… Warns Elections Will Not Hold in Rivers By Joel Anekwe National and State Assembly candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have demanded that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should return their names on the list of candidates to contest the forthcoming …
Read More »RIVSCO, Landlord Communities Give SIAT 14-Day Ultimatum
The Rivers Civil Society Organisations (RIVSCO) has frowned at what it described as the nonchalant attitude displayed by SIAT Nig Ltd towards its landlord-communities, warning that if nothing is done to improve the situation within 14 days, the organization would be forced to embark on “a mother-of-all protest.” The …
Read More »Lulu-Briggs Receives Flag As Accord Party’s Guber Candidate
By Joel Anekwe Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs Wednesday received the flag from the national chairman of Accord Party, Alh Mohammed Malado, to represent the party in the March 2019 election governorship in Rivers State. Speaking after receiving the flag, Lulu-Briggs perhaps now the only viable challenge against the incumbent, …
Read More »How I Achieved Big Ticket Projects in Bayelsa ~ Gov Dickson
…Says Public Office is Platform for Service By David Owei, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has attributed the successes of his administration in infrastructure development of the state to his passion and the commitment of his team. Governor Dickson, who spoke to journalists …
Read More »MOSOP: Nightmare in Saro-Wiwa’s House
4th of January is the Memorial Day in the struggle of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People MOSOP). Each year in the past decade has been a fanfare, of ‘remonstration,’ of lost opportunities and the quest for the illusive unity sought after by the Ogonis. Of all …
Read More »Restructuring the ‘Irrestructurable’
The year 2019 is an epochal one in the annals of Nigeria’s political history, it is so because, the general election is fixed for the first quarter during which; the term of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the ruling party would either be affirmed for a second …
Read More »INEC Plotting to Postpone Rivers Elections, Wike Alleges
… Says Rivers People Will Resist It By Joel Anekwe Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has alleged of plots by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the Rivers 2019 General elections to allow the All Progressives Congress (APC) prepare, adding that the move would be …
Read More »Rivers APC Will Participate in 2019 Elections ~ Peterside
By Joel Anekwe The director general of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has expressed optimism that the governorship and other candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State will be on the ballot in the 2019 general election. Speaking to journalists …
Read More »You Can’t Win Rivers from Abuja, Wike’s Aide Fires At APC
…Says Rivers APC Is Disorganized …Insists Wike Is ‘On Ground’ By Our Reporter Front-line politician in Rivers State and special adviser to the Rivers State Governor on Political Matters and Strategy, Barr Emeh Glory Emeh, has insisted that “it easier for the camel to pass through the …
Read More »We Demand End to Oil Spill, Gas Flares ~ Bassey
The Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey said the Organisation will join other groups to demand an end to Oil Spill, Gas Flares and dumping of toxic waters in our various communities within the Niger Delta. Mr. Bassey dropped the hint at a one day program organised …
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