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By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt With only hours to the local council elections scheduled to hold in Rivers State on Saturday, two factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state have disagreed sharply over whether the polls should go on or not. While the faction led by Chief …

•We have the register, RSIEC insists Emma Sunday, Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC) for Rivers State, Dr. Johnson Alalibo Sinikiem, has revealed that the commission has not handed over the State voters register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) contrary to claims …

By Amos Odhe Some Citizens of the United States of America (USA), based in Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and others have accused the American media of attempts to truncate the United States democracy with the raging controversy surrounding the genetic roots of Democratic Party candidate in the forthcoming elections, …

Following the proposed protest to end Bad governance and hunger aacross the country, ex-agitators of the third phase of the Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP) have dissociated their members from the protest and further appealed to other well meaning Niger Delta stakeholders not to join it. The national chairman of the …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa All sectors in Opu-Nembe, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have described as misleading and cheap blackmail, the attempt by the owner of Euphemie Hotel, Chief Darius Obiene- Dede to drag the name of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun into the issue of …

… Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce to End Portfolio Business in NDDC ~ Ogbuku By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has said that the establishment of the Niger Delta Chambers of Commerce Industry, Trade, Mines and Agriculture (NDCCITMA) will …

… Diri Bags Best Governor Award, Georgia’s Honorary Citizenship By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said his administration was encouraging investment in the state with incentives such as tax holiday and provision of land. Governor Diri, who was the keynote speaker at the 10th …

By Ehichioya Ezomon As you read this copy, the results, and the winner of Saturday, September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State is known – and declared as such by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) – in one of the most contentious campaigns that put the electoral umpire …

Leaders of over 60 youth organisations have declared that their members will not participate in the rumoured national protest being allegedly planned for October 1. President of the Nigeria Youth Organization, Duke Alamboye, made the position of the youth leaders known when he led a delegation of representatives of the …

A group of concerned citizens, under the aegis of Good Governance for the Emancipation of the Ijaw Nation, has called on the governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, “to focus on repositioning the state, and by extension the region, for prosperity rather than being distracted with mundane issues.” The …