Politics

•As Party Inaugurates 5-man Caretaker Committee  By Emmanuel Nlewedem The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has inaugurated a 5-man Caretaker Committee, CTC, to pilot the affairs of the party in Rivers State for the next eight months. Hon. Nature Dumale Kieghe was inaugurated as the Acting State Chairman of PRP, while …

… Vows to Expel Member-Litigants By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt New chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, Chief Tony Okocha, has described the nullification of his election as the state party chairman by a State High Court as a nullity that cannot stand legal scrutiny. Hinging …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Chief Tony Okocha-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on Monday inaugurated a 9-man committee to investigate issues surrounding the arson attack on the party secretariat along PH-Aba expressway in the early hours of October 5, 2024. The inauguration of …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Former Caretaker Committee chairman of the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Tony Okocha, has been elected chairman of the party. The congress which was held on Saturday despite a court order stopping the congresses of the party in Rivers State saw Okocha …

Some journalists in Bayelsa State on Sunday sustained injuries as some hired thugs attacked the venue of a press briefing organised by the Sagbama Local Government Area Chapter of the All Progressives Congress in Yenagoa, the State capital. Chairman of the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Supporters of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, have protested in the state capital, Port Harcourt, against the conduct of the local government elections in the state. This was as the state chapter of the APC, led by Tony Okocha, has announced …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri Olorogun Otega Emerhor, a founding leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and also a 2015 governorship candidate of the party in Delta State, has congratulated the Delta APC State Working Committee (SWC) for the report of its Reconciliation Sub-Committee. The report was presented to …

… Agwana, Isowo, Others Retain Seats in Bayelsa Exco By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said the crisis in the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will soon be resolved. Diri said the PDP remains the most virile opposition party in the …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Following the crisis that erupted across the 23 local government areas of Rivers State on Tuesday over control of the councils, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in the state. The call was made …

By Young E. Freeborn, Warri President-General of Unenurhie community, Mr. Peter Maison, a PDP chieftain from Evwreni Ward (08) in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State has called on members of his community to vote en-mass for Olorogun Jaro Egbo, the PDP chairmanship candidate for Ughelli North, and …