Politics

As the preparations for the forthcoming general elections gather momentum, politicians and individual leaders have been urged to be mindful of how they talk and conduct themselves to ensure violence-free elections. According to an All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, who spoke recently with journalists …

  By Joel Anekwe   Youths in Asari-Toru Local Government Area have endorsed Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike for a second term, assuring that they would work hard to “deliver their votes to the performing governor.” The youths trooped out in their thousands on Saturday, marching through the streets of …

The All Progressive Congress Non Indigene Campaign Team 2019 for Arc Tonye Cole, has resolved to work for emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as President of Federal Republic of Nigeria and Arch. Tonye Cole as Governor of Rivers State. During a meeting held on Sunday October 28, 2018, the group …

  By Joel Anekwe   Youths in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State have declared their support for the re-election bid of the state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, to a second term in office. The youths made the declaration during the One Million Youths for New Rivers State sensitization …

A front-line aspirant for the Gokana state constituency seat in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Pius Dukor, has tied his aspiration to “the need to make laws that will drastically improve the lives and well-being of my people.” In a chat with our reporter over the weekend, Dukor …

House of Representatives hopeful for Ikwerre/Emohua federal constituency, Chief Celia Otubu, has described the Rivers State governor, Chief Nyesom Wike and the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), as “sagacious, capable and forward-thinking.” Her comments came on the heels of the governor and party leadership’s decision to allow a …

  By Des Ogini   There have been various forms of agitations for who the next governor of Rivers State would be. Such agitations range from “Where will he come from?” “Who will he be, and what criteria will he pass through to become?” From the benefit of hindsight, some …

  By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi   In what could be described as a doomsday prophetic declaration, the immediate past senator representing Rivers East, Sen. Thompson George Sekibo, has declared that there is no vacancy in the Rivers State Government House, popularly referred to as the Brick House. Speaking during the flag-off …

New chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Hon. Ojukaye Flag Amachree has extended an olive branch to fellow party members who might have been aggrieved over the processes leading to his emergence as state chairman of the party. Speaking to newsmen at the Port Harcourt International …

Over 200 youth groups in Rivers State have endorsed the likely re-election bid of the state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, in the 2019 general elections, declaring a “100% victory” for the governor. Rising from a summit in Port Harcourt on Thursday, February 15, 2018 the youths agreed to stand behind …