Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has spoken on the election protest going on in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during a press briefing in Abuja this evening. He confirmed that the biggest opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC, wrote a letter to the Commission urging it to cancel the elections held…
Mounting Tension in Port Harcourt
There is mounting security presence at INEC headquarters on Aba Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Sunday morning. A team of heavily armed police officers have come to replace the one just mobilized and deployed to quell reported protests in Port Harcourt over the outcome of yesterday’s polls which the state ruling party, APC, has…
Streets of Port Harcourt Empty
The streets of Port Harcourt are almost empty on Saturday morning. They may be busy later when people start coming out to vote. The few cars on the road were the ones with INEC stickers, meaning they are on essential duty. Dame Patience Jonathan is not here in Okrika, her hometown to vote. This reporter…
Election: Security Beefed Up In Port Harcourt
The Rivers State capital has not been left out of last-minute preparations for the 2015 presidential election. Just a few hours to the epochal event, security is evidence in every nook and cranny of the state capital Port Harcourt. While this mounting security is noticeable from Lagos down to Port Harcourt, the frequency of the…
JAMB Candidates Protest in Port Harcourt
Candidates planning to sit for the Computer-based Test of the 2015/16 University Matriculation Examination, UME, staged a protest at the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, office in Port Harcourt, River State on Thursday. The reason for the protest was said to be related to the continued postponement of the collection of their e-slip and…
Bank Robbery: Two Die In Port Harcourt
Two suspected members of an armed robbery gang have been killed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital in a shootout with police officers attached to the state’s police command. According to the statement obtained from the twitter handle of the Nigerian Police Force, the suspects had launched a robbery operation on EcoBank located on…
Ebola: Another Patient Dies In Port Harcourt
Onyebuchi Chukwu, the minister of health, has confirmed the death of another patient due to the Ebola Virus Disease in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday. The deceased, who is an elderly woman, was said to have shared the same room with the late Iyke Enemuo, a medical doctor, who treated Koye Olu-Ibukun, Nigerian ECOWAS…
Ebola: One Death And Two More Cases In Port Harcourt
The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu on Thursday, August 28 confirmed the death of a doctor due to the Ebola Virus Disease and two other cases of persons with the disease in Port Harcourt, River State. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, the Minister said the doctor died on Friday, August 22 after treating a diplomat…
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