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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has suspended electoral processes in the last Saturday's re-run parliamentary elections in Rivers state owing to various electoral violence. Director of Voter Education Publicity of INEC, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, gave the following reasons for the...

The Acting National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Segun Oni said on Monday appealled to President Muhammadu Buhari to help tackle the state of insecurity in Rivers state. Oni spoke during a visit by the National Working Committee of the party to Omoku, in Rivers, to...

The Supreme Court, yesterday, gave reasons it reversed the concurrent judgments of both the Court of Appeal and the Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which nullified the election of Governor Nyesom Wike. The apex court, in the lead judgement delivered by Justice Kudirat...

Common sense Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, representing Bayelsa East constituency at the National Assembly has reacted to the recent comment of the national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), John Oyegun concerning the party's lost of an oil rich state, Rivers and the probe of the...

The minister for Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that he suffered a lot in the hands of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the governor of Rivers State. “I suffered a lot about corruption without any proof against me by anti graft agency.” He made the disclosure...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the redeployment of nine Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) among whom is the controversial Mrs Gesila Khan, who was the REC in Rivers state. In a circular tagged INEC/SEC/402/I and dated 27 January, 2016, Secretary to the...

Yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld the election of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Here are two good reasons why the verdict was in favour of Nigerians: You can READ: Supreme Court Upholds Wike's Election as Rivers State Gov 1. It has saved some money: The judgement has saved not...

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, early on Friday morning, sacked his embattled Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Opunabo Inko-Tariah. Opunabo, who is also the Publisher of Port Harcourt-based Hard Truth newspaper, on a local radio at 10 a.m., claimed that he resigned...