APP Wins 22 Out Of 23 Chairmanship Posts in Rivers State..
The Action Peoples Party (APP) has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the just-concluded local government election in Rivers State. The Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) Justice Adolphus Enebeli declared the results…
Police confirm twin explosion in Rivers.
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that two separate explosions occurred in different parts of the state on Saturday. It reported that the first explosion took place at the All Progressives Congress Secretariat along Aba Road, while the second…
Men in police uniform disrupt voting in Port Harcourt
Officials of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission and voters, on Saturday, ran for their lives as armed men dressed in police uniform arrived at Elekahia Primary School in Port Harcourt City Local Government shooting teargas and seizing election materials….
EFCC arrests 44 online Scammers in Enugu, Anambra.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 44 suspected internet fraudsters in Enugu and Anambra states. The arrests were made on September 28 and 29, 2024, following credible intelligence linking the suspects to online criminal activities. According…
Council poll: Thugs burn AKISIEC office in A’Ibom.
Few hours to the commencement of the local government election in Akwa Ibom, hoodlums have razed the State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC) office in Ibiatuk, Ibiono Ibom local government area. Akwa Ibom Police Public Relations officer ASP Timfon John, who…
US Court Orders Mayweather To Pay Nigerian Firm $2.4m Over Contract Breach
A United States Court has upheld a previous ruling ordering former world boxing champion, Floyd Mayweather Jr., to pay Zinni Media Concept Limited, a Nigerian company, $2.4million in damages for breaching a contract. The dispute stemed from a 2017 agreement…
Heavy shooting rocks Rumuepirikom Community of Obiakpo LGA
There is heavy shooting ongoing at Rumuepirikom Community, the home of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike. It was gathered that when the electoral officers were about to arrive at the ward in the Obio/Akpor Local…
Fresh protest against LG poll rocks Rivers.
Hundreds of stakeholders against the conduct of the local government elections in Rivers State have trooped to the streets to protest the decision of Governor Siminialayi Fubara to go ahead with the controversial exercise. The stakeholders, mostly chieftains and members…
APC under attack in Rivers, says Okocha.
The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State Chief Tony Okocha has reacted to the explosions that rocked the party’s secretariat in Port Harcourt lamenting that the APC is under attack in the state. Okocha,…
Atiku throws his weight behind Fubara
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has thrown his weight behind Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, over the proposed Saturday’s local government election in the state. Atiku said that the election stands as a beacon of hope, offering renewed vigour to…