•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to protect local government secretariats in Rivers State against incursion by arsonists and vandals. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga made this known in a statement today after rampaging hoodlums aggrieved with the outcome of Saturday LG poll burnt down some council secretar...
•Ikwerre LGA secretariat The newly built council secretariat at Isiokpo in the Ikwerre Local Government area has been set ablaze, causing great panic in Rivers State. A resident in the area confirmed the incident to our correspondent today even as videos circulating on social media show the administrative building on fire, reports Channels TV....
•Swearing-in of new LG chairmen in Rivers by Governor Fubara The just-concluded Rivers State local government election, held on Saturday, October 5, was conducted amid fear of possible violence due to the political tension in the state, especially between the incumbent Governor, Sim Fubara and his predecessor and current Minister of the Federa...
•A fire incident A section of the Eleme Local Government Council secretariat has been set ablaze. •Parts of the burnt secretariat According to a phone conversation with former Ambassador Oji Ngofa who hails from Eleme, the newly elected chairman Brain Gokpa came to the council secretariat accompanied by his councilors and supporters but discov...
•Police operatives Some disagreements were said to have ensued in the Ahoada East of Rivers State following lifting of the three-month ban on the Local Government Area secretariats by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun today. Ahoada East is the L.G.A of the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Edison Ehie, reports Channels TV. [&hell...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn in the newly elected council chairmen of the 23 local government areas. The exercise was held today at the Executive Council Chamber of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, hours after the chairmen were issued certificates of return by the Chairman of the Rivers State [&h...
•Some Policemen Officials of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC and voters ran for their lives when police officers stormed Elekahia Primary School in Port Harcourt City local government area, yesterday. About 21 Hilux patrol vans with heavily armed officers drove into the school which has 10 polling units, reports Daily ...
•Fubara and Wike The Action Peoples Party has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the Rivers State local government election. The Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, made this known today in Port Harcourt, the state capital, reports Saturday PUNCH. While declaring the re...
Supporters of former Rivers State governor, and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, staged a protest today in Port Harcourt, calling on the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, to comply with a recent High Court judgment regarding the ongoing local government elections. The protest, which drew ...
The local government election has commenced in Rivers State, despite the absence of police to man the process. Our correspondent reports that sensitive materials have been distributed across the local government areas. The state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to conduct the local government election amid tensions in the state. &...
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