By Joel Anekwe The Coalition of Gubernatorial Candidates, comprising governorship candidates of all the political parties for the 2019 general elections in Rivers State, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of successfully compromising the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to exclude the name and logo of one of the …
Read More »Baridoo is Wike’s Surrogate ~ Lulu-Briggs
… Vows to Recover Mandate at Appeal Court By Joel Anekwe The governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Rivers State, Dumo Lulu-Briggs, has declared that Precious Baridoo, on whose behest a Port Harcourt High Court sacked him (Lulu-Briggs) as the party’s candidate, is a surrogate of the state governor, …
Read More »Hold Dickson Responsible for Electoral Violence in Bayelsa ~ APC
By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the weekend pointed out that Governor Henry Seriake Dickson was raising a false alarm about violence during the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. The party said Dickson’s goal in shouting “violence” …
Read More »Ex-LG Chairman, Soldier, Others Shot Dead in Rivers
… As INEC Cancels Election in Bonny By Joel Anekwe Six persons, including a former chairman of Andoni Local Government Area, Mowan Etete, an Army Lieutenant and 4 other persons have been allegedly killed in parts of Rivers State during the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. While …
Read More »Appeal Court Ends Abe, Other APC Candidates’ Quest to Participate In Elections
… Abe: ‘We’ll Approach Supreme Court for Resolution’ By Joel Anekwe The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt in a unanimous decision Thursday struck out the appeal by Magnus Abe and 42 others seeking to be declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State. The …
Read More »Ogoni, Riverine Communities Allege Army, SARS Plot to Unleash Violence in Rivers
.. 6 Div. Dismisses Allegation as Ruse By Joel Anekwe Some Ogoni and riverine communities in Rivers State have accused the 6 Division, Nigerian Army and Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of plans to aid and abet rigging in the forthcoming elections in their respective areas, even as the army denies …
Read More »Rescheduled Election: Jonathan Sues for Peace, Urges Voters to Resist Vote-Buying
By Amos Odeh,Yenagoa Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to embrace peace and shun violence ahead the shifted general elections.. Jonathan, who was in Bayelsa his home state at the weekend for the polls earlier scheduled for February 16 and March 2, but shifted by one week …
Read More »Mixed Reactions in Rivers over INEC’s Postponement of Elections
By Joel Anekwe Political parties, candidates, party chieftains and residents in Rivers State have reacted variously to the early morning Saturday announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), postponing the general elections to February 23 and March 9, 2019. Many expressed disappointment and frustration over the rescheduling of the …
Read More »Bayelsa Govt to Empower Over 2,000 Rural Dwellers
By David Owei,Yenagoa Over two thousand indigenes of Otuasega community in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State would benefit from the Bayelsa Livelihood and Empowerment Support Scheme (BLESS). Director General of the Bayelsa State Investment and Promotion Agency (BIPA), Patience Ranami-Abah disclosed this at the launch of the empowerment scheme …
Read More »Rivers APC Insists On Participation in 2019 Election
… Besiege INEC Office to Demand Relisting Of Candidates By Joel Anekwe Contrary to widely held view that the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC will not participate in the coming elections, the party has come out to say that its name would certainly be on the …
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