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  By Joel Anekwe   After a seeming era of delayed payment of contractors and consultants, the new management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has promised a prompt payment pattern devoid of unnecessary bureaucratic bottlenecks. Mr. Chris Amadi, the NDDC acting executive director, Finance and Administration (EDFA), made …

  By Joel Anekwe   Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has alleged that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor and the chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have directed managing directors of banks to deny Rivers State cash during the weeks of the 2019 election. The …

  … Expresses Faith in Rule of Law   Factional gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe has described Monday’s Court of Appeal ruling granting stay of execution to enable the All Progressives Congress (APC) appear on the ballot box in Rivers State …

  By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa   Justice Ineikade Eradiri of the Bayelsa High Court 7 has dismissed the objections raised by Chief Richard Kpodo accused of rape of a 26 year old female employee. Kpodo, former aide to ex-Governor Timipre Sylva had objected to the continued appearance of prosecuting counsel, …

  By Joel Anekwe   Precious Elekima, governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, caused a serious stir Friday in Port Harcourt at the venue BBC Pidgin organised governorship debate threatening to disrupt the event due to the exclusion of his name from the five candidates …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the list of governorship and state House of Assembly candidates in Rivers State with the names of candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) conspicuously absent. In the list published Thursday at the INEC Secretariat on Aba road, our reporter noted that …

  By Amos Odeh   The governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has been described as the perpetrator and author of violence and should be held responsible for any violence during the forthcoming elections in the state. Capt.Mathew Karimo who is contesting for the Bayelsa West Senatorial under the platform …

  By Joel Anekwe   Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has said that the removal of the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) is the conclusion of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government’s hijack of the judiciary. The governor said that if Nigerians allow what he described as a criminal action …

  By Amos Odeh    The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta on Tuesday has decried the spate of ‘fake news’ fabricated to diminish the operations of the joint force. Major Ibrahim Abdullahi, spokesman of the JTF told our correspondent that the frequency …

  … 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 …