harcourt. Nduka Ojimo, the anchor of the programme that was beamed live globally, said while Lulu-Briggs left…
Diaspora Community in the US Remembers Home
Nchia General Hospital, Ogale lying on five hectares of land along the old Port Harcourt – Bori Road in Rivers State was built in the 1970s during the military regime of Lt. Cdr Alfred Diette-Spiff. But the hospital had not really operated in full capacity due to neglect by successive governments. For most of the…
Eleme Agog for Wike
“As e dey pain them, e dey sweet us; as e dey sweet us, e dey pain them.” That was Governor Nyesom Wike and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leading a singsong at a party rally on Thursday in Eleme Local Government Area. The picture of the political terrain in Rivers State has…
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