Politics

Bayelsa State Government on Tuesday lent its voice in support of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the issue of deregistering political parties that fail to fulfill the provisions of the Electoral Act and Constitution of the country. The state’s deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made this known when …

By Joel Anekwe Convener of the Unity House Foundation, UHF, and  chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Kingsley Wenenda Wali, has blamed the intractable crisis within the state chapter on the ego and selfish interest of major leaders of the party. He also noted the absence …

In a run up to the April 17, 2021 local council polls in Rivers State, political parties have commenced the conduct of party primaries to elect who will represent them at the both councillorship and chairmanship levels. This was contained in a release made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt …

By Joel Anekwe Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has denied knowledge of the source of the 2023 presidential campaign posters bearing his name and picture that flooded the streets of Abuja on Monday January 25, 2021. The governor, through his commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, described the …

By Joel Anekwe The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC led by Abbott Ogbobula, has described the widely celebrated defection of former state commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, and thousands of his supporters from the APC to PDP as a dummy to members of the public. …

The deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has expressed optimism that the Peoples Democratic Party’s Bayelsa West Senatorial candidate, Chief Seriake Dickson, would win the October 31 by-election with ease. Senator Ewhrudjakpo stated this at the weekend while addressing a delegation of PDP Women group from Sagbama Local …

Interview with Isaac Obogbula, chairman of the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee. Introduction: There is a raging controversy over the leadership of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) since 2018 with many members of the party in the state insisting there are factional …

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) carefully selected its candidates for the October 31 Central and West senatorial districts bye-election. Governor Diri spoke at the weekend after his predecessor, Chief Seriake Dickson, and the immediate past chairman of the party, Pastor Moses Cleopas, …

A former deputy governor of Bayelsa State and aspirant to represent Bayelsa West senatorial district, on the platform  of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Peremobowei Ebebi, and Hon. Abel Ebifemowei, aspirant for Bayelsa Central senatorial district, have been declared winners of the party primaries. The election which was conducted …

The Peoples Democratic Party’s Screening Committee has disqualified four senatorial aspirants from the Bayelsa Central over alleged irregular tax clearance, membership dues, anomalies in documentations and other sundry issues. The affected aspirants  are; the former speaker and current majority leader of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Monday Bubou Obolo, …