Rivers
Rivers: LP Chairmanship Candidate Alleges Undemocratic Conduct Of LG Elections
A chairmanship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the just-concluded October 5, 2024, local government election in the Port Harcourt City local government area of Rivers State, Prince Chioma Chinwo, has alleged undemocratic conduct during the exercise. The local government election, which was boycotted by both the ruling party in the state, the Peoples […]
Rivers Crisis: I’m A Bit Concerned Tinubu Mentioned Only My Name, Says Fubara
Governor Siminalayi Fubara has expressed worry over President Bola Tinubu’s mention of his name in his statement on the destruction of local government secretariats in Rivers State. Fubara was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday. Violent clashes erupted in at least four local government areas — with parts of the buildings […]
Just In: President Tinubu Orders Police to Restore Peace in Rivers
By Sola Isola President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigeria Police Force in restore peace as well as well as maintain law and order in Rivers state. In a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Tinubu called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders and their supporters in Rivers […]
Police unseal 23 Rivers LG secretariats, withdraw personnel
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Bala Mustapha, has ordered the immediate unsealing of the secretariats of the 23 local government areas in the state. This follows a directive from the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. In a statement released on Monday by the spokesperson for the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, the decision […]
AA wins one LGA in Rivers as APP clears 314 out of 319 councilorship seats
Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd), has declared Uzodinma Nwafor, the candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), as the winner of the chairmanship of Etche Local Government Council. Justice Enebeli spoke in Port Harcourt while declaring the winners of the chairmanship of Etche local government, and the 319 […]
Fubara swears in new Rivers LG chairmen (Video)
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn in the newly elected chairmen of the 23 local government areas, following their victories in Saturday’s Local Government Council elections. The swearing-in ceremony held on Sunday at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt, saw 22 chairmen from the Action Peoples Party (APP) and one from the […]
Full List: Newly Elected LG Chairmen In Rivers
On October 5, residents of Rivers State came out to vote for the next set of representatives that will govern them at the grassroot level. It was an election that had generated a lot of controversy before its commencement over its legitimacy, however ,the Action Peoples Party(APP) emerged victorious sweeping 22 of the 23 LGAs. […]
Rivers LG Polls: APP wins 22 chairmanship seats
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has declared the chairmanship candidates of the Action Peoples Party (APP) as winners of local government election in 22 of the 23 local government areas in the state. The chairperson of the commission, Adolfus Enebeli, a retired judge in the state, made the declaration on Saturday in Port […]
Just in: Wike’s supporters stage protest against ongoing Rivers LG polls
Supporters of former Rivers State Governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, staged a protest on Saturday 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 (LG) elections. The protest, which drew a large […]
Rivers LG poll: Tension, uncertainty as Wike’s allies, Fubara’s camp set to clash
There is tension and uncertainty in Rivers State over the conduct of the local government election in the state scheduled for today. The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the command would comply with the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which restrained the police and the Department of State […]