rivers rerun

Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared a three-day fasting in the state. Austin Tam-George, the state Commission for Information, stated this in a statement he issued on Monday in Port Harcourt. The fast will start on Wednesday, December 7 and end on Friday December 9. “The...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has been defending his allegations of alleged plot by the police and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to rig the forthcoming re-run polls in the state. The governor who explained that he is not out to incite the public against the police...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has berated the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ), for allegedly releasing an All Progressives Congress (APC), dominated list of ad-hoc staff, for the December 10 rerun elections. According to him, INEC had included APC Ward...

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State will be leading a team of key All Progressives Congress (APC) campaigners for the December 10 re-run elections in Rivers State. Three senatorial districts, eight House of Representatives seats and 16 State House of Assembly are up for grab during the...

Not fewer than 200 members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Bua Zaakpon community in Khana Local Government Area and Akpajo community in Eleme Local Government Area have decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as part of “Choose-Your-Senator-Campaign” in Rivers South East Senatorial...

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has alleged that the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has handed over original copies of result sheets to the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, for the planned rigging of the December 10 rerun elections. Wike made...

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi On Saturday vowed to resist any form of intimidation and threat from any quarters in the December 10 Rivers rerun, saying all APC candidates must win at all costs. Amechi, the former Governor of Rivers state promised that the All Progressive...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to do their utmost in ensuring violence-free elections in Ondo and Rivers states. Speaking at a state dinner in Benin, the Edo state capital, on Monday, President Buhari said the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Ondo and National...

Protesters on Tuesday stormed the headquarters of the Independence National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja over what they termed the production of fake results sheets for the Rivers re-run elections. The protesters numbering in hundred alleged that a former acting INEC chairperson, Amina...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC , Police and the All Progressives Congress ( APC) of colluding to rig the forthcoming Rivers rerun election. The governor stated that in collusion with INEC, the APC Official Printer , Atonyesia...

Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno south Senatorial district at National Assembly on Wednesday mocked the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission over inconclusive elections. Ndume made the jest when deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu filed a motion at the...

In a concerted effort to guarantee a violent-free and credible re-run Senatorial/House of Representative elections in Rivers State, a crucial meeting to chart the path to peace in Rivers State before, during and after the Re-run elections in the State was held yesterday, 26th July, 2016 between...

The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area has been set ablaze. PM NEWS reports that the fire started in the early hours of Friday. A witness said “the office has been substantially damaged by the fire.” Omoni...

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has announced its readiness to conclude rerun elections in four states not later than July 31. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this Wednesday in Abuja during his second quaterly meeting with states Resident Electoral Commissioners...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that it was not in a hurry to conclude the legislative re-run elections in Rivers State. The commission said the conditions it set out for the conclusion of the exercise had not been met, hence its resolve to steer clear of Rivers...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has kicked against what it described as hurried release by security agencies, of aides of Governor Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, who were arrested during the March 19 legislative rerun election in the state. Chairman of APC in the state, Chief Davies...

Here is a secret video of how Farah Dagogo allegedly forced INEC Assistant Electoral Officer declare him winner in his parlour in the presence of the Deputy Governor of River state.

The Nigerian Police force yesterday debunked insinuations in some quarters that it aided the violent attacks and disruption of the electoral process that took place during the last re-run election in Rivers State. In a chat with newsmen during his one day working visit to Ebonyi State Police...

Nigerians are reacting to the death of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, who was murdered during last Saturday’s Rivers legislative election. Okonta Samuel Dumebi , an orphan, who hailed from Illah in Delta State, was on duty at Ahoada West Local Government Area where he and two of...

The National Youth Service Corps will review the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure better protection of corps members during elections. The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi, made the statement on Tuesday in...