THE House of Representative member from Rivers State, Chinyere Igwe, who was arrested with 498,100 dollars before the presidential and national assembly elections, has been arraigned in court. News Point Nigeria reports that, the trial resumed in Court 4 at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State on Wednesday. The charge sheet dated March 6, 2023, read, “That you Hon. Chinyere Igwe ‘m’ on the 24th day of February, 2023 at about 01:35hrs at No. 181 Aba Road, by GRA Junction, Port Harcourt within the Port Harcourt Magisterial District did accept cash payment of $498,000…
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THE Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has expressed assurance of the chances of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship and state house of assembly elections on Saturday. Wike spoke on Tuesday, while receiving some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ahoada East Local Government Area (LGA), led by a former House of Representatives candidate in the area, Eric Apia. At a reception in Ehuda clan which the leader of the defectors hails from, the governor promised to construct a 10 km stretch of internal roads in the area and award the contract for the reconstruction of…
AHEAD of the March 11 governorship and state assemblies’ polls, the Rivers State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has dumped its governorship candidate, Beatrice Itubo and endorsed Siminialayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Labour Party chairman in the state, Dienye Pepple in the company of some local government party chairmen at a meeting on Tuesday said they are supporting a young and vibrant candidate who is from the South-East Senatorial District that has not produced a governor in the state. They, however, asked “Obidient” in Rivers to vote for the LP State Assembly candidates in the elections.…
RIVERS State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Monday took a swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who led leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on a demonstration at the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to protest the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. Wike, who spoke at the commissioning of Chokocho-Igbodo Road in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, said he warned the leadership of the party over its insistence that northerners hold onto the presidential ticket and national chairmanship seat of the party. “While other people are demonstrating, I am commissioning…
THE National Protocol Director of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Chief Tony Okocha, has claimed that the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is no longer the leader of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State. Okocha alleged Amaechi voted for the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the February 25 presidential election while he was still a member of the APC. Okocha, who is also the Coordinator, Bola Tinubu Vanguard in the South-South, stated this while speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Sunday. Okocha further said he had mobilised support in the state for the…
PROF Charles Adias, INEC’s State Collation Officer for Rivers at the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly elections raised alarm again on Sunday in Yenagoa over unending threat to his life . Prof Adias, Vice-Chancellor at the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa, suspended results collation during the elections on account of the alleged threats. He alleged that some supporters of one of the political parties were after his life and those of his family members in spite of having nothing to do with conduct of elections and computation of results. He said those accusing him of rigging the elections in Rivers…
THE Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has said the investigation into Friday’s explosion at the Rumuekpe section of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) in Rivers, shows the blast was caused by activities of oil thieves. SPDC in an update statement on Sunday noted that a joint investigation by representatives of regulators, host communities, operators and state Ministry of Environment on Saturday found a breach on the TNP. The statement by Mr Michael Adande, spokesperson for SPDC, regretted the loss of lives in the incident and commiserated with families of victims. He added that security agencies conducting rescue operations…
THE All Progressives Congress has denied reports that the party received about N2 billion in financial support from the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, prior to the election. News Point nigeria reports that Tinubu, who emerged winner of the presidential election held last Saturday, also won Rivers State ahead of the Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party’s Peter Obi. There were reports that Wike had released about N2 billion to enable the APC to organise the presidential campaign in the state and ensure the victory of Tinubu…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared PDP candidates – Mr Benson Agadaga, Senator Seriake Dickson and Mr Benson Kombowei – winners of Saturday’s senatorial election in Bayelsa. Dickson is a serving lawmaker, Agadaga is a former Chief of Staff to Bayelsa’s Governor’s Douye Diri, while Kombowei is a former Secretary to Bayelsa State Government. The Returning Officer for Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Professor Emmanuel Akpan of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa, declared Agadaga the winner of the senatorial poll. He said that Agadaga polled 22,517 votes to defeat his closest rival, Senator Degi Eremieyor of All Progressive Congress…
DOZENS including women are feared dead following an explosion from a crude oil tapping point in Rumuekpe commumity in Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 2am on Friday when one of the buses loaded with crude went up in flames while trying to navigate to an illegal refining point in the area. An environmentalist and executive director Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre, Fyneface Dumnamene confirmed the incident. saying it received news of the incident through its ‘Crude oil spill alert response system. The Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Grace…
THE Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, was instrumental to the victory of its candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Rivers State. The PCC in Port Harcourt, today, said without the efforts of the governor that their Candidate would not have secured up to the 25% vote which is the constitutional requirement expected from the state. Speaking, a member of the PCC and the leader of Independent Campaign Council, ICC, in the state, Tony Okocha, commended the governor for the support that has given the party victory…
FORMER Niger Delta militants leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has celebrated the emergence of Bola Tinubu as President-elect. In the video circulating on Thursday, people were seen alongside Dokubo dancing and singing songs while celebrating Tinubu’s victory. He also mocked former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, saying he has been put to shame. Addressing the people, Asari said, “How will the traitors feel? How is Ameachi feeling in his house? Wike na man. Wike no be my friend o. “He be my enemy before but now he be my friend. Wike na man, him be Agu ne chemba. him bi odogwu,…
THE Rivers State Government has debunked claims in social media that the son of Governor Nyesom Wike was shot dead in the United States. The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Chris Finebone, said this while reacting to a trending post in social media that Wike’s son was shot dead in the US over the governor’s alleged activities in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers State. The post is captioned ‘Breaking news: Wike’s only son shot dead in California, US over father’s act in Rivers election’. The post seen by our correspondent showed the governor’s son…
THE Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, Johnson Sinikiem on Tuesday, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended PHALGA Federal Constituency II and the Port Harcourt City LGA Senate elections over alleged irregularities. At a briefing in the state capital on Tuesday, he said, “INEC Rivers State has suspended, PHALGA 11 House of Representative and Port Harcourt Local Government Area Senate Elections for alleged irregularities.” Sinikiem also said the commission has been informed of the threat to the life of its Collation Officer for the Presidential election in the state, Charles Adias. Adias had earlier on Tuesday adjourned…
THE National Assembly candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers East Senatorial District have called for the cancellation of Saturday’s Senatorial and House of Representatives elections in the area. The candidates made their position known during a press briefing at the APC Secretariat in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Tuesday. The APC Candidates for the Ikwerre/Emouha Federal Constituency, Ezemonye Ezekiel Amadi who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, alleged the elections were fraught with irregularities which he noted discredited the outcome. He alleged that the results declared by INEC is not a reflection of what transpired…
THE state collation officer for the presidential election (SCOPs) in Rivers State, Prof Charles Adias has adjourned the collation of results for February 25, 2023 election over an alleged threat to his life by unnamed party supporters. The official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Otueke announced the adjournment on Tuesday morning while addressing journalists at the State Collation Centre in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Although the Commissioner of Police of the Presidential Election in Rivers, Aderemi Adeoye, appealed to the SCOPs to reveal the names of…
THE presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has coasted to victory in Cross River State. The win sees Obi, widely considered to be the underdog of the election, defeat his fellow contenders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; and New Nigeria Peoples Pary (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso. The final results, which were announced at the presidential election collation centre in Cross River early Tuesday morning, indicated that Obi polled 179,917, besting Tinubu’s 130,520, Atiku’s 95,425, and Kwankwaso’s 1,644. This makes Obi’s fourth state win after Nasarawa, Enugu and Lagos. Triumph for…
AS collation of results continues for the 2023 presidential elections, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured victory in Bayelsa State. Atiku’s victory was confirmed at the Baylesa State presidential election collation centre in the small hours of Tuesday. The PDP scored a total of 68,818 topping the 49,975 of Labour Party’s Peter Obi and 42,572 of the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) polled 540 votes. Cumulatively, Bayelsa State had 1,056,862 registered voters and 177,368 accredited voters across its eight local government areas (LGAs). It…
THE Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has won the elections in Akwa Ibom State with 214,012 votes. Also, the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, came second with 160,620 votes, and Labour Party, third with 132, 683 votes, while the Young Progressives Party (YPP) and New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) came fourth and fifth with 27,179 and 7, 796 votes respectively. Announcing the results on Monday in Uyo, the State Collation officer for the 2023 Presidential election in Akwa Ibom, Prof. Emmanuel Adigio, Vice Chancellor of the Nigeria Maritime University said the total…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Monday declared Senator Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial election. Declaring Akpabio as the winner of the contest for the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, the returning officer for the senatorial district, Professor Anthony Udoh, said that the former Minister Niger Delta Affairs, satisfied all conditions to be declared the winner having polled 115,401 valid votes. The candidate of the peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Emmanuel Enoidem, finished a distant second with 69,838 votes.