Tag: Rivers State
INEC declares Rivers assembly polls inconclusive
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended all the election in all constituencies in the state. In a statement late…
Election rerun drama at Mile 1 Police Station in Rivers state
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#RiversRerun: Wike’s deputy hails peaceful conduct of polls
Rivers Deputy Governor Ipalibo Banigo has commended the peaceful conduct of the legislative rerun election in Obuama, Degema Local Government…
#RiversRerun: Disregard results on social media, INEC tells Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has urged Nigerians at home and abroad to disregard results of Rivers national and…
Amaechi ordered the arrest of Rivers SSG – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party has claimed that former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, ordered the arrest of Kenneth Kobani, the…
#RiversRerun: INEC suspends polls in Andoni, Bonny, Gokana
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended elections in Andoni, Bonny, Gokana, and Abuah-Odua LGAs due to irregularities. The…
#RiversRerun: Security checks reduce voter turnout
The parliamentary re-run election on Saturday in Rivers was characterised by low turnout of voters, especially in Port Harcourt and…
Bloody Rivers: Another security personnel killed
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A security personnel was killed when a joint security team consisting of the army, police and DSS…
BREAKING: APC leader abducted in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Hours to National and Rivers State Assembly rerun election, gunmen have abducted a chieftain of the All…
Court restrains military from deploying troops for Rivers rerun
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained the Chief of Defence Staff, the…
Rivers Polls: Peterside urges voters not to be intimidated
Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has urged the electorate in Rivers state to ensure…
Saraki calls for peaceful elections in Rivers
Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, urged the various stakeholders in the Saturday national and state legislative rerun elections…
Vote out party that turned Rivers to killing field – Amaechi tells Rivers people
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Minister of Transport and former governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, has urged Rivers People to vote…
Army confirms officer, soldier dead in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigerian Army 2 Brigade based in Port Harcourt has confirmed an attack and death of an army…
We’ll resist APC’s attempt to cause mayhem in Rivers – Metuh
Eromosele Ebhomele The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday vowed to resist all attempts it has alleged…
Nigerian army officer, three soldiers killed in Rivers
A serving major in the Nigerian Army and three soldiers have been reported killed in Abonnema, Akuku-Toru LGA, Rivers state…
APC lists 24 sins committed by Wike, Jonathan, PDP
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers state has listed 24 sins committed by former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, the incumbent…
Rivers State Government petitions governments of 50 countries
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the re-run polls scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold in Rivers…
Death Threat: Akwa Ibom students in UNIPORT warn Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Following the death threat issued by Governor Nyesom Wike to university lecturers listed by the Independent National…
Corruption: Amaechi gives evidences against Wike, challenges him to do same
Former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi has given corruption evidences against incumbent governor, Nyesom Wike while challenging him to do…
Rerun Polls: Arase deploys 6000 cops, 3 CPs, AIG, DIG to Rivers
The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase today ordered the Assistant Inspector general of police in Calabar zone, Adisa Baba…
Father jailed for defiling daughter, 9, in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Justice Adolphus Enebeli of a Port Harcourt High Court has sentenced a father to two years imprisonment…
There are no political killings in Rivers, only cult clashes – Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has dismissed the allegations that recent killings in the oil-rich state…
Rivers Killings: Police arrest two, vows to track down others
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers Police Command has arrested one Anthony Ugoh, in connection with the murder of Frank Obi, his…
Wike kicks off campaign, says PDP will win all seats
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike turned the flag off of road projects in Obio/Akporehe council into a campaign platform today, vowing…
APC man burnt to death by PDP thugs
Here is the face of Ofinjite Amachree, the All Progressives Congress member brutally murdered by persons suspected to be thugs…
APC chieftain beheaded in Rivers, wife, son murdered
Police in Rivers State are still trying to solve the puzzle of masked gunmen who killed the ward chairman of…
Wike to create 3000 jobs in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has said in a bid to create 3000 direct and indirect…
Wike warns against playing politics with implementation of UNEP Report
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has cautioned against the politicisation of the process leading to the implementation…
Wike’s N300m mobile office sparks backlash
A Port Harcourt-based lawyer has written an open letter Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over two luxury vehicles he…