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Thugs Disrupt APC Rally in Bayelsa

  By David Owei, Yenagoa   Thugs have reportedly disrupted an All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rally at Tungbabiri, Sagbama Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. According to statement by the PPRO Bayelsa State command, DSP Asinim Butswat, the thugs numbering about 15 disrupted and attacked APC party faithful at a …

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Rivers APC Missing as INEC Releases List of Guber 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 …

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Dickson, Author of Violence in Bayelsa ~ Capt Karimo

  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 …

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Rivers APC Candidates Demand Relisting for 2019 Election

  … 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 …

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RIVSCO, Landlord Communities Give SIAT 14-Day Ultimatum

  The Rivers Civil Society Organisations (RIVSCO) has frowned at what it described as the nonchalant attitude displayed by SIAT Nig Ltd towards its landlord-communities, warning that if nothing is done to improve the situation within 14 days, the organization would be forced to embark on “a mother-of-all protest.” The …

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Lulu-Briggs Receives Flag As Accord Party’s Guber Candidate

  By Joel Anekwe   Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs Wednesday received the flag from the national chairman of Accord Party, Alh Mohammed Malado, to represent the party in the March 2019 election governorship in Rivers State. Speaking after receiving the flag, Lulu-Briggs perhaps now the only viable challenge against the incumbent, …

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