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By Joel Anekwe The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the results of the 17 local government areas in its custody are real and not tampered with. This is as the commission continues the process of concluding the suspended Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Rivers, and …

By Joel Anekwe Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has charge youths in Nigeria, especially the Niger Delta region to resist energy colonialism by embracing renewable energy technologies. This, the environmental campaign organisation said, the youths could do through conscious effort and actions to provide solutions and partner …

By Joel Anekwe House of Assembly candidates of the Accord Party in Rivers State have called for the rescheduling of the entire elections in the state. This is even as the INEC in Rivers State begins full implementation of its timeline for the conclusion of the suspended Governorship and State …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, minister of state, Agriculture has dismissed the Commission of Enquiry on 2019 election violence, set up by the Bayelsa State Government, as ploy to divert attention. Lokpobiri described his invitation by the panel as a mere smokescreen to divert the attention of the …

As part of activities marking this year’s World Water Day, the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) on Friday took the lead in keeping its host community, Oginigba in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, clean and safe for human living. NBC’s Public Affairs and Communications director, Ekuma Eze, noted that …

By Joel Anekwe The deputy governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Chief Akpo Bomba on Monday announced his resignation from the party and defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This action has introduced yet another twist to the seeming unending governorship election tussle in Rivers State even …

By Joel Anekwe Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Dumo Lulu-Briggs, the disputed governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Rivers State are among 48 other prominent Ijaw sons and daughters presented with lifetime achievement awards in Port Harcourt. The awards were conferred on them by two groups, the Ijaw Republican …

Chairman of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Eastern Zone, Comrade Sammy George has cautioned the youths and elders of Rivers State to display high sense of maturity and patriotism as the continuation of collation of results in the governorship and House of Assembly election takes off. Chatting with newsmen Thursday, the …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has accounted for the N107 million increase in its February wage bill, saying it was due to payment of salaries to the 1000 newly employed civil servants. The deputy governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (retd) gave the explanation during the state …

… Expresses Confidence in Guber Victory By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP has claimed that it has won 26 out of the 32 constituency position even as the state waits with tense anticipation the release of the results by the state Independent National …