•A bomb explosion Explosives destroyed buildings and others property at the Tony Okocha-led secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) along Aba Road, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. •Some party members gather around the APC Secretariat in Rivers State after explosion this morning The gate of the secretariat and the doors were...
•INEC officials sorting votes There is anxiety in the polity as four states hold local government elections today. This is sequel to the issues, twists and turns ahead of the elections. Eligible voters in Rivers, Benue, Akwa Ibom and Jigawa states will again have the opportunity to vote their preferred candidates to fill the chairmanship [&hel...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the electorates in Rivers State to participate in today’s local government election in the oil-rich state. The Rivers State Police Command had said it would not participate in the October 5 election, citing a ruling by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, reports Channels [&h...
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) says all is set for the local government elections billed for today, Saturday, October 5, 2024. Police authorities in the state have said they will not provide security for the exercise, citing a court order. However, RSIEC late yesterday said the election will go on as scheduled, repor...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has today unveiled the official timetable for the 2024 Rivers State Elective Congresses, set to commence on November 2. This was revealed in a statement issued by the APC National Organising Secretary, Malam Suleiman Argungu in Abuja. In the statement, APC disclosed that aspirants for the chairmanship and vi...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun, Femi Falana and Governor Siminalayi Fubara A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana has written to the police authorities over the local government election scheduled to be held in Rivers State tomorrow, Saturday, October 5, 2024. The Rivers State Government and the police command in the state have been at loggerhe...
•Governor Fubara and IGP Egbetokun Rivers State governor, Similanayi Fubara, has vowed to hold the Inspector- General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun responsible if there is breakdown of law and order in state. Fubara had reportedly stormed head office of the Rivers Independent National Electoral Commission (RISEC) in the early hours of today to p...
•Protesters at RSIEC office this morning Angry protesters today stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. The protesting youths say they were there to protect RSIEC from any attempt to truncate the process, reports Channels TV. The protesters had defied the heavy...
•Protesting Rivers PDP members Members of the Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party have staged a protest march to the Department of State Security office and the Government House both in Port Harcourt the Rivers state capital. There is massive presence of security officers as the protesters had initially gathered in large numbe...
•Police fire teargas at protesters in Abuja Some protesters against bad governance had a raw deal in the hands of the army, police, other security agents and even political thugs, yesterday, in Rivers, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. As the protesters actualised their vow of going ahead with the October 1 action […]...
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