Tag: Rivers State
Rivers Rerun: Police arraign 37, promise justice
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has dismissed rumours that the suspects arrested during the re-run elections in Rivers…
Wike did not mastermind Ogoni killings – PDP
The Chairman, Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Felix Obuah, has dismissed the statement by the All…
Wike orders documentation of his one-year in office
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Executive Council has directed the State Road Maintenance Agency to sustain the successes recorded…
Rivers Rerun: APC, PDP candidates head to election tribunal
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ten candidates who are not satisfied with the result of March 19 national and state assemblies rerun…
Nigeria Navy uncovers illegal oil sites in Rivers, seizes over 700,000 litres
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigeria Navy recorded a breakthrough in its undercover operations when it uncovered a major illegal oil…
Rivers: Police anti-kidnap unit nabs seven, recover arms
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Anti-kidnapping detectives of the Rivers State Police Command at about 1:30 am on Saturday April 9 stormed…
Where will Rivers be after Wike? By Abdul Suleiman
By Abdul Suleiman Nigerians are stunned to the bones about the near three-years of political genocide in River state. Port…
Rivers pastor killed for preaching repentance
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chukwu Ekere, a pastor based in Rivers state have been killed for preaching repentance in the oil-rich…
Wike to Amaechi: Accept that you have lost the election
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has advised former governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi, to accept the…
PDP to Amaechi: Wike not a threat to democracy
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Chairman, Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Felix Obuah says there is no…
Disqualification of Tonye Alalibo: PDP accuses INEC of acting APC script
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed the reason given by the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the…
Wike Vs Amaechi: Clergyman blames feud on religious, traditional leaders
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The lingering feud between Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state and his former boss, Chibuike Amaechi, the…
APC insists on fresh rerun polls in Rivers, accuses INEC of allocating votes to PDP
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has come out to declare that what took…
Why I suspended Commissioner for Works indefinitely – Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has explained that he suspended the Commissioner for Works, Kelvin Wachukwu,…
Why we have not fixed date for Rivers rerun – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would consult political stakeholders in Rivers on logistics for repeat of legislative…
End Rivers State political violence, APC tells Buhari
…commends Amaechi for ensuring that APC did not participate in the killings The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state…
Abandoned Projects: Rivers Govt challenges Amaechi to public debate
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The River State government has challenged former governor of the State, Rotimi Amaechi, to a public debate…
Why I’m hosting several national events – Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has explained that the state government is hosting national events to prove…
Wike playing politics with development, lives of Rivers people – Amaechi
Former Rivers governor, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that the incumbent governor, Nyesom Wike is playing politics with the development and…
APC cannot win any election in Rivers, Wike reiterates
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt For the umpteenth time, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
Rivers rerun polls was a disgrace, says Oyegun
oyegun The All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has labelled the rerun polls in Rivers state as…
Rivers: Senate PDP caucus calls for release of re-run outstanding results
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus at the Senate has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to release…
Wike to immortalise slain NYSC member
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government will immortalise Mr Samuel Okonta, the corps member who lost his life during the…
Politics And Rivers Of Blood by Okey Ndibe
By Okey Ndibe Last Saturday, voters in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State cast their votes in a rerun election to choose…
Buhari support group condemns Rivers violence
The Buhari Media Support Group on Monday condemned the violence that characterised the legislative re-run elections in Rivers on Saturday.…
Why I wanted Wike out of Rivers – Okupe
Eromosele Ebhomele Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former senior aide to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Tuesday morning explained why he…
APC calls for total cancellation of rerun polls
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers state has called for outright cancellation of the whole elections…
PDP wants Amaechi, Dakuku Peterside, others arrested
The Chairman, Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bro. Felix Obuah has called for an immediate arrest…
Wike’s SSG, Kenneth Kobani released
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Kenneth Kobani, who was arrested by the army for allegedly…
PDP will win rerun polls – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Sunday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would win Saturday’s re-run legislative elections…