Tag: Rivers State
INEC records 66 incidents in governorship election
Sixty-six violent incidents marred Nigeria’s closely-fought regional polls, with restive oil-producing Rivers state the worst affected, the election agency said…
Tension mounts as voting continues in Rivers
Voting has been extended into Sunday in a key regional election in Nigeria’s restive Rivers state after irregularities at some…
Rivers governorship election is a sham – Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Amaechi and Rivers State, southern Nigeria, has described the Governorship and House Assembly elections as…
PDP thugs take over Lagos, Rivers, Ondo – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday alerted the security agencies to cases of violence and disruption of voting in…
No fake materials at polling booths in Rivers – INEC
The independent National Electoral Comision (INEC) on Saturday stated that there were no fake materials at the polling booths in…
We will not spare unprofessional security operatives – Amaechi
The Rivers State Government has received news of harassment, intimidations and improper conduct by law enforcement agents in the course…
Patience Jonathan denies election rigging plot in Rivers
Its widely believed that couples who have lived together for many years sometimes end up looking like each other and…
Amaechi reassures Rivers voters on security
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections in the state, Rivers State Governor, Rt.…
Army tells Amaechi “Parade Has Changed Gear”
Governor Rotimi Amaechi is optimistic that members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not be harassed and…
Killers of APC supporters will not go unpunished – Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state has vowed that all those involved in the brutal killing of…
Dakuku condemns murder, repression of APC members in Rivers
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Dr Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers state has again condemned the…
We’ll defeat Amaechi hands down, says Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nyesom Wike, the Rivers state governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP, has boasted that the…
Easter: Amaechi prays for love, peace of Nigeria
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As Christians celebrate Easter, Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi,…
APC chieftain, 2 sons shot dead in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Pre-election killings have continued unabated in oil rich community of Obrikom, home of Agip Oil in Rivers…
Buhari’s victory is handiwork of God – Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor and Director-General of Buhari/Osibanjo Campaign Organization, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi has described the victory…
Rivers lifts curfew after election
A curfew imposed in Nigeria’s southern Rivers state to contain unrest after the opposition disputed results from the weekend’s general…
Jega Refuses To Cancel Rivers Results
Moyo Fabiyi Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, refused to cancel the Presidential election results from…
PDP clears National Assembly seats in Rivers
The results of Saturday’s National Assembly elections in Rivers have been released with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winning all…
Rivers declare dusk-to-dawn curfew
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state government has declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state with effect from Monday 30th…
Police Teargas Protesting Women In Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State governorship candidate, Dr Dakuku Adol Peterside, Senatorial candidates, Senator Magnus Abe,…
Police teargas women protesters in Port Harcourt
…APC call for suspension of Rivers REC Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Hundreds of women from different parts of Rivers state who…
APC condemns election violence in Gombe, Rivers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the violence perpetrated against its members in Gombe and Rivers state during…
Soldier, three others killed In Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three persons and a soldier have been reportedly killed as elections turned violent in Rivers state, Southsouth…
Thugs hijack INEC materials as IYC attacks Chairman, others
Akuku Toru Rivers state party thugs hijacked materials and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) personnel meant for Akuku Toru local…
Army, JTF threaten to arrest, kill APC council chairman in Rivers
Information that broke out at about 11:00 pm on Friday has it that the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Andoni Local…
INEC staff helps police arrest, detain APC agent
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Hon. Emmanuel Deeyah, a former member of Federal House of Representatives and All Progressives Congress (APC) and…
Amaechi defies assassins, campaigns on last night for Buhari
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Governor of Rivers State and Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, did…
APC’s INEC agent nabbed in Rivers
The All Progressives Congress has reported the arrest of its agent in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State. In a…
Patience Jonathan Controlling Rivers Police Force – Amaechi
Governor Rotimi Amaechi has claimed that wife of the president, Patience Jonathan, is in control of the Rivers Police Force…
Jonathan, PDP breached Abuja Peace Accord, Amaechi tells UN
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the March 28 General elections, Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has accused President Goodluck Jonathan…