INEC declares PDP candidate SIMINIALAYI FUBARA winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Rivers State
The independent National Electoral Commission , INEC in Rivers State has declared the Governorship Candidate of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Siminalayi Fubara the governor elect at the just concluded March 18th Governorship elections. Our Correspondent Allwell Ene reports that Siminalayi Fubara pulled a total of three hundred and two thousand, six hundred and fourteen votes […]
AFCON 2023 Race: Peseiro calls Musa, Osimhen, Lookman, 20 others for Guinea Bissau
Head Coach José Santos Peseiro has invited team captain Ahmed Musa, in-form forwards Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman as well as 20 other players to the Super Eagles’ camp, ahead of this month’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against the Djurtus of Guinea Bissau. Nigeria and Guinea Bissau clash at the Moshood Abiola […]
INEC configure 6865 BVAS machines for Saturday’s election as 22 machines still missing
Sixty thousand, eight hundred and sixty five BVAS machines have already been configured for the conduct of the Saturday 18th governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections in Rivers State INEC resident electoral Commissioner Johnson Alalibo Sinikiem disclosed this yesterday during the Inspection and distribution of sensitive materials at the CBN office in Port Harcourt […]
Federal lawmaker Chinyere Igwe to spend more days in police custody as federal high court reserves ruling on bail application
Federal Lawmaker Chinyere Igwe will still remain in the custody of the police as a federal high court sitting in Port Harcourt has failed to grant him bail. The court presided by Justice Stephen DAYLOP-PAM today during the court sitting ordered that Chinyere Igwe be sent back to the custody of the police and thereafter reserved ruling on […]
Rivers State taskforce on illegal street trading suspends operations following death of commercial driver
Following the death of a commercial driver at the Rumuokoro axis in Port Harcourt yesterday, the Rivers State taskforce on illegal street trading has suspended operations today. Our correspondent who was at the government house car park where the taskforce officials gather to take briefs daily witnessed all the operation trucks parked. Some of the […]
Commercial drivers protest at Rumuokoro Over Death of Taskforce Member
Several hours of protest today have paralysed activities leaving passengers trekking long distances at the busy Rumuokoro to Rukpokwu road as angry commercial drivers are currently protesting the death of their colleague who was allegedly killed by a member of the taskforce. A female taxi driver told our correspondent Allwell Ene that the taskforce member known as ATTACKER […]
Oscar winners 2023: Everything Everywhere All At Once Sweeps the Oscars
See the full list The 95th Academy Awards were presented on Sunday See below for a full list of the nominees. The winners are indicated in bold. BEST PICTURE “All Quiet on the Western Front” “Avatar: The Way of Water” “The Banshees of Inisherin” “Elvis” Ad Feedback “Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNER “The Fabelmans” “Tár” “Top […]
INEC Postpones Governorship, State Assembly Elections To March 18
Barring any further extensions, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reached a decision to postpone Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections to March 18, 2023, The postponement was due to the commission’s inability to promptly commence reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines utilized during the February 25 presidential election to enable […]
Rivers State Neighbourhood watch drags Gov Wike, 2 others to court over alleged 2 years unpaid salaries
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has been dragged to the National Industrial court sitting in Port Harcourt to explain why has not paid the Rivers State Neighbourhood watch for over two years. Also dragged in the suit is the Rivers State Government, the State Attorney General and the Director of the Rivers State neighbourhood watch. Briefing journalists […]
Court remands Rivers federal lawmaker in police custody over alleged money laundering case
The Police have arraigned a member of the House of Representatives, Chinyere Igwe who was allegedly arrested with a huge amount of money in dollars on the eve of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. The lawmaker, who represents Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2 was said to be arrested with the sum of […]
