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No Candidates Yet ~ Rivers REC

  … As PDP Seeks To ‘Disqualify’ APC Candidates   By Des Ogini   The times are getting tougher for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State going closer to the 2019 general elections, as the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Obo Effanga claims that “as …

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Rivers: Unsettling Silence Towards 2019

  By Christopher Ukandi   There is unsettling silence in Rivers State just days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) blew the whistle for the commencement of electioneering campaigns for the 2019 general election. Rivers State is known as the hub of political thought. They set the space and …

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Victoria Nyeche: Amazon, Community Builder

  Unarguably, one of the best among her generation. Without doubt, a passionate, responsible, responsive and enduring lawmaker. I have monitored her activities over the years, she is reliable and dogged. Port Harcourt State Constituency 1 in the Rivers House of Assembly can confirm her depth, reasoning and being. — …

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No Candidates Yet Till 2019 ~ REC

  The Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Obo Effanga, obviously sits on a hot seat. This is particularly so given the load of expectations political players in the state have placed upon the electoral umpire, the Independent national Electoral Commission (INEC). However, the cool and intelligent resident electoral commissioner remains …

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Toxic Politics

    A flurry of activities enveloped politicking in Nigeria as primaries were conducted by various political parties in the country towards 2019. In the forefront of these enterprises were the All Progress Congress (APC), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and a motley crowd of loosed political parties either innate …

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Journalists Honour Gov’s Aide, Nwakaudu

The Non-Indigenous Journalists Association (NIJA), a body of non-indigenous media practitioners working at the Brick House, Port Harcourt, has honoured one of their own, who is the Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media, Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, with an Award of Excellence. Presenting the award at the …

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NDDC Presents Foreign Scholarship to 200 Graduates

  By Joel Anekwe   The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has presented award letters to 200 graduates from the Niger Delta region for its 2018 Post-Graduate Foreign Scholarship Programme. Making the presentations, during a pre-departure briefing and orientation at the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt, the NDDC managing director, …

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